Friday, April 30, 2010

Oil Spill Will Strain Already Hard-Hit US Gulf State Economies - Wall Street Journal


The Hindu


Oil Spill Will Strain Already Hard-Hit US Gulf State Economies

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Environmental issues worsen in Gulf spill - USA Today


BBC News


Environmental issues worsen in Gulf spill

USA Today


NEW ORLEANS â€" Time appeared to be running out on Thursday to prevent a disaster that could harm the ecosystem along the Gulf Coast as 210000 g »

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Coast Guard Will Try Burning Oil Spill as It Nears Land - New York Times


Times Online


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. ...


Coast Guard chief sees big risk from oil spill

Reuters


Coast Guard to Start Burning Gulf Oil Slick

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Senate panel says Goldman inflated housing bubble - Reuters


Reuters


Senate panel says Goldman inflated housing bubble

Reuters


Daniel Sparks (from LR) , former partner, Head of Mortgages Department for Golden Sachs, Joshua Birnbaum, former Managing Director of Structured Products Group Trading for Goldman Sachs, Michael Swanson, Managing Director for Structured Products Group ...


Senate Readies Goldman Assault

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Monday, April 26, 2010

Shelby predicts Senate GOP will vote unanimously to block debate on bill - Washington Post


Reuters


Shelby predicts Senate GOP will vote unanimously to block debate on bill

Washington Post


The top GOP negotiator on a bill to overhaul financial regulation said he expects  »


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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Rescuers fan out after twister kills 10 in Miss. - Houston Chronicle


Washington Post


Rescuers fan out after twister kills 10 in Miss.

Houston Chronicle


YAZOO CITY, Miss. â€" Rescuers spread out Sunday to find anyone who might be left behind in the rural Mississippi countryside hit hard by a tornado that killed 10 people a day earlier, while others returned to demolished homes to salvage what they could ...


10 dead in Miss. after tornado, storms hit South

The Associated Press


Mississippi tornado leaves path of death, destruction

CNN International


Coroner: Tornado Killed At Least 4 In Yazoo County

WAPT Jackson


WLOX -Reuters -Voice of America


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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Obama links auto industry woes, financial overhaul - The Associated Press


CBS News


Obama links auto industry woes, financial overhaul

The Associated Press


WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama on Saturday cited encouraging signs of an auto industry rebound as he promoted stronger financial rules that he said would help prevent a repeat of the crisis that pushed carmakers to the brink. ...


Obama says auto bailouts have paid off

Reuters


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Friday, April 23, 2010

Deep Well Is Not Spilling Oil, Official Says - New York Times


Reuters


Deep Well Is Not Spilling Oil, Official Says

New York Times


NEW ORLEANS â€" A Coast Guard official said Friday morning that oil was not spilling from a deep-water well off the coast of Louisiana, apparently easing concerns of a potential environmental disaster days after ...


Coast Guard: No oil leaking from sunken rig

USA Today


Oil spill not growing, search for 11 continues

Reuters


US Coast Guard Says No Crude Oil Leaking From Gulf Well

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

At least 11 missing after blast on oil rig in Gulf - CNN


Washington Post


At least 11 missing after blast on oil rig in Gulf

CNN


By the CNN Wire Staff More than 120 people reportedly were on board the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico at the time of the blast. (CNN) -- At least 11 people were missing and seven were critic »

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Flights ease Europe's air traffic crisis - CNN International


The Guardian (blog)


Flights ease Europe's air traffic crisis

CNN International


By the CNN Wire Staff London, England (CNN) -- Half of  »


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Monday, April 19, 2010

Andrew Kohut: Americans Are More Skeptical of Washington Than Ever - Wall Street Journal


New York Daily News


Andrew Kohut: Americans Are More Skeptical of Washington Than Ever

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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Airport Crisis Frustrates Travelers, and Airlines - New York Times


Times Online


Airport Crisis Frustrates Travelers, and Airlines

New York Times


PARIS â€" As a large part of European airspace remained shut down for the fourth day Sunday and the towering fountain of ash from an Icelandic volcano showed no signs of letting up, questions about the ...


Airlines search for safe path through ash as travel pressure mounts

Times Online


Airlines conduct more test flights on ash cloud safety

BBC News


test flights raise hope for European air traffic

Telegraph.co.uk


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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Obama: Fresh crisis without new financial rules - The Associated Press


Obama: Fresh crisis without new financial rules

The Associated Press


WASHINGTON â€" The US is destined to endure a new economic crisis that sticks taxpayers with the bill unless Congress tightens oversight of the financial industry, President Barack Obama said Saturday. The overhaul is the next major piece of legislation ...


