Globe and Mail | Oil reaches shore as weather threatens cleanup Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON â€" As oil began washing onto Louisiana shores teeming with wildlife and weather threatened cleanup efforts, President Barack Obama today insisted that energy companies will have to employ new ... Louisiana Closes Some Shrimping Areas on Oil Threat Oil Spill Silences Once-Raucous 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Camp Weather Hampers Response To Spill Threatening Louisiana Coast |
Friday, April 30, 2010
Oil reaches shore as weather threatens cleanup - Houston Chronicle
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Lawmakers set probes of oil spill as federal attention intensifies - Houston Chronicle
BBC News | Lawmakers set probes of oil spill as federal attention intensifies Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON--As oil from a deadly drilling accident approached Gulf Coast shores, lawmakers raised the heat on the offshore industry, although the Obama administration stopped short today of backing off its ... White House Takes a Bigger Role in the Oil Spill Cleanup US expects Gulf oil slick to hit landf » |
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Coast Guard Will Try Burning Oil Spill as It Nears Land - New York Times
Reuters | Coast Guard Will Try Burning Oil Spill as It Nears Land New York Times NEW ORLEANS â€" Crews struggling to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will light some of the petroleum on fire at 11 am Central time in an attempt to burn it off before it reaches shore. ... Weather helpful in Gulf oil cleanup today, could hurt tomorrow Coast Guard says to set leaking oil ablaze Growing Gulf oil spill prompts rethinking on offshore drilling |
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Goldman Sachs Grilled in Senate Hearing Over Mortgage Business - BusinessWeek
BBC News | Goldman Sachs Grilled in Senate Hearing Over Mortgage Business BusinessWeek April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executives were grilled by US senators probing the bank's mortgage business as Senator Carl Levin asked why it sold a set of investments the lender had itself labeled ... Goldman Officials Defend Actions |
Monday, April 26, 2010
GOP Prepares an Alternative Plan for Financial Regulation - New York Times
Globe and Mail | GOP Prepares an Alternative Plan for Financial Regulation New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Senate Republicans are working to finalize their own version of legislation to tighten regulation of the nation's financial system, and aides said their version could be put forward as a rival to the Democrats' ... Shelby predicts Senate GOP will vote unanimously to block debate on bill Bank Stocks F » |
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
Dodd, Shelby say no deal yet on financial rules - USA Today
Reuters | Dodd, Shelby say no deal yet on financial rules USA Today WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The Senate's top negotiators on financial overhaul legislation said Sunday they were not optimistic about striking a bipartisan agreement on key features of the sweeping bill before a showdown vote on Monday. Sen. ... Senators close to deal on financial regulation Senate negotiators say deal close Lawmakers Close to Finance-Overhaul Deal |
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Goldman Sachs e-mails show bank sought to profit from housing downturn - Washington Post
Times LIVE | Goldman Sachs e-mails show bank sought to profit from housing downturn Washington Post A Senate investigation into the financial crisis has found that Goldman Sachs, the storied W » |
Friday, April 23, 2010
GOP ramps up attacks on SEC over porn surfing - The Associated Press
Washington Post | GOP ramps up attacks on SEC over porn surfing The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the Securities and Exchange Commission following reports that senior agency staffers spent hours surfing pornographic websites on government-issued computers while they were supposed to be ... Senior SEC staffers spent hours at work looking at porn websites SEC porn scandal -- it's not the first time a federal worker has been caught Did Porn Cause the Financial Crisis? |
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
12 are missing after blast in Gulf of Mexico - Houston Chronicle
New York Daily News | 12 are missing after blast in Gulf of Mexico Houston Chronicle AP A rescued oil worker from the rig is transported in this image provided by the US Coast Guard. The US Coast Guard confirmed that 12 people were still missing mid-morning on Wednesday following a massive overnight ... Workers Missing After Oil Rig Blast Oil rig tilting badly after explosion off La. Workers Missing After Oil-Rig Explosion |
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Volcanic ash chaos 'a lesson for Europe' - BBC News
CBC.ca | Volcanic ash chaos 'a lesson for Europe' BBC News Europe's ash cloud has triggered a flurry of anguished c » |
Monday, April 19, 2010
80 Percent of Americans Don't Trust the Government. Here's Why - Atlantic Online
Kansas City Star | 80 Percent of Americans Don't Trust the Government. Here's Why Atlantic Online Public trust of government is near its » |
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Flights assess danger from volcano ash amid air chaos - BBC News
