CBC.ca | Pressure piles on BP as Gulf spill widens Reuters VENICE, La, May 24 (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama was dispatching two Cabinet secretaries to the fouled Gulf Coast on Monday to keep pressure on energy giant BP to plug an undersea oil leak that threatens an ecological disaster. ... US Raises Pressure on BP to Stop Oil Leak, Clean Up Spill 1979 OIL SPILL Spill has 'perfect precedence' -- in 1979 disaster Coast Guard: BP may delay 'top-kill' until Wed. |
Washington Post | Arlen Specter out, Rand Paul advances, Blanche Lincoln fights on Christian Science Monitor Tuesday's primaries signal a restless electorate unwilling to follow the behest of either party establishment. Sen. Arlen Specter lost in Pennsylvania. 'Tea party' pick Rand Paul is GOP's Senate candidate in Kentucky. Sen. ... Senate race in Pa. will be about jobs, economy Pennsylvania Primary Ends Arlen Specter's 30-Year Reign: 'Hard to Imagine ... US primaries deal blows to both parties |
Reuters | FBI Raids in Northeast Are Linked to Bomb Case New York Times Federal authorities on Thursday raided several locations in the Northeast and took two people into custody as part of an investigation into the failed Times Square car bombing, which Obama administration officials ... FBI searches Watertown, Brookline in NYC bomb probe Search warrants executed in Times Square probe Times Square Case Prompts Raids in Boston, New York Area |
Reuters | Gulf of Mexico oil spill's lessons learned MarketWatch TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- It's been about two weeks now since a fatal explosion and fire sank an oil rig in mile-deep waters off the coast of Louisiana, but it may take years to sort out the consequences that this chain of ... BP: Started To Lower Oil Spill Containment Dome To Sea Bed |
Globe and Mail | US Gulf state shrimpers sue BP over oil spill Reuters HOUSTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Shrimpers in Louisiana and Alabama have filed class-action lawsuits against oil giant BP Plc (BP.L) and owners of the drilling platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, as claims for economic losses anticipated from ... Gulf Coast oil spill could eclipse Exxon Valdez Oil Spill's Blow to BP's Image May Eclipse Out-of-Pocket Costs Louisiana 'Fishing Capital' Braces for Giant Slick |
Telegraph.co.uk | Putin to head investigation into Polish president's death ABC Online People light candles and place flowers in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland. (Reuters: Kacper Pempel) Russia says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will person » |
