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Rep. Henry Waxman says that his committee’s investigation into the Gulf oil spill reveals that a key safety device, the blowout preventer, had a leak in a crucial hydraulic system.

Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington - Unsatisfied with Toyota Motor Corp.'s statements that internal testing has ruled out electronics problems as the cause for sudden acceleration, two top lawmakers Friday asked the company to provide results from those tests and make employees with "personal knowledge" of the testing available for congressional interviews.