Telegraph.co.uk | Flights assess danger from volcano ash amid air chaos BBC News European airlines have carried out test flights to see if it is safe to fly through volcanic ash from Iceland that has disrupted air travel for four days. Dutch, German and French carriers sent planes up without suffering obvious damage, prompting some ... Airport Crisis Frustrates Travelers, and Airlines Airlines search for safe paths through ash Air France: We carried out succesful test flight |
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
Disrupted Air Travel in Northern Europe for Third Full Day - Voice of America
Globe and Mail | Disrupted Air Travel in Northern Europe for Third Full Day Voice of America Iceland's volcano erupted Wednesday and has since been spewing ash several miles into the air. The ash clouds include particles of rock, glass and sand that can get into an aircraft's engine and cause it to st » |
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Volcano ash: Your stories - BBC News
National Geographic | Volcano ash: Your stories BBC News Most flights in the UK will remain grounded until early Saturday as ash from a volcano in Iceland continues to drift across Europe. Germany and Poland closed most of their airports early on Friday and the no-flight zone now extends to Austria in the ... Volcanic ash health warning issued as travel chaos continues Experts: No end to volcano ash in sight Europe's Flight Chaos Worsens as Ash Cloud Spreads |
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Britain Closes Airspace as Volcanic Ash Spreads - New York Times
BBC Sport | Britain Closes Airspace as Volcanic Ash Spreads New York Times An aerial photo shows smoke rising from the volcano under a glacier in the Eyjafj » |
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Obama summit's goal: keep nuclear weapons away from terrorists - Christian Science Monitor
The Hindu | Obama summit's goal: keep nuclear weapons away from terrorists Christian Science Monitor The security summit that begins in Washington Monday aims to ensure that nuclear weapons and weapons-grade materials are put under lock and key to prevent terrorists from getting them. Technicians at the Lo Aguirre reactor in Santiago, Chile. ... Obama Hosts Unprecedented International Nuclear Summit Could terrorists get hold of a nuclear bomb? Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread |
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Silence across Poland for tragic air crash president - ABC Online
Telegraph.co.uk | Silence across Poland for tragic air crash president ABC Online Solemnly standing to attention as sirens wailed, Poles fell silent across the country Sunday as they mourned President Lech Kaczynski and top officials killed in a fiery air crash in Russia. Thousands of people observed the two minutes of silence ... Polish president's body flown home UK's Polish communities mourn crash dead Crashed Polish plane was technic » |
Friday, April 9, 2010
Mining disaster raises questions about effectiveness of safety laws - CNN
Reuters | Mining disaster raises questions about effectiveness of safety laws CNN Naoma, West Virginia (CNN) -- Two West Virginia mining accidents within 17 days in January 2006 killed 14 people and prompted Congress to pass the most sweeping mine safety legislation in 29 years. The Mine Improvement and New ... Wife: Families understand W.Va. mine rescue delay Coal: The Lifeblood of a Country |
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Obama, Medvedev Sign Treaty Cutting Nuclear Stockpiles - Voice of America
The Hindu | Obama, Medvedev Sign Treaty Cutting Nuclear Stockpiles Voice of America Photo: AP US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev have signed a major nuclear arms reduction treaty that cuts each country's nuclear arsenals by about 30 percent. The pact signed Thursday in the Czech Republic leaves each ... US and Russia sign historic nuclear treaty New US-Russia Nuclear Pact A 'Reset' For Old Rivals Medvedev to visit US this summer: White House |
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
W. Va. Mine Explosion: Massey Energy CEO Speaks Out - ABC News
The Hindu | W. Va. Mine Explosion: Massey Energy CEO Speaks Out ABC News Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship told ABC's Diane Sawyer late this afternoon that he has apologized to the families of the miners killed or trapped in yesterday's accident, but he declined to take or place blame for the accident ... Mine accident sparks scrutiny of company "Everything on Hold" at W. Va. Mine Blast Site Mine Cited on Safety Issues |
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Monday, April 5, 2010
6 Dead and 21 Missing After W.Va. Mine Blast - New York Times
Houston Chronicle | 6 Dead and 21 Missing After W.Va. Mine Blast New York Times At least six miners were killed and 21 trapped after an explosion ripped through an underground coal mine Monday in Raleigh County, West Virginia, state emergency officials said. The explosion occurred at about 3 pm at the Upper Big ... Official: Six killed in West Virginia mine blast Six reported dead in West Virginia coal mine collapse Blast in West Virginia Coal Mine Kills 6 |
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Sunday, April 4, 2010
6.9-Magnitude Quake in Baja California Felt on West Coast - New York Times
Sydney Morning Herald | 6.9-Magnitude Quake in Baja California Felt on West Coast New York Times LOS ANGELES - An earthquake centered in Baja California in Mexico shook buildings as far north as Los Angeles Sunday afternoon. The earthquake was centered in the Baja California, about 108 miles east-southeast of Tijuana, ... Magnitude 6.9 quake hits Mexico Strong 6.9 quake hits Baja California, Mexico: USGS 6.9 Earthquake Strikes Baja California |
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