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Suggestion of nuking the leaks. first, taking out the trash, taking some carefully selected items like tires and golf balls, putting it into a pipe and seal it with mud and concrete. the trash option. or bp could do the opposite, drill another hole in the damaged pipeline and route the oil to a tanker on the surface. then the contracting company showing how crews could use bails of hay to absorb the oil but not the water. look at that. despite the creativity, lawmakers in d.c. don't seem too impressed. >> right now by their own admission, bp is largely making it up as they go. they're engaging...

Problem. the likely delay is being blamed on volcanic ash that has canceled thousands of flights. the youngest daughter of former president lyndon johnson, 62-year-old lucy baines johnson is being treated for what appears to be a rare autoimmune disorder. the space shuttle "discovery" is on its way home. it said good-bye to the international space station. your seeing video of one of the three space walks they did on that 14-day journey. they are getting ready to get everything right to land tomorrow. first landing opportunity is slated for 8:51 a.m. eastern tomorrow. astronauts on this 14...

Discovery took off on april 5th. they went up to deliver a module filled with equipment to be used for science experiments aboard the space station.

International space station, chris gutierrez has the front row seat at kennedy space center. >> reporter: it was a beautiful liftoff this morning. as you mentioned, it was a pre-dawn launch at kennedy space center down here in florida. discovery actually carrying 27,000 pounds worth of science experiments and spare parts for the international space station. this is scheduled to be one three-day mission in which our astronauts will conduct three space walks, gregg. gregg: kris, thanks. supreme court justice announcing his plans for reterm, leaving the door open for president obama to appoint ...

Mission. it's carrying up about 15,000 pounds of -- in fact, 15 tons of stuff on the leonardo cargo module up to the space station. spare parts, new science experiments and one of the great things about the shuttle is it can return a lot of material from earth's orbit. they'll load leonardo up with a lot of trash and obsolete experiments and bring that stuff back at the end of the mission. >> that's important, tom. there are only a few missions left. i mean, a lot of people maybe aren't paying close attention to the fact that what's going to happen to nasa when there are no more missions? >> w...