Morning Digest: BP stops flow of oil into Gulf of Mexico

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Good Morning Bit, FRI 16 Jul 2010    BP stops flow of oil into Gulf of Mexico Iran scientist was longtime informant: report Wall Street futures point to flat open Half of social networkers worried about privacy: poll Woolly mammoth hunters helped change climate Oosthuizen overtakes McIlroy as rain hammers down Lindsay Lohan reported in rehab ahead of jail term Power company tells customer she is dead Talk of the Town: Lohan in rehab Mixed reaction as spill halted Goldman settles; BP says leak capped TOP NEWS BP stops flow of oil into Gulf of Mexico July 16, 2010 05:04 AM ET HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil is no longer spewing into the Gulf of Mexico -- at least temporarily -- as BP Plc said it choked off the flow from its undersea well that ruptured in April and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Full Article WORLD NEWS Iran scientist was longtime informant: report July 16, 2010 12:24 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Iranian nuclear scientist who says he was abducted a year ago by U.S. agents was an informant for the CIA inside Iran for several years, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall Street futures point to flat open July 16, 2010 04:26 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 were little changed at 0757 GMT (3:57 a.m. EDT), pointing to a flat open on Wall Street on Friday. Full Article INTERNET NEWS Half of social networkers worried about privacy: poll July 15, 2010 12:18 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Half of Americans who have a profile on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are worried about their privacy, according to a new poll. Full Article SCIENCE NEWS Woolly mammoth hunters helped change climate July 15, 2010 03:58 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Ancient hunters who stalked the world's last woolly mammoths likely helped warm the Earth's far northern latitudes thousands of years before humans began burning fossil fuels, according to a study of prehistoric climate change. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Oosthuizen overtakes McIlroy as rain hammers down July 16, 2010 04:43 AM ET ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Louis Oosthuizen set about reeling in Rory McIlroy's overnight British Open lead with real gusto in the hammering rain at St Andrews on Friday, moving one clear of the field after a superb outward 33. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Lindsay Lohan reported in rehab ahead of jail term July 15, 2010 11:59 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lindsay Lohan was reported on Thursday to have moved into a sober living facility in Los Angeles, less than a week before she is due to start a 90-day jail term. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS Power company tells customer she is dead July 15, 2010 01:22 PM ET VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian woman has had to convince her electricity supplier that she is alive after the company wrote to her asking for information about her contract following her "passing away." Full Article   REUTERS www.reuters.com Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book.Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Send this mailing to a friend or colleague Reuters.com: Help and Contact Us | Advertise With Us | Mobile | Newsletters | RSS | Interactive TV | Labs | Reuters in Second Life | Archive | Site Index | Video Index Thomson Reuters Corporate: Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Professional Products | Professional Products Support | About Thomson Reuters | Careers