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...Transportation Department's associate administrator for pipeline safety, said the unusual order was issued to BP because continued operation of the pipeline without corrective measures "will be hazardous to life, property and the environment." The order comes in the midst of renewed Congressional fighting over oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with supporters insisting that oil companies will be able to drill for oil without damaging the sensitive arctic ecosystem...
...Bravery—which of these bands is not like the others? Trick question: they’re all absolutely identical. While Hard-Fi may be the British buzz band of the moment, they don’t add anything new to an iPod that already contains the Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, and Franz Ferdinand. In fact, as the album progresses, it becomes clear that “Stars of CCTV” is nothing more than a catalogue of pre-fabricated ideas, an uninspired assortment of regurgitated sounds. Each song calls to mind another band that?...
RESIGNED. GALE NORTON, 52, as Secretary of the Interior; in Washington. The first woman to hold the post, she led the Bush Administration's controversial effort to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling...
...album’s other tracks never quite match that intensity, they also don’t severely disappoint. Arctic Monkeys are delightfully consistent, although the album’s pacing leaves a little to be desired...
...lyrics grow stale by the record’s end. Despite the fact that Arctic Monkeys won’t be able to buy alcohol while touring the states, they’ve written an inordinate number of songs about drinking and partying. Turner’s brand of hedonistic disillusionment isn’t terribly fresh, and when he sings about fake tans one can’t help but think that Mike Skinner of the Streets did a much better job of covering the same material...