7 dead, 1 injured in suburban Mexico City shootout (AP)

AP - A state security official says a street shootout possibly between local drug gangs has killed seven people and injured one in suburban Mexico City.

Blowout containment part of drilling permit snag (AP)

AP - Deepwater permits in the Gulf of Mexico have been withheld largely because the industry is unable to prove it could contain another major blowout at the bottom of the sea, the head of the agency that oversees offshore drilling said Friday.

Potential scams top 7,000 in BP spill compensation (AP)

AP - The $20 billion fund responsible for compensating victims of BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill has received more than 7,000 potentially fraudulent claims, many of which have been referred to the Justice Department for criminal investigations, the fund's administrator told a Senate panel on Thursday.