Newsweek | Oil reaches shore as weather threatens cleanup Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON â€" As oil began washing onto Louisiana shores teeming with wildlife and weather threatened cleanup efforts, President Barack Obama today insisted that energy companies will have to employ new ... Louisiana Closes Some Shrimping Areas on Oil Threat Oil Spill Silences Once-Raucous 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Camp Weather Hampers Response To Spill Threatening Louisiana Coast |
BBC News | Lawmakers set probes of oil spill as federal attention intensifies Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON--As oil from a deadly drilling accident approached Gulf Coast shores, lawmakers raised the heat on the offshore industry, although the Obama administration stopped short today of backing off its ... White House Takes a Bigger Role in the Oil Spill Cleanup US expects Gulf oil slick to hit landf » |
Globe and Mail | 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. ... Weather helpful in Gulf oil cleanup today, could hurt tomorrow Coast Guard says to set leaking oil ablaze Coast Guard plans to start oil burn this morning |
Reuters | Goldman Sachs Grilled in Senate Hearing Over Mortgage Business BusinessWeek April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executives were grilled by US senators probing the bank's mortgage business as Senator Carl Levin asked why it sold a set of investments the lender had itself labeled ... Why you don't care about Goldman Senate Readies Goldman Assault |
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 » |
Reuters | Senators close to deal on financial regulation Reuters US Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd listens to a testimony at the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in this July 23, 2009 file photo. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators negotiating financial regulatory reform ... Senate negotiators say deal close Lawmakers Close to Finance-Overhaul Deal |
Reuters UK | Goldman Sachs e-mails show bank sought to profit from housing downturn Washington Post A Senate investigation into the financial crisis has found that Goldman Sachs, the storied W » |
The Hindu | Wave of Fatal Bombs in Iraq After Killing of Militant Chiefs New York Times Karim Kadim/AP People rushed to extinguish a burning car moments after a bomb exploded in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad on Friday. By STEVEN LEE MYERS BAGHDAD â€" A series of bombings on Friday struck mosques, a market and a shop in ... Bombings in Iraq Kill Nearly 60 With Anti-Sadrist Bombings, Iraqi Cleric Faces Tough Choice Bomb blasts kill 70 in Baghdad |
CBC.ca | Obama urges CEOs to abandon 'furious efforts' to block financial overhaul Washington Post President Obama urged financial executives Thursday to give up their "furious efforts" to derail an overhaul of financial regulation, telling them in New York, "I believe that these reforms are, in the end, not only in the best ... Obama to W » |
Boston Globe | 12 are missing after blast in Gulf of Mexico Houston Chronicle AP A rescued oil worker from the rig is transported in this image provided by the US Coast Guard. The US Coast Guard confirmed that 12 people were still missing mid-morning on Wednesday following a massive overnight ... Workers Missing After Oil Rig Blast Oil rig tilting badly after explosion off La. Workers Missing After Oil-Rig Explosion |
Washington Post | Financials rise amid bank earnings parade MarketWatch By MarketWatch BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- The financial sector traded higher Tuesday amid a flood of quarterly results from US banks while Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reported a profit that nearly doubled but played damage control arising from its ... Goldman Sachs 'Had Duty' to Keep Paulson Bets Secret Goldman's 1Q Results Push Shares Higher; Other Banks Follow |
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 conduct more test flights on ash cloud safety Airlines search for safe paths through ash Air France: We carried out succesful test flight |
Sydney Morning Herald | Disrupted Air Travel in Northern Europe for Third Full Day Voice of America Iceland's volcano erupted Wednesday and has since been spewing ash several miles into the air. The ash clouds include particles of rock, glass and sand that can get into an aircraft's engine and cause it to st » |
The Hindu | Volcano ash keeps planes grounded across northern Europe Los Angeles Times As the Iceland eruption continues, disruptions worsen with no firm predictions of when operations will resume. The situation could snarl world leaders' plans to attend the Polish president's funeral. By Henry Chu Planes across Northern Europe remained ... Volcano ash: Your stories Europe's Flight Chaos Worsens as Ash Cloud Spreads Experts: No end to volcano ash in sight |
The Guardian | Volcanic ash closes airports across northern Europe Los Angeles Times Thousands of travelers are stranded because of an eruption in Iceland. It's unknown exactly how long the closures will last. By Janet Stobart For the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, » |
CBC.ca | Obama: Risks of nuclear attack have risen The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama says the risk of nuclear attack has increased, c » |
The Hindu | Obama summit's goal: keep nuclear weapons away from terrorists Christian Science Monitor The security summit that begins in Washington Monday aims to ensure that nuclear weapons and weapons-grade materials are put under lock and key to prevent terrorists from getting them. Technicians at the Lo Aguirre reactor in Santiago, Chile. ... Could terrorists get hold of a nuclear bomb? Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread Obama's day: Welcoming the world to nuclear summit |
TIME | 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 ... Silence across Poland for tragic air crash president Crashed Polish plane was technic » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Mining disaster raises questions about effectiveness of safety laws CNN Naoma, West Virginia (CNN) -- Two West Virginia mining accidents within 17 days in January 2006 killed 14 people and prompted Congress to pass the most sweeping mine safety legislation in 29 years. The Mine Improvement and New ... Wife: Families understand W.Va. mine rescue delay Coal: The Lifeblood of a Country |
Times Online | Mine Safety Concerns Were Raised on Day of Blast New York Times MONTCOAL, W.Va. â€" As rescue workers re-entered the Upper Big Branch mine Thursday where at least 25 people were killed in a deadly blast this week, federal officials said two safety citations were made against the mine's ... Crews resume search for missing miners Rescuers back underground in search for four missing miners Mine Owner Don Blankenship Cast as Cavalier About Worker Safety in Lawsuits |
Telegraph.co.uk | Mine accident sparks scrutiny of company CNN By the CNN Wire Staff A West Virginia state police car is parked Tuesday outside the coal mine where Monday's fatal blast happened. Massey Energy Co. has been fined millions of dollars in recent years (CNN) -- The deaths of at least 25 workers in a ... W. Va. Mine Explosion: Massey Energy CEO Speaks Out Methane, a Common Danger of Coal Mines W.Va. mine owner accused of putting safety second |
CNN International | 6 Dead and 21 Missing After W.Va. Mine Blast New York Times At least six miners were killed and 21 trapped after an explosion ripped through an underground coal mine Monday in Raleigh County, West Virginia, state emergency officials said. The explosion occurred at about 3 pm at the Upper Big ... Dozens feared trapped after blast at West Virginia mine 6 dead, 21 missing in W. Va. coal mine blast Six US miners killed in explosion in West Virginia |
Sydney Morning Herald | 6.9-Magnitude Quake in Baja California Felt on West Coast New York Times LOS ANGELES - An earthquake centered in Baja California in Mexico shook buildings as far north as Los Angeles Sunday afternoon. The earthquake was centered in the Baja California, about 108 miles east-southeast of Tijuana, ... Strong 6.9 quake hits Baja California, Mexico: USGS Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes Baja California Strong quake hits Baja California |
