AP 2010-08-13

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1. Former Senate Ted¹ Stevens and at least 4 others have been killed in a plane crash near a remote fishing village in Alaska. Former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe and his son were also on the plane but survived the crash.

2. A combative² Charles Rangel has taken to the House floor to demand that the ethics³ committee not leave him "swinging in the wind". The New York Democrat⁴, who is charged with 13 ethics violations⁵, is demanding an expedited hearing of his case.

3. A New York judge has granted bail⁶ for a JetBlue flight attendant accused of cursing out a passenger over the plane's loudspeakers, grabbing some beer from the galley⁷, and exiting on the emergency slide. JetBlue has suspended Steven Slater who is charged with criminal mischief⁸, reckless endangerment and trespassing⁹.

4. A federal fishing ban has been lifted for more than 5,000 square miles in the Gulf¹⁰ of Mexico along the Florida Panhandle. The National Oceanic Atmospheric¹¹ Administration says no oil has been observed in those waters since July 3rd.