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Here's some stories to watch today on abc news. as the tropical system grows stronger near the gulf bp has stopped drilling the relief wells that have promised to be a permanent fix to the spill. the well has been holding the last six days but there's fear progress could be undone by the pending storm. the white house has apologized and now the fired agriculture department employee is thinking over whether she'll return. shirley sherrod said she'd quit under pressure from the white house after a video of her making racial remarks began making the rounds. the comments were taken out of contex...

Have surveillance on scene. >> reporter: government unofficials are considering uncapping the well rather than risk an ufrn expected event once again setting off an underwater volcano of oil. >> it would be safer to release some of the pressure by releasing some of the oil to protect that cap. >> reporter: that could fuel a growing frustration. surgeon general regina benjamin, louisiana native, seeing early signs of depression and substance abuse that followed hurricane katrina. >> this is a little more emotional because we don't know when it's going to end or how long it's going to be, long-t...

Embattled ceo. there are reports that congress invited tony hayward to testify about claims that bp lobbied scotland to lease the lockerbie bomber so it could access libyan oil. the company admits it promoted a prisoner exchange between the uk and libya several years ago but denies it played any role in last year's release. the white house has reversed course, now apologized for firing usda official shirley sherrod. the controversy began over racial remarks she made which were taken out of context. jake tapper reports from the white house. >> reporter: agriculture secretary tom vilsack apolo...

Crumpled up around one of the biggest bird colonies in the gulf three weeks after hurricane alex. to prevent a disaster like this from happening again, four oil giants have pulled together $1 billion to fund a new system that would be able to contain vast amounts of o in the past two years they have spent just a fraction of t oil spill research. matt gutman, abc news, buras, bp's ceo tony hayward may be back before congress sometime soon. there are now reports he's been invited to testify about claims that his company pressured scotland to release the lockerbie bomber si co access libyan oil...