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Bp s oil well is finally dead. official word may not come for a day or so. cement was pumped from this drilling rig into the well deep underneath the ocean floor, a procedure known as bottom kill. pressure testing will confirm where the plug is holding. once thad allen announces the well is dead, crews will abandon the site. the last boat is expected to leave the area in about a week. not one, but two tornadoes, two of them hit new york city on thursday night. imagine that. the national weather service confirms one twister touched down in betwequeens and another brooklyn. one storm related death was reported in queens when a tree fell on a car. also in queens, officials say the storm caused a sudden spike in wind called a microburst, clocked at 125 miles per hour. ....