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Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a boat. Engineers have lifted the damaged blowout preventer from beneath the sea and are getting their first chance to look at the failed device up close.

Torrential rains from a tropical depression have caused mudslides in Guatemala that killed dozens of people. One landslide partially buried a bus, killing 12 people.

JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater’s big exit last month was for good. His lawyer says he has resigned from his job. Slater gained infamy after jumping down the plane’s emergency slide. The airline will only say he is no longer an employee. Slater still faces criminal charges.

69 people in Mexico have made it into the Guinness World Records book. Sunday they set a new record for the greatest number of people simultaneously lassoing. The group twirled their ropes for nearly 3 minutes.

Myra Lopes, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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