Telegraph.co.uk | Is the oil spill Obama's Katrina? Not yet Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comparisons with the slow US response to Hurricane Katrina are already being made, but the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not a huge political albatross for President Barack Obama -- yet. The Obama administration has gone to ... Spill Recharges Drilling Debate |
Telegraph.co.uk | Barack Obama pledges maximum effort to tackle oil leak BBC News US President Barack Obama has said "every single available resource" of government will be deployed to help contain the Gulf Coast oil leak. Up to 5000 barrels of oil a day may be now be leaking into the water after last week's explosion on a ... Drilling Process Attracts Scrutiny in Rig Explosion |
CBC.ca | Goldman Sachs banker Fabrice Tourre faces the music The Guardian Goldman Sachs banker Fabrice Tourre is sworn in before testifying to the Senate subcommittee investigating the role of investment banks during the W » |
BBC News | GOP senators block debate on finance bill Los Angeles Times The 57-41 vote marks the first showdown over the financial overhaul. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, voted with the opposition. By Janet Hook, Tribune Washington Bureau Senate Republicans, in a resolute show of unity, delayed consideration of ... Senate blocks financial regulation bill US Republicans block debate of finance rules reform Finance Bill Fails to Move Forward in Key Test Vote |
New York Daily News | Goldman e-mails show how crash turned into cash The Associated Press NEW YORK â€" As the US housing turned downward in January 2007, a Goldman Sachs trader wrote in e-mails to a woman he apparently was courting that investments he had sold were "like Frankenstein turning against his own inventor. ... Summary Box: Goldman e-mails reveal mortgage bets Goldman Sachs e-mails show bank sought to profit from housing downturn Goldman Sachs e-mails: We made money betting against mortgage market |
ABC News | Rocker Bret Michaels Has Brain Hemorrhage: Report ABC News LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rocker-turned-reality star Bret Michaels has suffered a brain hemorrhage and is in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital, People magazine reported on Friday. It quoted a source as saying the 47-year-old musician was ... Bret Michaels rushed into ICU with brain hemorrhage just days after emergency ... Celebritology: Bret Michaels hospitalized with brain hemorrhage Bret Michaels suffers huge brain hemorrhage |
Reuters | Search Continues After Oil Rig Blast New York Times A view of the blaze on the rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday morning from a Coast Guard helicopter. By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON NEW ORLEANS, La. â€" An explosion Tuesday night on an oil drilling rig off the coast of southeast Louisiana left ... Workers missing after blast, fire hit oil rig At least 11 missing after blast on oil rig in Gulf Oil rig explodes off Louisiana coast; 11 missing |
The Hindu | US airline shares down on ash cloud flight disruption Reuters ATLANTA/CHICAGO, April 19 (Reuters) - Shares of major US airlines fell on Monday as analysts said losses from the ash cloud produced by an erupting volcano in Iceland could cost the worldwide airline industry billions of dollars. ... Deal Is Set to Reopen Air Travel in Much of Europe Europe flights to return to normal Airspace over northern Europe to open Tuesday |
Globe and Mail | Airlines carry out test flights in Europe's ash-filled skies Los Angeles Times Air France, KLM and Lufthansa send out jets carrying only crew members in an attempt to show that flying conditions are safe despite the volcanic ash. The flights landed without incident, they said. Lufthansa airplanes stand on the tarmac at the ... Ministers mull volcano ash cloud flight chaos measures Europe's ash cloud keeps flyers grounded British Airways completes volcanic ash test flight |
The Hindu | More flight chaos after Iceland volcano eruption BBC News Passengers face further disruption after flight restrictions were extended until 1300 BST on Sunday as the danger from Icelandic volcanic ash continues. The National Air Traffic Control Service (Nats) said forecasts showed the ash cloud progressively ... Volcanic p » |
