Breaking news: Obama to extend moratorium on offshore drilling

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WASHINGTON (AP) --  A White House aide has told the Associated Press that President Obama will continue a moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling for six months while a presidential commission investigates the Gulf oil spill. Obama on Thursday will also announce delays in drilling off the coasts of Alaska and cancellations of pending lease sales off the Virginia coast and in the Western Gulf.

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