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Conclusion, saying that 25% of the oil is not in the gulf of mexico, it's more like 79% of the oil still remains in the gulf of mexico in some form. they say the government was flawed when it said that that much oil had dissipated or dispersed or had been evaporated in that short amount of time. they say their studies with oil and the sea have concluded that it takes much, much longer for oil to break down in sea water. they admit that obviously you can't see it, it is somewhere in the water column, and they stress that more studies are needed to determine exactly how much oil is there and whe...

Space station, you're not going to be able to get up there very easily until a heavy lift vehicle is built. in fact, today, in a press conference, nasa officials were really urging nasa and congress to go ahead and authorize one additional shuttle flight. they wanted a decision by the end of august if possible so that they can move ahead with plans for this additional flight sometime june next year in order to bring more spare parts up to the space station. golf? >> all right gone. thank you. iraq's army says it won't be ready to take control until 2020. should u.s. forces still leave next y...

>> shepard: flight change and extended life for the space shuttle program after weeks of hints a of launch delays. the space agency making it official the space program will not end until next year which causes bells to go off in the studio. the shuttle "discovery" had been scheduled to fly next to last in september. now it is set for the first of november. the last mission now has a launch date in february of 2011. nasa officials say the agency needs more time to prep cargo for both flights. they also say an extra shuttle flight is still possible. well, she is only a few days old and already ...

"discovery" and "endeavour" and if everything goes according to plan, the 30-year-old shuttle program will end this year, sadly, but we'll move on to bigger and better things or smaller and better things. we'll talk about that. the space station will keep operating until at least 2020. and nasa astronauts will hitch rides aboard the russian soyuz rockets until nasa takes over. it will be prepped for the last shuttle flight once returned from the space station, so its ultimate destination, of course, in museums somewhere in america, but we don't know exactly where yet. we do know this, it won't...

Activity appears to be weakening. once again, planes are taking off and landing across parts of the europe. london, exception, the airports are still closed because of all that ash. after 15 days, 6 million miles, the crew of space shuttle "discovery" is back on earth. "discovery" is set to liftoff again in september on nasa's final shuttle flight. also, a ruling from the supreme court. the justices have struck down a federal law banning dogfighting and other animal cruelty videos. they ruled 8-1 the law violates free speech. we'll get another check of headlines in 20 minutes. a 10-year-...