It may ultimately require a euro-zone solution that is much bigger and more wrenching than the process in Greece.

WSJ: European Stocks End Higher

Kennedy took the due-process argument to heart, rooting his analysis in the right to a zone of personal liberty into which the government may not intrude.

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And because the bacteria use oxygen in the water as they digest oil, scientists are concerned that process could cause an oxygen-depleted area underwater a "dead zone" that could choke off a variety of undersea life.

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