Friday, May 7, 2010

Unemployment Inches Up, But Payrolls Pop - Forbes


Los Angeles Times


Unemployment Inches Up, But Payrolls Pop

Forbes


The unemployment rate may have risen in April, but Friday's monthly job report was strong, offering an encouraging sign that the US economic recovery possesses real momentum. On Friday the US Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls added 290000 jobs in ...


US Added 290000 Jobs in April

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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Giant Container to Collect Leaking Oil - New York Times


CBC.ca


Giant Container to Collect Leaking Oil

New York Times


BATON ROUGE, La. â€" With remote-controlled robots a mile underwater unable to seal the gushing well, and with the drilling of relief wells that would  »


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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

BP stems one of three Deepwater Horizon oil leaks, US coastguard says - The Guardian


msnbc.com


BP stems one of three Deepwater Horizon oil leaks, US coastguard says

The Guardian


The US coastguard says BP has managed to cap one of three leaks from its stricken deepwater oil well, but the work is not expected to reduce the over »

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Officials search Connecticut apartment of Times Square bomb suspect - Los Angeles Times


The Hindu


Officials search Connecticut apartment of Times Square bomb suspect

Los Angeles Times


Faisal Shahzad, arrested overnight as he tried to leave the US, is due in court Tuesday. US Atty. Gen. Eric Holder indicates more arrests are possible. A police officer watches pedestrians in a subway station near Times Square on Monday. ...


NY plot brings the politics of terrorism to the forefront

Washington Post


Gun Found in Bomb Suspect's Car, Sources Say

CBS News


Faisal Shahzad, Times Square bomb plot suspect, just 'minutes' away from Dubai ...

New York Daily News


Atlanta Journal Constitution -San Francisco Chronicle -Voice of America


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Monday, May 3, 2010

Tenn. officials brace for more flooding, deaths - The Associated Press


Telegraph.co.uk


Tenn. officials brace for more flooding, deaths

The Associated Press


NASHVILLE, Tenn. â€" About 1500 guests of a downtown hotel complex spent the night in a high school to escape the flooding Cumberland River, which was expected to crest Monday following weekend thunderstorms that killed at least 19 people in Tennessee, ...


Record-breaking flood displaces thousands in Middle Tennessee

The Tennessean


Line of deadly storms moves through the South

Washington Post


19 Dead in TN, MS and KY after Storms

MyFox Memphis


Winston-Salem Journal -NECN -Lexington Herald Leader


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Sunday, May 2, 2010

'Very Lucky,' Mayor Says, After Bomb - New York Times


Globe and Mail


'Very Lucky,' Mayor Says, After Bomb

New York Times


A crude car bomb of propane, gasoline and fireworks was discovered in a smoking Nissan Pathfinder in the heart of Times Square on Saturday evening, prompting the evacuation of thousands of tourists and theatergoers ...


Mayor: New York 'Lucky' Car Bomb Did Not Explode

Voice of America


'Explosive Elements' Found in SUV Left in Times Square

ABC News


Echoes of 2007 London attack in Times Square car bomb

Times Online


Christian Science Monitor -New York Daily News -WBZ News Radio 1030


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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Pressure mounts on British oil giant BP to tackle slick - BBC News


Sydney Morning Herald


Pressure mounts on British oil giant BP to tackle slick

BBC News


Criticism of BP is mounting in the US over its handling of the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urged BP to commit more resources to tackling the catastrophe. Critics of the British oil giant also ...


Obama Says New Oil Leases Must Have More Safeguards

Bloomberg


Wildlife rescue teams ready for US oil spill victims

Reuters


Obama to Visit Scene of Spill

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