ABC News | Oil From Spill Is Reported to Have Reached the Coast New York Times In this photo released by Greenpeace, a boat on Thursday deployed oil booms along Port East in the Gulf of Mexico. By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON NEW ORLEANS â€"Coast Guard officials were investigating reports early Friday morning that oil from a massive spill in ... Oil spill taints wetlands in Louisiana BP Seen Oversold As Gulf Oil Spill Threatens Shore |
Times Online | Oil spill burned in Gulf of Mexico, in hope of saving coast Washington Post The Coast Guard and BP set fire to a portion of the crude oil floating in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in a bid to limit the impact of a widening slick, which federal officials said could touch shore in parts of the Louisiana delta ... Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard |
Telegraph.co.uk (blog) | Blankfein hit hard on CDO conflicts MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein told legislators Tuesday that when clients approach the investment bank as a market maker to buy or sell securities, they don't care what the ... Senate showdown puts Goldman's defense on display Lloyd Blankfein: Goldman Sachs Getting 'Disproportionate Treatment' Levin Grilling Blankfein Means Clash of Harvard Law Standouts |
Los Angeles Times | Daly: Descendant of immigrants wants to slam 'golden door' New York Daily News Records suggest that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's great-grandmother arrived in the United States in 1886. Where would the governor be without the drive of this immigrant? Should New York do more to address illegal immigration? ... Security hearing expected to turn to immigration C » |
Reuters | Decision near for financial reform in Senate Reuters House Minority leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) comment on their meeting with President Obama and the bipartisan Congressional leadership about financial reform, at the White House, April 14, 2010. ... Dems say go, GOP says not yet to finance reform debate Republican C » |
The Guardian | Mississippi tornado leaves path of death, destruction CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Yazoo City, Mississippi (CNN) -- As dawn broke Sunday and rescue crews prepared to reach hard-hit areas, officials fear the death toll will rise from a tornado that tore through Mississippi a day earlier. ... Mississippi tornado kills 10 Tornado kills at least 10 people in Mississippi Mississippi tornado kills 10 |
Telegraph.co.uk | Ariz. law 'an insult to American justice' Chicago Sun-Times Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's signing of America's toughest immigration enforcement law Friday has thrust the dormant issue of immigration reform back into the national spotlight, energizing groups on both sides. Chicago Democrat Luis Gutierrez, ... Nation+World headlines: Immigration law signed Arizona signs tough immigration bill Obama Assails Arizona Immigration Law |
MiamiHerald.com | SEC staffers watched porn as economy crashed CNN SEC employees spent hours looking at porn sites on their work computers, according to an internal report. (CNN) -- As the country was sinking into its worst financial crisis in more than 70 years, Security and Exchange Commission employees and ... GOP ramps up attacks on SEC over porn surfing SEC divided on vote to file Goldman lawsuit Senior SEC staffers spent hours at work looking at porn websites |
MiamiHerald.com | Obama Sets Demands for Financial Reforms New York Times WASHINGTON â€" President Obama is traveling to the shadow of W » |
CBC.ca | As Europe Reopens Skies, a New Cloud Looms New York Times LONDON â€" European aviation authorities began trying to implement a plan to ease six days of severe restrictions on aviation traffic around the Continent on Tuesday, but a new ash cloud spreading south ... New eruptions cloud plan to resume flights in Europe Some flights resume as new ash cloud forms Some European Airports Reopen Despite Caution |
CBC.ca | Volcanic ash cloud restrictions 'embarrassing', say airlines Telegraph.co.uk Comprehensive restrictions on flights across Europe resulting from volcanic ash floating over from Iceland are an “embarrassmentâ€, an airline chief has claimed, as 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 |
