msnbc.com | Ethics Trial Expected for California Congresswoman New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, will face charges of misusing her office and is expected to contest the claims in a House trial, the second powerful House Democrat to opt for such a public airing in ... Obama wants Rangel to end career with dignity California Rep. Waters may face f » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Mother confesses in French baby corpses case (Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com Paris (dpa) - The mother of eight infants whose bodies were found buried in a northern French village has confessed to killing them, the public prosecutor of the city of Douai, Eric Vaillant, said Thursday. Dominique Cottrez, 47, told police that she ... French Mum Admits Killing Eight Babies French mother 'admits killing eight newborn babies' Frenchwoman faces charges after admitting she killed eight newborns and hid them |
CBC.ca | WikiLeaks Organization Sparks Controversy Voice of America Photo: AP WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a press conference in London, 26 Jul 2010. Assange said he believes there is evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked US military documents. WikiLeaks is a website that posts ... US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures Top US senator: Don't 'overhype' Afghan war leak Congress's response to WikiLeaks: shoot the messenger |
Reuters | As BP Lays Out Future, It Will Not Include Tony Hayward New York Times Tony Hayward, the embattled chief executive of BP, has agreed to step down and be replaced by Robert Dudley, the company's most senior American executive who is now in charge of BP's operations in the Gulf of Mexico, ... BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward May Quit Within Two Days, Telegraph Says Tony Hayward to step down from BP, reports say Robert Peston on why BP needs a new leader |
Telegraph.co.uk | Oil Rig Alarm Was Not Fully Turned On, Worker Says New York Times KENNER, La. â€" The emergency alarm on the Deepwater Horizon was not fully activated on the day the oil rig caught fire and exploded, triggering the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a rig worker on Friday told a government panel ... Alarms, detectors disabled so top rig officials could sleep Electrician on BP-Leased Oil Rig Says Fire-Alarm System Was Parti » |
The Guardian | Shirley Sherrod Gets White House Apology CBS News Stating that "a disservice was done," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs today apologizes to former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod over her firing after a conservative news outlet posted an out-of-context video of comments she made two decades ago ... Farmer says USDA official should get her job back Vilsack to apologize to ousted Agriculture worker White House: USDA chief will apologize to Sherrod |
Reuters | BP Considers New Plan to Permanently Seal Well New York Times As scientists on Monday » |
The Hindu | Oil Rig's Final Hours Probed W » |
The Guardian | Critical test to continue Saturday in fight to contain oil spill CNN By the CNN Wire Staff New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- BP will continue crucial testing Saturday to determine whether a new containment cap will keep stopping oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. On Friday, the containment cap left some, ... BP Well Tests Show No Signs of Damage After Stopping Oil Flow Capped BP Gulf well under scrutiny, Obama cautious Gulf well continues to hold |
Telegraph.co.uk | Lessons from Exxon Valdez spill have gone unheeded Washington Post BP, the government and an army of volunteers are fighting to contain and clean the millions of g » |
Sydney Morning Herald (blog) | Score One for Style as Spain Wins Cup New York Times Andrés Iniesta after the winning goal. His shirt carried a tribute to Dani Jarque, a defender who played with some of the Spanish players on youth national teams. Jarque died last August at age 26. By JERÉ LONGMAN JOHANNESBURG â€" Regulation had spilled ... Spain wins World Cup World Cup 2010: Dutch coach condemns Webb display Iniesta's winner sees Spanish touch overcome brute Dutch force for WCup win |
The Guardian | BP Makes Progress Changing Oil Capture System in Gulf of Mexico BusinessWeek July 10 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc is making progress on removing a device capturing oil from its leaking Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, as it makes way for a more efficient collection system. BP expects to have a new seal on ... BP Removes Cap From Well, Aiming for a Tighter Fit Oil flows as robots begin new effort to cap leak Some oil spill events from Saturday, July 10, 2010 |
New York Daily News | Judge Rejects Gay-Marriage Ban by US New York Times BOSTON â€" A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday found that a law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, ruling that gay and lesbian couples deserve the same ... Judge declares US gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional Federal gay marriage ban is ruled unconstitutional Federal gay marriage ban is ruled unconstitutional |
Hovied News | No damage reported after quake hits southern California CNN (CNN) -- A 5.4-magnitude earthquake rattled southern California Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The temblor, centered about 60 miles northeast of San Diego, was first reported by USGS to be at 5.7 magnitude but the agency later downgraded it ... 5.4 Magnitude Quake Rattles Southern California |
The Guardian | Backers of Arizona Law Hope Suit Creates Precedent W » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Israel Publishes List of Goods Banned From Gaza Voice of America Photo: AP Israel has published a list of goods it will not let into the Gaza Strip under a policy to ease its blockade of the impoverished Palestinian territory. The list includes weapons and materials that can be used to make them. ... Israel releases revised list of items banned from Gaza Symbiotic gestures / Obama went, now it's Bibi's go Abbas: Indirect talks going nowhere |
New York Daily News | Large-scale skimmer begins testing in Gulf CNN By the CNN Wire Staff New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A ship billed as the world's largest skimming vessel has begun testing its effectiveness in the Gulf of Mexico, a spokesman for its owner, Taiwanese company TMT Shipping, said Saturday. ... Oil-skimming supertanker takes first test cruise in Gulf of Mexico waters Tests start on 'super skimmer' for Gulf oil spill Crews Test Giant Oil Skimmer in Gulf of Mexico |
Washington Post | Michael Steele under fire over Afghanistan remarks Los Angeles Times The Republican National Committee chairman is caught on video saying the conflict is a 'war of Obama's choosing' and implying that the US effort is doomed. Conservatives c » |
