Globe and Mail | BP: 'Top kill' fails to stop flow so far Washington Post The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has surpassed the size of the 1969 Santa Barbara spill and the Exxon Valdez. Here are some other historical spills. By Joel Achenbach and David A. Fahrenthold An attempt at a "top kill" on the leaking gulf oil well has ... Obama's News Conference on the Oil Spill Big Oil's Offshore Battle |
The Guardian | Oil spill 'top kill': why it takes 24 hours to know if it's working Christian Science Monitor The oil spill 'top kill' was proceeding according to plan Wednesday night, BP officials said. But they added that it could be another 24 hours before they knew if it worked. Equipment is moved into position for BP's oil spill 'top kill' maneuver ... BP says 24 hours will tell if oil leak plug works Developments in the Gulf oil spill Obama to Face Media on Gulf Oil Disaster |
CBC.ca | Oil cleanup workers report illness Los Angeles Times Some fishermen hired by BP to mop up the gulf spill report nausea and breathing troubles after contact with oil and dispersant. A congressman c » |
Reuters | BP swamped by criticism Reuters HOUSTON/VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Anger, skepticism and accusations of lying washed over energy giant BP Plc on Friday as it desperately pursued efforts to contain a month-old seabed well leak billowing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. ... The Latest on the Oil Spill BP Collecting Less Oil From Leak |
The Hindu | Tube Catches 'Some' Oil From Leak New York Times NEW ORLEANS, La. â€" An experimental attempt to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico experienced some limited success over the weekend, BP announced Sunday afternoon. Where have you seen the impact of the spill? ... BP succeeds in second attempt at inserting tube in damaged oil pipe BP Inserts Siphon Into Oil Leak |
CBC.ca | Kagan's remarks on her Supreme Court nomination Washington Post By AP AP -- Text of Solicitor General Elena Kagan's remarks on Monday after President Barack Obama nominated her for the Supreme Court, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions. I am honored and I am humbled by this nomination and by the confidence you have ... Elena Kagan: 'A Lifetime of Learning and Study of the Law' Kagan nomination caps weeks of review Senate Republicans Wary of Kagan as Court Pick |
Reuters | U.S. sees some evidence of a plot in NY car bomb Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - US investigators have identified a Pakistani-American man as the recent buyer of the vehicle used in a failed car bombing in New York's teeming Times Square, the New York Times reported on Monday. The man, a naturalized US citizen ... In Times Square, Terror Norm » |
