AP 2010-09-08

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1. Investigators¹ looking into what went wrong in the Gulf² 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.

2. Torrential rains from a tropical depression have caused mudslides in Guatemala that have killed dozens of people. One landslide³ partially⁴ buried a bus, killing⁵ 12 people.

3. Jetblue flight attendant Steven Slater's big exit last month was for good. His lawyer said he has resigned from his job. Slater gained infamy⁶ after jumping down a plane's emergency slide. The airline will only say he is no longer an employee. Slater still faces criminal charges.

4. Sixty-nine people in Mexico have made it into the Guinness World Record book. Sunday they set a new record for the greatest number of people simultaneously⁷ lassoing. The group twirled their ropes for nearly three minutes.