Boston Globe | President Obama's Memorial Day Complicated by Storms at Home and Abroad ABC News Standing at the presidential podium this afternoon on the stage of a Memorial Day ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, a rain-drenched President Obama raised his left hand in a show of authority, while his right hand held a ... Biden honors f » |
CBC.ca | An uneasy ride with Dennis Hopper Los Angeles Times A writer's tortured 10-year relationship with the actor never produced the biography origin » |
Times Online | Gary Coleman dies at 42; child star of hit sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes' Los Angeles Times The actor dies in Utah days after a brain hemorrhage. After soaring to fame in the late 1970s, his post-TV-series life included a stint as a shopping m » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Crystal Bowersox On 'American Idol' Outcome: 'We Both Win' MTV.com 'My life is never going to be the same, and I'm ready for » |
Globe and Mail | BP tests tricky oil plug plan as Obama vents Reuters HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc began critical testing on Tuesday of its "top kill" plan to plug the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well as President Barack Obama vented frustration over the energy giant's inability to contain what is likely the ... 5 Weeks of Gushing Oil: 'Top Kill' Plug Readied The Latest on the Oil Spill U.S. to Toughen Drill Rules |
National Post | Obama administration conflicted about relying on BP to stop gulf oil spill Washington Post A young heron sits dying amid an oil-covered mangrove on an island in Barataria Bay, off Louisiana. The area is also home to brown pelicans, terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills. (Gerald Herbert/associated Press) By Karen Tumulty and Steven Mufson The ... The Latest on the Oil Spill U.S. keeps "boot on neck" of BP over spill U.S. Turns Up Heat on BP |
The Hindu | Oil soaks coastal marshes, birds as spill grows The Associated Press BARATARIA BAY, La. â€" As officials approached to survey the damage the Gulf oil spill caused in coastal marshes, some brown pelicans couldn't fly away Sunday. » |
Reuters | Bob Graham vows to give BP, big oil a fair hearing MiamiHerald.com Bob Graham said he didn't hesitate when White House officials c » |
NDTV.com | Airline confirms casualties in Air India crash CNN (CNN) -- A plane crash in western India early Saturday killed more than 160 passengers, an Indian official said. VS Acharya, the home minister of India's Karnataka state, told CNN-IBN he thought about six or seven people had survived the crash. ... 160 killed in Indian plane crash Plane crashes in south India, 169 feared killed First Pics: Mangalore Air Tragedy |
National Post | Senate passes financial regulation bill Washington Post The Senate approved new far-reaching financial rules on Thursday aimed at preventing the risky behavior and regulatory failures that brought the economy to the brink of collapse two years ago and cost millions of Americans their jobs ... Senate passes W » |
Reuters | Primaries put Republicans on notice Los Angeles Times A big day for Democrats suggests that it might not be as easy as the GOP expected to win control of Congress in November. Republicans got a wake-up c » |
Reuters | Rand Paul of 'tea party' movement wins GOP primary in Kentucky Los Angeles Times Defeat of Trey Grayson, the Republican Party's handpicked candidate, shows the movement's arrival as a political force. In Pennsylvania, Sen. Arlen Specter is in a race too close to c » |
The Hindu | Obama to set up oil spill panel BBC News US President Barack Obama will set up a commission to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, officials say. They say the panel will also examine industry practices and the government's role in the disaster. The news comes as a top coast guard ... Obama to create panel to probe oil spill Obama to Name Panel to Probe Disaster |
MiamiHerald.com | Personal ties bind Obama, Kagan Boston Globe When President Obama announced his nomination of Elena Kagan, he praised her temperament, which mirrors his own. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) By Susan Milligan WASHINGTON â€" If Elena Kagan is confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice, ... Kagan's abortion stance has both sides guessing Kagan nomination shows process trumps experience WH asks Clinton library to release Kagan papers |
Brisbane Times | Schwarzenegger compares California's woes to euro zone Reuters SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday compared the state's predicament to that of weaker euro zone economies and c » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Officials: Pakistan has arrested suspect who says he was accomplice to Times ... Washington Post The Pakistani government has arrested a suspect with connections to a Pakistani militant group who said he acted as an accomplice to the accused Times Square bomber, US officials said. The suspect, whose arrest has not been previously ... Pakistani men held over links to Times Square bomb suspect, says FBI Searches in Times Square probe yield 3 arrests Exclusive: Terror Suspect Took LIRR for Money Meeting |
Telegraph.co.uk | House committee grills oil executive on possible defects Los Angeles Times The Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee focuses on potential issues with cementing of the well and the blowout preventer. Congressional committee members probing the catastrophic gulf oil spill homed in Wednesday on possible ... BP Prepares to Lower 'Top Hat' on Oil Leak |
Telegraph.co.uk | UK's Cameron brings party in from the cold Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron, appointed as British Prime Minister on Tuesday after days of uncertainty, will lead his Conservative Party back to power after 13 years in opposition but not with the overwhelming victory they hoped for. ... Britain's David Cameron becomes PM; Brown out Cameron Accepts Queen's Invitation to Be British Prime Minister Cameron's first speech as PM |
Reuters | Spill thrusts Transocean into spotlight it shuns Reuters SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 (Reuters) - Eight months ago, BP Plc (BP.L) was celebrating the discovery of a massive oil find thanks to the work of Transocean's Deepwater Horizon rig, which had just drilled the oil and gas industry's deepest ... BP says it will pay to clean up Gulf oil spill No Easy Villains, No Easy Oil Experts To Cite Cement, Human Error At Senate Hearing On Gulf Oil Spill |
The Guardian | White House says Pakistani Taliban behind Times Square plot Xinhua WASHINGTON, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The White House said Sunday the Pakistani Taliban was behind a failed bombing attempt in New York' s Times Square last Saturday, accusing the group of funding and directing the attack. John Brennan, White House Deputy ... US Urges Action in Pakistan After Failed Bombing In Pakistan, a jumbled scaffolding of militancy Pakistani Taliban Behind Times Square Bomb Plot |
Telegraph.co.uk | Deep-sea ice crystals stymie Gulf oil leak fix The Associated Press ON THE GULF OF MEXICO â€" Icelike crystals encrusting a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box meant to contain oil gushing from a broken well deep in the Gulf of Mexico forced crews Saturday to back off the long-shot plan, while more than 100 miles away, ... Problems with containment box halt US Gulf oil leak fix BP Chamber Clogged, Removed From Leaking Gulf Well Attempt to stem US oil leak hits initial problems |
Globe and Mail | What you should do about market's selloff MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The stock market's gyrations over the past few days look a lot like the turmoil seen in 2008 and early 2009, and no one wants to suffer that again. Friday's 140-point loss for the Dow Jones ... US STOCKS-W » |
ABC Online | Stock plunge raises alarm on algo trading Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - A spine-chilling slide of nearly 1000 points in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, its biggest intraday points drop ever, led to heightened c » |
