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Saying the option's simplicity is attractive, scientists are reviewing a new option for permanently sealing the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.

CNN reported on Tuesday that BP officials said the "static kill" option would pump mud into the well to force oil back into the reservoir. They said the option could succeed where similar attempts have failed because pressure in the well is lower than expected.

Officials have said that reports regarding the health of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak are doubtful because they aren't based on medical reports.

All eyes were on the health of the 82-year-old president following gall bladder surgery in Germany early this year, The Washington Times in a Monday article said.

A senior U. S. intelligence officer told the Times, "We know he is dying but we don't know when he will die."

Animal rights activists revealed on Tuesday that a new Massachusetts law will prohibit so-called "debarking" procedures on dogs and cats.

The Boston Globe has reported that the ban the state Legislature in Boston enacted on surgical de-vocalization (vocal cord cutting by a veterinarian) will go into effect on Wednesday.

The newspaper further said that Gov. Deval Patrick signed the bill into law April 22.

According to a statement issued by the FAA, an experimental aircraft that crashed Monday near Charleston, S. C., was registered to a Delaware company called Bogco Aviation Inc.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported on Tuesday that the fixed-wing Comp Air 8 was en route from Merritt Island, Fla., to Mount Pleasant, S. C., when it crashed and burst into flames in a marsh near the runway at East Cooper Regional Airport.

According to the critics, a new bill backed by the Russian parliament would greatly extend the powers of the country's spy service FSB, transforming it into a KGB-style organization.

It has been reported that the bill was passed Monday by the upper house of the Russian Duma. First proposed after the terrorist attacks on the Moscow subway system in March, it would enable officers from the FSB, the successor of the KGB and the country's main spy service, to take preventive action against people suspected of planning crimes or extremist activity.