msnbc.com | Kagan defends her decision at Harvard on military recruitment Washington Post The Senate Judiciary Committee opened confirmation hearings for nominee Kagan, who pledged in prepared remarks to support judicial restraint and a "modest" role for the high court. By Alec MacGillis And Amy Goldstein Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan ... Ch » |
Reuters (press release) | How BP wants to start over in bid to contain Gulf oil spill Christian Science Monitor Even before tropical storm Alex came on the scene, BP wanted to revamp how it collected oil from the leaking well at the center of the Gulf oil spill. Those plans could take shape this week. The Q4000 (left rear) and Discoverer Enterprise (foreground) ... Alex not aiming at Gulf oil spill area _ for now Oil spill efforts ramp up as storm eyed anxiously With storm's path uncertain, spill cleanup is, too |
Telegraph.co.uk | BP share slide as oil spill bill climbs to $2.35bn The Guardian Shares in BP hit a 14-year low this morning after the oil giant revealed that its bill for containing and cleaning up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - the worst in US history - had climbed to $2.35bn (£1.57bn). The shares dropped 6.8% at one stage ... BP Spent $2.35B To Date On Oil Spill;Cleanup Continues |
The Hindu | Guilty Plea in Times Square Bomb Plot New York Times The defendant in the failed Times Square bombing pleaded guilty on Monday, an abrupt and expedited end to a terrorism case that extended to Pakistan and an Islamic militant group there. ... Faisal Shahzad Pleads Guilty In Times Square Car Bomb Plot, Warns Of More Attacks Times Square Bomb Suspect Shahzad Pleads Guilty Times Square Bomb Suspect Pleads Guilty |
Sydney Morning Herald | BP Tries to Clarify Who Is in Charge in Gulf New York Times BP officials on Saturday scrambled to say that Tony Hayward, their embattled chief executive, is still in charge of » |
CBC.ca | BP's Tony Hayward: Gulf oil spill 'never should have happened' Washington Post Obama c » |
CBC.ca | Kyrgyz Rioting Spreads in Apparent Ethnic Violence New York Times BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan â€" Rioting spread across the south of this strategic » |
Reuters | Teenage round-the-world sailor Abby Sunderland found alive Times Online Rescuers have made contact with Abby Sunderland, the Californian teenage sailor who went missing yesterday after her record attempt to circumnavigate the globe ran into a powerful storm in the middle of the Indian Ocean. ... Teenage Girl, Sailing Solo, Is Found Young sailor found in Indian Ocean Teen sailor found alive and well |
Globe and Mail | As cap slows leak, officials battle 'hundreds of thousands of patches of oil' Los Angeles Times As 15000 barrels are recovered per day, more skimmers are sought to mop up oil on the ocean's surface. Coast Guard Adm. Thad » |
Globe and Mail | UCLA students mourn John Wooden's death Los Angeles Times Hundreds gather on campus to honor the legendary coach. 'He was bigger than just our school,' one student says. 'He was college basketb » |
The Hindu | Abbas: Israel performs 'national terrorism' Jerusalem Post By JPOST.COM STAFF Israel is performing national terrorism, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said at the opening of an economic conference in Beersheba on Wednesday. Abbas c » |
