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Thursday, February 14, 2013  In the gaming world, death is often celebrated.   Players receive points for kills and head-shots, but does violence on screen lead to aggression in real life?

Monday, August 27, 2012  Seven more volunteers from the American Red Cross Central New York Chapter are being deployed to the Gulf Coast.

Friday, August 13, 2010  I am sure we have all heard by about the terrible effects the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has already caused. Below, you will find the second in a series of fact sheets about the environmental impacts of the Gulf oil spill, Effects on Invertebrates.

Friday, July 16, 2010  BP is anxiously watching the new cap on its troublesome well in the Gulf of Mexico, which so far has stopped the flow of oil.

Thursday, June 24, 2010  New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has moved to become the lead plaintiff in a federal class-action lawsuit by investors against BP over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Friday, June 18, 2010  A scientist says the crude oil isn't the only dangerous thing gushing from a blown out Gulf of Mexico well.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010  A majority of Americans disapprove of how President Barack Obama has handled the devastating Gulf oil spill though far more blame BP for what people call a sluggish two-month response.

Monday, June 14, 2010  Make note of these programming changes.

Monday, June 14, 2010  A crucial week is beginning for the disaster recovery effort along the Gulf coast as President Barack Obama heads there for his fourth visit to the oil spill zone.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  President Barack Obama moved aggressively to show his government is in charge of the Gulf oil spill on Thursday, calling the spill an "unprecedented disaster" and blasting a "scandalously close relationship" between oil companies and regulators.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  If oil stops flowing to the surface in the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials will know that their latest effort to plug a blown-out undersea well off the Louisiana coast was successful.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010  BP is giving it another try and the stakes are high.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008  Continuing my Fall 2008 Hurricane Disaster journey along the Gulf of Mexico, let me fast forward to Biloxi, Mississippi.