Newsweek | White House Takes a Bigger Role in the Oil Spill Cleanup New York Times A boat collected crude oil that had leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico. By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON NEW ORLEANS â€" The response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico intensified abruptly on Thursday, with the federal government ... BP Prepares For The Worst As Gulf Oil Spill Threatens Shore |
Times Online | Gulf oil spill 'five times' larger than estimated The Guardian National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration experts now estimate that 5000 barrels a day of oil are spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP Five times more oil a day than previously believed is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico ... BP Oil Well Leaking Five Times Faster Than Estimated Leaking oil threatens Gulf Coast delicacy Emergency Crews Ignite Portion of US Oil Spill |
Sydney Morning Herald | Levin Grilling Blankfein Means Clash of Harvard Law Standouts BusinessWeek April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lloyd C. Blankfein and Carl Levin both have degrees from Harvard Law School. Judging from their confrontation on Capitol Hill yesterday, they hardly speak the same language. Levin, chairman of the Senate's ... W » |
Los Angeles Times | Security hearing expected to turn to immigration Washington Post AP WASHINGTON -- Senators are expected to question Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about the ramifications of Arizona's tough new immigration law when she appears for an oversight hearing. The Senate Judiciary Committee already had planned ... Daly: Descendant of immigrants wants to slam 'golden door' C » |
Globe and Mail | Tales of tornado survival amid Miss. community's woe USA Today By Sean Gardner, Getty Images YAZOO CITY, Miss. â€" Sandra Grayson was sitting on her front porch when she saw the tornado rumble across a hill. She grabbed her two miniature schnauzers, Bubba and Julie Belle, and hid in the bathroom. ... Tornado leaves hundreds homeless in Mississippi Mississippi Assessing Damage by Tornado Tornado damage assessment continues...Obama praises dead miners |
BBC News | Climate consensus collapses in Senate Boston Globe WASHINGTON â€" In one of the proudest moments of his long legislative career, Senator John F. Kerry was poised to unveil a long-awaited climate change bill tomorrow that would put a price on carbon emissions and provide ... US senators postpone climate bill unveiling Senators to unveil energy-climate bill aimed at winning bipartisan support US climate bill gives polluter and nuclear breaks |
BBC News | Arizona governor signs immigration law; foes promise fight Arizona Republic Moments after Gov. Jan Brewer signed Arizona's controversial new immigration law Friday, opponents promised legal ch » |
Indian Express | SEC divided on vote to file Goldman lawsuit Washington Post Behind closed doors, the two Republican members of the Securities and Exchange Commission sharply questioned senior investigators last week about whether the evidence they had assembled was strong enough to file a fraud case ... SEC staffers watched porn as economy crashed Senior SEC staffers spent hours at work looking at porn websites SEC staffers watched porn as economy crashed |
Washington Post | Obama to push for tougher financial rules for W » |
CNN International | Some flights resume as new ash cloud forms CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff London, England (CNN) -- More flights were expected to resume across Europe on Tuesday, but concern also grew of a new cloud of ash that has spewed from an Icelandic volcano that officials said was heading toward the United ... New Ash Cloud Jeopardizes Europe's Plan to Open Skies Factbox: European airports and airspace closed by ash cloud Plans to reopen airspace in doubt |
Telegraph.co.uk | Signs of Relief as Airlines Press to Ease Flight Ban New York Times The disruption to air travel has left people stranded at airports the world over. Two women waited Sunday in Hong Kong. By MARK McDONALD, NICOLA CLARK and JAD MOUAWAD Air travelers stranded in Europe by the vast and lingering cloud of volcanic ash ... Volcano casts cloud over European economy EU emergency talks c » |
Ha'aretz | White House 'not ready' for nuclear Iran Times Online US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned in a secret memo to senior White House officials that the United States does not have a long-term strategy for dealing with Iran's nuclear programme. The three page document, written in January, ... Report: Gates sent White House memo on Iran policy Gates 'warns White House' over Iran nukes policy Times: US has no strategy to block Iran |
MiamiHerald.com | Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners of gays Washington Post President Obama mandated Thursday that nearly » |
BBC News | Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated New York Times Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, and are no more or less afraid of f » |
CBC.ca | Nuclear stock security tightened BBC News The leaders of almost 50 countries have pledged to secure » |
The Guardian (blog) | China agrees to pursue new sanctions against Iran Los Angeles Times Chinese President Hu Jintao meets with Obama before the start of an international security summit in Washington. By Christi Parsons and Paul Richter Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed in a face-to-face meeting with President Obama on Monday to pursue ... Ukraine to give up nuke material; boost for summit Obama, Chinese leader discuss possible Iran sanctions Nuclear security summit hears of terror risk |
Reuters | Woods Hangs In, but Tests Trees Instead of Rivals New York Times AUGUSTA, Ga. â€" It could have been any one of several holes Sunday, but this was No. 8, and Tiger Woods had hit a shot into the trees. His b » |
Globe and Mail | In Mine Safety, a Meek Watchdog New York Times Carolyn Kaster/AP Travis McKinney is comforted at the funeral of his grandfather, Benny Ray Willingham, one of 29 miners killed last week. By MICHAEL COOPER, GARDINER HARRIS and ERIC LIPTON This article was reported by Michael Cooper, Gardiner Harris ... Crews begin removing bodies from W.Va. coal mine With no survivors in West Virginia mine blast, focus shifts to responsibility Bodies of 4 coal miners found |
Globe and Mail | John Paul Stevens' unexpectedly liberal legacy Los Angeles Times The retiring Supreme Court justice started out as a conservative in 1975, but as he saw it, the court shifted right as he held to the center. By David G. Savage The Supreme Court career of John Paul Stevens could not have been easily predicted in 1975 ... John Paul Stevens' Chicago ties Stevens Sets Up Court Fight |
Reuters | Obama to review mine safety rules after West Virginia blast killed 25 miners Washington Post At least 25 coal miners died after a methane explosion Monday in the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, W.Va. High concentrations of toxic gases continued to delay efforts to find four missing miners Thursday. By Ed O'Keefe President Obama said ... Rescuers retreat in West Virginia mine search Mines carry backlog of $90M in violations Third rescue attempt at West Virginia mine delayed until Thursday evening |
Reuters | Drilling begins into coal mine; governor holds 'a sliver of hope' CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Montcoal, West Virginia (CNN) -- Rescue workers began drilling a hole Tuesday toward where they believe four miners may be located more than a day after a blast killed 25 others in a coal mine here. "There's a sliver of hope, ... About Massey Energy Co. Upper Big Branch mine infractions AP: Mines fight safety violations, fines go unpaid |
Globe and Mail | Obama sends condolences to families of killed West Virginia miners Los Angeles Times President Barack Obama, who had spoken by telephone with West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin on Monday night after a massive mine explosion that has claimed at least two dozen lives, today pledged the full support of the federal government. ... Mine Explosion Kills 25 in West Virginia |
Telegraph.co.uk | Attack on US consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan BBC News At least seven people have died after militants attacked the US consulate in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar. There were several explosions in the area near the consulate and buildings collapsed. A gun battle between police and the ... NEW: Two employees of US consulate among six killed in blast in Peshawar Taliban Claims Responsibility for US Consulate Attack in Peshawar Militants attempt to storm US Consulate in Pakistan |
