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8A – Daily News – Tuesday, June 8, 2010 BP to replace oil containment cap in Gulf NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As officials reported a gradual increase in the amount of oil being captured from the spew- ing wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, BP PLC said Monday that it plans next month to replace the cap col- lecting the crude with a slightly bigger device. The newer cap will ‘‘provide a better, tighter fit’’ than the current one collecting roughly one-third to three-fourths of the oil gushing daily from the sea floor, company spokesman Robert Wine told The Associat- ed Press. But it will also allow the oil now being collected to again spew out into the Gulf during the changeover. The oil began gushing after a BP oil rig explosion April 20 and recently increased in vol- ume after officials sheared off the top of the damaged outflow pipe as part of the latest con- tainment effort. BP believes the bigger cap will fit over more of the pipe than the current cap. The current device is collect- ing about 466,200 gallons of oil per day, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government’s point man for the oil spill response, said earlier Monday at the White House. He also elaborated on comments made over the weekend that the spill cleanup would last into fall, acknowledging the full process would take much longer. ‘‘Dealing with the oil spill on the surface will take a couple of months,’’ he said Monday, but the process of getting oil out of marshlands and other habitats ‘‘will be years.’’ Journalist Helen Thomas retires WASHINGTON (AP) — Helen Thomas, the opinionated White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill 10 presi- dents and often exasperate them, lost her storied perch Monday in a flap over calling on Israelis to get ‘‘out of Pales- tine.’’ Thomas, 89, who made her name as a bulldog for United Press International and was a pioneer for women in journal- ism, abruptly retired as a columnist for Hearst News Ser- vice. 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Intent of NJ men who aimed to join terrorists in Somalia clear NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two New Jersey men accused of trying to join a terrorist group in Somalia intended to commit acts of violence even though their plans appeared haphazard, a federal prosecutor said Monday. ‘‘Sophistication is not a mea- sure of danger,’’ U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said. ‘‘Their intentions were described pretty clearly. They were watching certain videos and interested in what certain people were saying and advocating.’’ Mohamed Mahmood Alessa and Carlos Eduardo Almonte made their first court appear- ance Monday in Newark. Alessa, 20, and Almonte, 24, were arrested Saturday night at New York’s Kennedy Airport as they prepared to fly to Egypt and then to Somalia, authorities said. They are charged with conspiring to kill, maim and kidnap persons outside the United States by joining al- Shabab, a group designated by the U.S. in 2008 as a terrorist organization. Alessa and Almonte appeared before U.S. Magis- trate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo on Monday with their hands and feet shackled. Both have dark curly hair and beards. Alessa had several cuts and bruises on his forehead. 3 dead after Texas gas line explodes CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — Officials say three people have been killed and several others injured after a natural gas line exploded in rural north Texas. Officials say workers appar- ently hit the underground line south of Dallas while digging on Monday. Johnson County Emergency Management Coordinator Jack Snow says about six people were transported by air or ground ambulance to hospitals. Laura Harlin is a resident of nearby Granbury and she says the explosion made a ‘‘huge rumbling’’ and sounded like a tornado even from eight miles away. 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Military detains soldier linked to leaked video WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has detained a 22- year-old soldier in Baghdad in connection with the leak of a military video that shows Apache helicopters gunning down unarmed men in Iraq, including two journalists, defense officials said Mon- day. Army Spc. Bradley Man- ning of Potomac, Md., now being held in Kuwait pending the results of an investigation, was the third suspected leaker known to have been appre- hended under the Obama administration. ‘‘This is a startling pattern for anyone who’s been watch- ing the field for a while,’’ said Steven Aftergood, a director of the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists. ‘‘It certainly shows that this administration is aggres- sively pursuing leakers’’ and that ‘‘there is essentially zero tolerance for public disclo- sure of classified informa- tion,’’ he said. 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The iPhone 3GS, which debuted last year, will still be available, for $99. Some of the mystery sur- rounding Apple’s latest cre- ation had been punctured in April, when the tech blog Gizmodo bought a lost iPhone prototype for $5,000 and posted pictures of the unit. Apple demanded it back, and authorities have been investigating whether a Giz- modo editor broke any laws. ‘‘Stop me if you’ve already seen this,’’ Jobs said Monday as he started his demo. The iPhone 4 is sleeker and more advanced than the original iPhone that came out in 2007. Like the iPhone 3GS, it comes in black or white, though it has a more angular look. Its front and back are covered with glass, and it is rimmed with stain- less steel that acts as part of the phone’s antenna. Police: Gunman kills 4 women at Miami eatery HIALEAH, Fla. 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