CBC.ca | What Today's GDP Report Says TheStreet.com Second-quarter GDP numbers show the economy is not growing fast enough to create jobs and bring down unemployment. Of the 2.4% growth reported, 1.1% was an increase in inventories ... Consumer Metrics Institute News: July 30, 2010 â€" Inside the New GDP Numbers After Revisions, Real GDP And PCE Even Farther From Previous Peak Four things to learn from new GDP data |
Globe and Mail | States wrestle with immigration policy Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of a new Arizona immigration law coming into effect on Thursday. Parts of the law put on hold would require police to determine the immigration status of a person they ... Blocking an Immigration Law: What Does Arizona Do Now? What Does the Ariz. Immigration Verdict Mean? Solution to Arizona immigration law troubles: 'Safe passage' home? |
Globe and Mail | Daniel Ellsberg describes Afghan war logs as on a par with 'Pentagon Papers' The Guardian Daniel Ellsberg, a former US military analyst, has described the disclosure of the Afghan war logs as on the scale of his leaking of the "Pentagon Papers" in 1971 revealing how the US public was misled about the Vietnam war. ... White House: Leaked Documents Real, pose Potential Threat; No New Broad ... WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says there's evidence of war crimes in the ... Stephens: From WikiLeaks to the Killing Fields |
Stuff.co.nz | Iowa Dam Fails Causing 'Catastrophic' Release of Water FOXNews A 300-foot-long breach in Lake Delhi Dam Saturday sent water spilling downstream and hundreds of people fleeing for safety in eastern Iowa. David Fink, Lake Delhi dam operation manager, c » |
New York Times | Panel hits NY's Rangel with ethics violations USA Today WASHINGTON â€" A House ethics subcommittee Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with ethics violations, a blow to the veteran Democrat roughly 100 days before crucial midterm congressional ... Charles Rangel charged with ethics violations: How bad for Democrats? House panel charges Rangel with ethics misdeeds Rangel faces a House ethics committee hearing |
Washington Post | New Video Bolsters Ousted USDA Official's Claims Obama Administration Overreacted FOXNews The NAACP on Tuesday posted newly released video in an effort to support a USDA official who was forced to resign a day earlier, after a previously published video showed her telling a story about not giving her "full force" support to help a white ... USDA official's resignation stirs racial tempest Firing of USDA official highlights larger political problems involving race Ex-Agriculture Official Says White House Forced Her Out |
The Hindu | BP says it plans to keep gulf oil well cap closed Washington Post In a press conference Sunday morning, a BP executive said that a mechanical "cap" used to shut off the geyser still seems to be holding. As a result, he said, the company now plans to keep it closed permanently -- or at least ... BP: Cap could keep oil from flowing until well killed BP Plans to Keep Gulf Well Sealed Until Killing It Recapped Gulf oil well continues to hold |
The Hindu | Capped BP Gulf well under scrutiny, Obama cautious Reuters HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - BP Plc's (BP.N) (BP.L) stricken Gulf of Mexico oil well showed no signs of leaking on Friday, but officials intensified oversight after a critical test showed pressure barely ... Results C » |
The Guardian | BP says key test on blown Gulf well to start soon Reuters HOUSTON/LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) planned to launch a critical pressure test on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Thursday after a delay to fix a leaking hose, the company said. ... BP Plans to Start Test on Leaking Gulf Well Today BP Says Cap Is Repaired and Cutoff Test Can Proceed After setback, BP ready to test cap on Gulf oil spill |
The Guardian | US Delays Test of Device That Could Seal Gulf Well New York Times ABOARD THE RESOLUTE, 40 miles off Louisiana â€" Workers on surface ships continued to flare gas and oil on Wednesday at the site of BP's runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico after officials announced that a critical pressure test on the ... Oil spill muddies bank M&A in US Gulf After days of progress, BP freezes work in Gulf BP Delays Work on Cap, Relief Well |
Boston Globe | George Steinbrenner, 80, has died from heart attack USA Today The New York Yankees have confirmed that owner George Steinbrenner is dead, at the age of 80. The New York Daily News, citing a Yankees team source, said Steinbrenner died at about 6:30 am ET today in Florida after suffering a massive heart attack last ... Richardson on Steinbrenner: 'He's been very generous' Steinbrenner dies at 80 Justice: Simply put, George Steinbrenner was 'The Boss' |
