TALLAHASSEE -- Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today said two male Oriental fruit flies have been found in a trap in a grapefruit tree in the Pinellas County community of Safety Harbor.  The flies (Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Tephritidae) were found during routine surveillance activities earlier this month conducted by the department's Division of Plant Industry.

(AP) _ BP says oil from its broken well has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April.

BP CEO Tony Hayward was allegedly seen out on his $270,000 racing yacht during the Isle of Wight boat race on day 61 of the BP oil spill catastrophe.  Critics immediately noted that while he was out having fun, thousands of barrels of oil were still being pumped into the Gulf of Mexico.

Hayward and his son took out some time to attend the JP Morgan Island Race, BBC News reports. BP confirmed Hayward attended the event, saying the race was Hayward’s first day off since the disaster began after the oil rig explosion April 20.

Critics-- including White House and Louisiana officials and residents-- say the BP chief should be doing more to deal with the spill and doesn’t deserve any time off until the crisis is resolved.  

What do you think? Should Hayward be allowed a day off? If so, what kind of break should he be taking? Should he be out on his yacht at a widely watched race? Or should he have taken a more low key day off out of the public eye? Should he be taking off any days at all? How about other BP executives? Or is Hayward being unfairly criticized or falsely characterized for political reasons or by people who need a particular person to blame? What’s your opinion?

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Wednesday, June 16, Day 57 of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.  An explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20began this saga, described by some to be the worst ecological disaster to ever hit the United States.  The rig, owned by Transocean Ltd., was being leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup and containment. The blast killed 11 workers.  Oil has been pouring into the Gulf from the blown-out undersea well ever since, despite numerous attempts to plug the leak.  It's taken many weeks to figure out how much oil is leaking each day. It's now estimated that up to 60,000 barrels are spewing into the Gulf waters every day.