Times Online | Icelandic Ash Cloud Spreads; European Air Travel Snarled Voice of America Photo: AP A slowly spreading plume of volcanic ash from Iceland is covering parts of Europe, shutting down air travel and stranding tens of thousands of passengers around the world. The ash cloud forced Europe's two busiest airports, Heathrow in London ... Iceland volcano: First came the floods, then the smell of rotten eggs Volcanic ash poses major flight hazard to airlines How volcanoes have shaped history |
Globe and Mail | China quake rescue efforts hampered by epicenter's isolation Los Angeles Times At least 400 are dead and 8000 injured in the 7.1 magnitude quake in rural Yushu county in Qinghai province. The region is 12000 feet in elevation and is a full day's drive from a major airport. The earthquake struck the county seat of Yushu, a remote, ... Hundreds dead in Chinese earthquake US offers help to quake-hit China Over 400 dead in China quake |
Globe and Mail | Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit Washington Post World leaders arriving in Washington for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit must have felt for a moment that they had instead been transported to Soviet-era Moscow. They entered a capital that had become a military encampment, ... Summit: Global effort required to protect nukes Summit urges acceptance of nuke terrorism treaty Summit C » |
Washington Post | Conan O'Brien Joins TBS, Enters The Harsh World Of Cable MTV.com It's more than a little poetic that Conan O'Brien's new show will premiere on TBS in November (rather than on Fox, where everybody figured he'd end up). Though O'Brien has spent the better part of his adult life working in television, most of it has ... Conan Says YES To TBS Conan O'Brien Chooses TBS Over Fox; New Show Due in November Conan Returning To Late-Night On TBS |
The Guardian | Euro-Zone Nations Offer $40 Billion to Greece New York Times BRUSSELS â€" A financial rescue of the debt-laden Greek economy moved into focus Sunday when the 16 nations that use the euro offered to loan Athens up to €30 billion at rates far below what the debt-laden country is paying now. ... Greece Wins EU45 Billion Aid Pledge to Blunt Crisis CORRECTED (OFFICIAL)-Greek aid higher than 40 bln euros/3 yrs Dollar, Yen, Euro Hostage to Moves in EU and China |
The Guardian (blog) | Guessing Game Begins Over Obama Pick for Stevens' Supreme Court Seat FOXNews Elena Kagan and Diane Wood are hardly household names but in the days ahead reports will invariably come out about "short-lists" and names of people most Americans have never heard of as possible replacements for retiring Supreme Court Justice John ... Stevens' successor would likely come from last year's list Obama promises quick court replacement for Stevens John Paul Stevens' Retirement: Republicans Prepare for Supreme Court Battle |
The Hindu | Mine Rescue Suspended After Methane Warning New York Times MONTCOAL, W.Va. â€" Rescue teams at the Upper Big Branch mine, where at least 25 people were killed in a blast this week, got within 500 feet of an airtight shelter before they were abruptly pulled out Thursday morning ... Rescuers Hit Setback at West Virginia Mine |
Telegraph.co.uk | Coal mining town torn over its lifeline Los Angeles Times Massey Energy Co., operator of the West Virginia mine in which an explosion killed 25 miners, is praised by some as wonderful and criticized by others as domineering. By David Zucchino Brenda Willis rushed out of the One Stop food shop Tuesday wearing ... In mine country, risks are a 'way of life' Mines Fight Strict Laws by Filing More Appeals Mining town waits for word on missing miners after blast |
Reuters | Rescue Efforts Underway for At Least 10 Miners Still Unaccounted For ABC News A mine explosion killed at least 12 people and left at least 10 others unaccounted for in a sm » |
Globe and Mail | Red Sox Strike First, but Stay Tuned New York Times Boston's Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to tie the score at 7-7. By BEN SHPIGEL BOSTON â€" Just think, there are 17 more of these games. The Yankees play the Red Sox 17 more times, which means 17 more chances to witness baseb » |
Globe and Mail | Apple Fans Eagerly Touch and Swipe First iPads ABC News AP By JESSICA MINTZ AP Technology Writer Now that the iPad is in the hands of early adopters, the hard work for Apple Inc. begins. Mike Heinsius, of Rotterdam, Netherlands, holds up his new iPad outside the Apple Store on Fifth Ave. in New York, ... Wolverton: Apple's done it again with the iPad Business leaders weigh in on iPad's importance In the line for an iPad: A first-person account |
