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Coast Guard routinely approved use of toxic chemical to break up Gulf oil despite EPA rule

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:40:53 +0000

The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chem...

Spike Lee screens oil spill documentary in San Diego, says ‘nobody’ from BP is speaking to him

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:05:30 +0000

Spike Lee has screened his new four-hour documentary on the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him.

Divers recover another plane crash victim from waters Lake Michigan; 1 still missing

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:30:29 +0000

Authorities have recovered another victim of a small plane crash in Lake Michigan more than a week ago.

Attorneys for duck boat victims say Philly should bar vessels from Delaware River as unsafe

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:31:41 +0000

which the company says it hopes to do this season.

Document says agency repeatedly told company at heart of Mich. oil spill of pipeline concerns

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:21:49 +0000

U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into ...

Daughter-in-law of US Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer killed in car accident in central Missouri

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:13:47 +0000

The 27-year-old daughter-in-law of Missouri Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer has died in a car accident in central Missouri.

2 Months Later, Where is Kyron Horman?

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:08:52 +0000

The first accounts of 7-year-old Kyron Horman's disappearance were a parent's nightmare: A boy vanishes from the safe haven of his elementary school.

Wacky Criminal Costumes

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:42:30 +0000

What does Santa Claus, permanent markers, and woman's underwear have in common? They, along with many other odd getups, have all been used by some pretty brazen bandits in an attempt to hide their identity.

Informant says WikiLeaks suspect had civilian help, claims analyst Manning lacked expertise

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:36:04 +0000

An Army private charged with leaking classified material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks had civilian help, a key figure in the case said Saturday.

Gulf of Mexico oil spill fuels controversy over BP-funded energy research at UC Berkeley

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:39:25 +0000

BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with the British company, with activists and professors o...