![]() CBC.ca | BP Provides Lessons Learned From Spill Wall Street Journal LONDON—BP PLC Friday disclosed various lessons and capabilities built from trouble-shooting the big oil spill in the US Gulf of Mexico which, it said, would allow the industry to more quickly cope with any future offshore oil drilling ... Louisiana: Blowout Preventer Is Removed BP replaces failed blowout preventer on Gulf well Failed blowout preventer removed from BP well |
![]() Globe and Mail | A weakened Earl blows by Boston Globe This story was reported by Erin Ailworth in Hyannis, Maria Cramer in Oak Bluffs, Brian MacQuarrie in Nantucket, Eric Moskowitz in Chatham, and Travis Andersen and Andrew Ryan in Boston, and was written by Peter Schworm. A diminished Tropical Storm Earl ... With Eye Offshore, Storm Diminishes Earl, Losing Force Fast, Churns by New England Hurricane Earl weakens as it scoots by US east |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | New Zealand Quake Causes 'Significant' Damage Voice of America Photo: AP A car damaged by rubble from a building is seen following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. New Zealand authorities say a strong earthquake that shook the country's second largest ... Canterbury earthquake really three quakes? Police curfew after NZ earthquake Latest news: Christchurch earthquake |
![]() msnbc.com | Obama Says His Economic Policies Halted "Bleeding" ABC News WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, previewing a big push on the US economy next week, on Saturday defended policies that he said "have stopped the bleeding" and put the middle class on the road to recovery. ... Economy just treading water Outgoing Obama Adviser: Stimulus was Right to Do Why 100000 jobs a month won't lower unemployment rate |
![]() Reuters Blogs (blog) | Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Pakistanis The Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan — The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospitals, police said Saturday. About 150 people were wounded and some remained ... Blast kills 55 at Shiite march in western Pakistan Headlines Suicide Bomber Kills 53 at Shiite Protest |
![]() Kansas City Star | Fox News Poll: 78 Percent Favor Term Limits On Congress FOXNews Finally, an issue both Democrats and Republicans agree on: term limits. Nearly 8 in 10 American voters like the idea of imposing fixed time limits in office for all members of Congress -- including their own senators and representatives ... Analysis: Democrats face grim election prospects How the midterm campaign will play out House races 101: Is the Republican Party primed for a takeover? |
![]() The Guardian | Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing The Guardian Violence has broken out at the first public signing for Tony Blair's memoirs, with anti-war protesters hurling shoes and eggs at the former prime minister. The projectiles did not hit Blair as he arrived at a bookshop in Dublin, Ireland, to be greeted ... Blair pelted with eggs in Dublin Shoe, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin Dublin protestors throw objects at Blair |
![]() New Zealand Herald | UPS Cargo Plane Crashes Near Dubai Wall Street Journal DUBAI—A United Parcel Service Inc. cargo plane crashed Friday evening after takeoff near Dubai, killing two pilots in the package delivery giant's first fatal aircraft accident. Associated Press Smoke rose from the site ... Factbox: Details of cargo plane which crashed in Dubai Middle East Plane crashes near Dubai airport Dubai plane crash: pilot's body still missing |
![]() Ynetnews | '180 degree' shift in PA attitude following talks launch Jerusalem Post By JPOST.COM STAFF Report: Palestinian delegation more positive after meetings in Washington; Erekat denies report that negotiating teams scheduled to meet in West Bank beginning of next week. Palestinian members of the peace talks delegation were left ... Rocket fired from Gaza hits Israel Gaza militants fire Qassam into southern Israel Inside the Israeli and Palestinian delegations |
![]() The Guardian | Zoning Law Aside, Mosque Projects Face Battles New York Times In disputes over the construction and expansion of mosques in California, New York, Tennessee and elsewhere, supporters of the projects tend to invoke constitutional principles of religious freedom. At a New York mosque, ... Video campaign invites American Muslims to share their normalcy Poll: Most New Yorkers oppose mosque Where are the voices of reason in the angry debate over ground zero mosque? |
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