The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress returns from its summer recess.

AP - Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer.

The WikiLeaks website has received additional ?very significant? material about U.S. military abuses from anonymous whistleblowers and plans to post the documents within weeks, the group?s founder said Friday.