Pentagon declined to investigate hundreds of purchases of child pornography

A 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation into the purchase of child pornography online turned up more than 250 civilian and military employees of the Defense Department -- including some with the highest available security clearance -- who used credit cards or PayPal to purchase images of children in sexual situations. But the Pentagon investigated only a handful of the cases, Defense Department records show.

The cases turned up during a 2006 ICE inquiry, called Project Flicker, which targeted overseas processing of child-porn payments. Read more.

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"The gulf looks like it has chicken pox" - BP has 48 hours

The US Government has given BP a symbolic 48 hours to devise a plan that will reduce the amount of oil that is currently gushing into the Gulf.

BP, which stands for British Petroleum, has thus far struggled to contain the leakage, which is currently leaking at a staggering rate, dozens of thousands of barrels each day.

The Coast Guard reportedly contacted BP requesting more information on their plans to control the leak, to which there was no known reply.

"The Gulf looks like it has chicken pox", said an ariel photographer. "It's like waiting for someone to die of cancer", said a local resident, who, according to The Associated Press, walks along the beach every morning.

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