Obama pushes bank reform, lashes out at Republicans

Reuters


Obama Vows to Move on Regulation

New York Times


Obama, Republicans square off on financial-regulation bill

Washington Post


Bend Bulletin -Voice of America -Los Angeles Times


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Friday, April 16, 2010

Channel Island flights disrupted for second day - BBC News


The Guardian


Channel Island flights disrupted for second day

BBC News


Some inter-island flights have resumed at Channel Island airports as ash from a volcano in Iceland causes disruption for a second day. Air traffic control body Nats has decided  »

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Britain Closes Airspace as Volcanic Ash Spreads - New York Times


Telegraph.co.uk


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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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Moon vets say Obama's NASA cuts would ground US - USA Today


Telegraph.co.uk


Moon vets say Obama's NASA cuts would ground US

USA Today


By Neilson Barnard, Getty Images By Todd Halvorson, Florida Today CAPE CANAVERAL â€" President Obama's plans for NASA could be "devastating" to the US space program and "destines our nation to become one of second- or even third-rate stature," three ...


Obama to backtrack on NASA Orion cancellation - reports

Register


President to Outline His Vision for NASA

New York Times


Obama's Envisions Manned Mars Mission for NASA

CBS News


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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Obama's day: At the nuclear summit - USA Today


Globe and Mail


Obama's day: At the nuclear summit

USA Today


Good morning from The Oval. It's the birthday of Declaration of Independence author, University of Virginia founder, and third US President Thomas Jefferson, born in 1743. This morning, President Obama opens the first plenary session of the Nuclear ...


Official: Al Qaeda hasn't gotten far in getting nuclear weapons

CNN


Adding nuclear caution

Buffalo News


US-POLITICS Summary

Washington Post


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Monday, April 12, 2010

Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread - The Associated Press


CBC.ca


Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread

The Associated Press


WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama and presidents, prime ministers and other top officials from 47 countries start work Monday on a battle plan to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands. Confronting what he c »


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Sunday, April 11, 2010

UK's Polish communities mourn crash dead - BBC News


BBC News


UK's Polish communities mourn crash dead

BBC News


Thousands of people have been mourning the deaths of the Polish president and other victims of Saturday's air crash at services taking place across the UK. Lech Kaczynski and many other leading Polish military, civic and cultural figures died when ...


Lech Kaczynski's legacy may be an end to Polish cycle of tragedy

The Guardian


Poland pays tribute to president

Aljazeera.net


Polish Jews mourn president's death

Jewish Telegraphic Agency


RIA Novosti -Washington Post -Ynetnews


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Friday, April 9, 2010

Mine Operator Escaped Extra Oversight After Warning - New York Times


Reuters


Mine Operator Escaped Extra Oversight After Warning

New York Times


The operator of the West Virginia mine that exploded on Monday, killing at least 25 people, was warned by federal officials just over two years ago that it could be cited for having a “pattern of violations,” which ...


Two rescue teams enter W.Va. mine

Los Angeles Times


Rescuers to make 'mad dash' to search for trapped West Virginia miners

CNN


Fire thwarts rescue effort in W.Va. mine

Washington Post


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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

West Virginia coal mine rescue crews race against time - Los Angeles Times


CBC.ca


West Virginia coal mine rescue crews race against time

Los Angeles Times


Attempts to contact 4 missing miners prove fruitless. Workers drill a new ventilation hole at site where 25 men were killed Monday; governor says there's only 'a sliver of hope' of finding survivors. By Kim Geiger and Bob Drogin Emergency teams stepped ...


No Signs of Life From 4 Missing in Mine

New York Times


Massey Energy is a key player in region

USA Today


AP: Mines' flood of appeals fends off safety fines

The Associated Press


ABC News -Reuters -Las Vegas Sun


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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Wireless Net Neutrality: Dead? - BusinessWeek


PC World


Wireless Net Neutrality: Dead?

BusinessWeek


On April 6, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said the Federal Communications Commission couldn't tell the US's largest cable company, Comcast, not to interfere with certain types of traffic. This in effect reverses the FCC's 2008 ...


Court Drives FCC Towards Nuclear Option to Regulate Broadband

Wired News


Obama Administration Eyes New Taxes, Fees for National Broadband Network

FOXNews


Court Rules For Comcast, Shoots Down FCC On Net Neutrality

ChannelWeb


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Monday, April 5, 2010

US seeks maximum civil penalty against Toyota - Washington Post


Telegraph.co.uk


US seeks maximum civil penalty against Toyota

Washington Post


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Sunday, April 4, 2010

Saturday, April 3, 2010

My Best Buy had no iPads, no line - CNET


Times Online


My Best Buy had no iPads, no line

CNET


I was first in the iPad line at the Best Buy in Marin City, Calif., on Saturday. Oh, I wasn't looking to buy one. Only people with certain imbalances buy the first iteration of Apple products. But the Best Buy is right next to my ...


Apple's iPad unearthed: Samsung, LG appear

Reuters


Stargazing Apps on the IPad

PC World


Apple Kicks Off iPad Era At Stores Across The Nation

ChannelWeb


The Associated Press -New York Times -Washington Post


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