The Hindu | Volcanic eruption grounds thousands of fliers across Europe Washington Post LONDON -- With a monstrous cloud of volcanic ash closing down airports from Britain to Finland to Austria on Friday, much of Europe was confronting a bizarre question: What do you do in a world without air travel? ... Live: Volcanic cloud over Europe Air Travel Chaos Deepens Into Weekend Volcanic ash cloud: UK flight ban worsens |
Washington Post | Obama orders hospital visitation rights for gays, lesbians CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Washington (CNN) -- President Obama has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a rule that would prevent hospitals from denying visitation privileges to gay and lesbian partners. ... Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners of gays Obama orders most hospitals to grant gays visitation rights Obama Widens Medical Rights for Same-Sex Partners |
New York Times (blog) | 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 | Iran: US Using "Nuclear Blackmail" CBS News This story was filed by CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk from the United Nations. Within hours of President Obama's news conference at the close of a summit to rid the world of "loose nukes" in Washington, Iran's Ambassador to the United ... Obama Makes Progress on Nuke Security, Less So on Iran Iran complains to U.N. over U.S. nuclear "threat" Proposal targets nuclear terrorism |
CBC.ca | Kyrgyzstan's ousted President Bakiyev's immunity lifted BBC News The interim government of Kyrgyzstan has said President Kurmanbek Bakiyev no longer has presidential immunity and has c » |
Reuters | Iran on Obama-Hu agenda as nuclear summit looms Reuters President Barack Obama addresses reporters during his meeting with South African President Jacob Zuma at Blair House in Washington DC April 11, 2010. Zuma is in town for this week's nuclear security summit. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama ... Al Qaeda would use nuclear weapon, Obama warns Agenda of Nuclear Talks Leaves Out a New Threat Obama seeks front against nuclear terror |
TIME | For Poland, plane crash in Russia rips open old wounds Los Angeles Times The 97 aboard a Soviet-era plane were heading to Katyn, site of the 1940 massacre of Polish prisoners of war. Now Poland, which never forgot its tragic past, must grieve the loss of its key leaders. By Megan K. Stack With a single swipe, ... Katyn claims new victims as Polish president's plane crashes Poland Mourns President Kaczynski was good friend of Israel |
Washington Post | John Paul Stevens' Chicago ties Chicago Tribune In the 1940s, US Supreme Court Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge asked the professors at Northwestern University Law School if they had a student who might be a good candidate to work for him as a clerk. ... The Stevens Court Hatch salutes Stevens, awaits Obama's choice John Paul Stevens' unexpectedly liberal legacy |
Reuters | After a Slow Start, Woods Plays as if He Never Left New York Times AUGUSTA, Ga. â€" Tiger Woods had been on the golf course Thursday for about 90 minutes. If he had experienced first-tee jitters in his comeback to competitive golf after a five-month layoff, it did not show. He had received subdued but ... ESPN finds meaning beyond Tiger Woods at Masters Tiger Woods returns to the Masters ready to give thanks and take back his game How Tiger Woods has fared in 2010 - Tiger Woods |
Telegraph.co.uk | West Virginia Mine Rescue: Clinging to Waning Hope for Survivors ABC News Rescue teams at the site of the West Virginia mine explosion could be » |
CBC.ca | Poisonous gases bring search for missing West Virginia miners to a standstill Los Angeles Times Because of a dangerous buildup of methane and carbon dioxide near the entrance to the mine, it could be 12 hours before rescuers can resume their search, Gov. Joe Manchin says. By David Zucchino and Kim Geiger Reporting from Montcoal, WV - As the sun ... Seismic Events Recorded Not Far From Mine Disaster Site Hopes fade for US miners still missing after explosion West Virginia Mine Explosion: 25 Dead, Community Waits on Fate of Missing Miners |
ABC Online | US Condemns Attack on Consulate in Pakistan Voice of America The United States has condemned an Islamic militant attack on the US consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar Monday. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the White House is greatly concerned by attack that left at least three people dead ... White House condemns Peshawar attack Taliban militants kill four outside US Consulate in Pakistan A well-coordinated strike in Peshawar |