CBC.ca | Roman Polanksi freed after Swiss reject US extradition request Washington Post Swiss authorities freed 77-year-old movie director Roman Polanski on Monday, choosing not to extradite him to Los Angeles to face sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. By Edward Cody PARIS -- Swiss authorities freed French director ... Fast Track: Roman Polanski goes free Swiss Government Refuses to Extradite Oscar-winning Film Director to US on ... Swiss free Polanski; will not be extradited |
Globe and Mail | BP Sees Progress in Bid to Increase Gulf-Oil Capture BusinessWeek (Updates with comments from Wells in third paragraph. For more on the oil spill, see {SPILL }.) By Katarzyna Klimasinska July 11 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc made progress overnight in the effort to inst » |
CBC.ca | Russian, US spies start new lives but mystery swirls AFP MOSCOW â€" The 14 spies swapped by Moscow and Washington were Saturday starting new lives in Russia and the West, but mystery shrouded their precise whereabouts after the biggest spy exchange since the Cold War. Ten Kremlin agents expelled by Washington ... Report: US-Russia spy swap nearly failed In spy swap, agents were pawns in a practiced game US mulled spy swap before arrests |
Reuters | NBA Free Agency: Miami Heat and LeBron James questions ESPN LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are teaming up in Miami. What to make of it » |
The Guardian (blog) | Emmy Nominations: 2010 List Is In ABC News HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has been nominated in the best comedy category. Here, Larry David talks it out with Daryl Black (Nick Nervies). "Curb" has received 30 Emmy nominations in the past and is HBO's longest-running scripted comedy series. ... 'The Pacific,' 'Glee,' top Emmy Awards nominees Emmy nomination surprises: 'Nurse Jackie' in, Charlie Sheen out The Pacific, Glee, and Mad Men Top Emmy Nominations |
Kansas City Star | Climategate: No whitewash, but CRU scientists are far from squeaky clean The Guardian Gener » |
CBC.ca | Israeli soldiers face criminal indictments in Gaza incursion CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli soldiers face criminal indictments for their conduct during a three-week incursion into Gaza, including charges of manslaughter and the use of a Palestinian man as a "human shield," Israel's chief ... Israeli army to charge Gaza war soldiers Israeli sniper faces Gaza charge Israeli soldier faces manslaughter charges over Gaza deaths |
CBC.ca | BP's Gulf spill tab exceeds $3 billion as "A Whale" tested USA Today BP's costs for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill climbed nearly half a billion dollars in the past week, to $3.12 billion, for cleanup, containment, relief well drilling and damage claims. The London-based energy giant announced Monday that it's ... BP: Oil Spill Costs Reach $3.1 Billion BP:Gulf Oil Spill Response Costs, Claims Total $3.12B To Date |
Sydney Morning Herald | Full text: Gen Petraeus speech BBC News Gen David Petraeus has assumed command of coalition forces in Afghanistan. The full text of the general's remarks to his civilian and military audience in Kabul can be read below. Ministers Wardak, Khan, Spanta, other Ministers, Ambassadors, ... Petraeus Urged to Change Rules of Engagement for US Troops in Afghanistan Petraeus Assumes Command of US, NATO Forces in Afghanistan Petraeus Takes Command of Afghan Mission |
Oneindia | 230 killed, scores injured in DR Congo oil truck explosion CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- At least 230 people were killed and 190 injured when an oil tank truck flipped over and exploded in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a government spokesman said Saturday. Five of the dead were United Nations peacekeepers ... At least 200 die as tanker explodes in Congo Fuel Truck Explosion Kills 200 in DRC Congo in mourning as oil tanker explosion leaves 250 dead, over 100 injured |
Reuters | BP spill nears a somber record as Gulf's biggest The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS â€" BP's massive oil spill will become the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday based on the highest of the federal government's estimates, an ominous record that underscores the oil giant's dire need to halt the gusher. ... Senators back congressional oil spill inquiry Storm-whipped waters halt oil spill protection effort Analysis: Legal tussles get messier for Gulf rig owners |
