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1. BP says it will start testing today to determine if a new device on top of the leaking oil well in the Gulf¹ is working. BP will gradually shut the valves to see if the oil stops or if it starts leaking from another part of the well. The capping project is a temporary fix. The flow of oil will not stop until a pair of relief wells are finished next month.

2. The so-called 'Barefoot Bandit' is expected to make his first court appearance today in the Bahamas. Police say Colton Harris-Moore faces a litany of charges including suspicion of illegal weapons possession. The Washington state native is suspected of stealing cars, boats and at least five airplanes after his 2008 escape from a halfway² house.

3. Investigators³ in Uganda have found an unexploded suicide vest in a disco hall in the capital of Kampala. It comes a day after two explosions went off at a rugby cafe, where crowds gathered to watch the World Cup final. At least 76 people were killed.

4. Police in New Mexico say a gunman angry about a dispute with his girlfriend forced his way into a manufacturing plant where she worked, killing⁴ two employees before turning the gun on himself. Four others were wounded in the rampage. The gunman is identified as 37-year-old Robert Reza