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Engineers fighting the Gulf oil spill are confident that the cap over the well is strong enough that they may be able to plug it up soon.

Two more public employee unions -- representing doctors, dentists and engineers -- have agreed to tentative contracts with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, expanding to six the number of labor unions the governor has convinced to accept pay cuts and pension rollbacks.

A former engineer for Rockwell International and Boeing was convicted Thursday of economic espionage and acting as an agent of China, authorities said.