CNN July 3, 2010 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. The A Whale has been assigned a 5-mile-by-5-mile area to test its capability, spokesman Bob...
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Yesterday news broke that John Boehner, the Republican Leader in the House of Representatives, believes that Congress should raise the retirement age to 70 and cut Social Security so that we can finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s right: Boehner told a reporter that he thinks we should cut Social Security to...
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The area around the former World Trade Center is a sacred space. It is a place where thousands of Americans’ lives were taken by the purveyors of a hostile ideology based on Islam. The Cordoba House, a 13-story mosque and Islamic cultural center planned for a site near Ground Zero, is at best inappropriate,...
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The New York Times June 16, 2010 Stephen Crowley WASHINGTON — The White House and BP tentatively agreed on Wednesday that the oil giant would create a $20 billion fund to pay claims for the worst oil spill in American history. The fund will be independently run by Kenneth Feinberg, the mediator who oversaw...
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thenation.com William Greider In setting up his National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Barack Obama is again playing coy in public, but his intentions are widely understood among Washington insiders. The president intends to offer Social Security as a sacrificial lamb to entice conservative deficit hawks into a grand bipartisan compromise in which...
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Live feeds of oils spill. Click here… Note: May take several seconds for video to display.
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Live undersea video feed by British Petroleum of the oil spill. To enlarge the image to full screen: Right-click on the image then select zoom and full screen. To exit full screen, press your ESCape key.
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The Wall Street Journal JUNE 7, 2010 By EVAN RAMSTAD SINGAPORE—The wary relationship between the militaries of the U.S. and China flared openly—though courteously—at a conference here over the weekend, a brief flash of the longstanding tension that’s centered on Taiwan but extends to their broader alliances and differing world views. Beijing cut off...
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Even before the oil spill, ultimate authority on the rig was unclear. The New York Times By IAN URBINA Published: June 5, 2010 NEW ORLEANS — Over six days in May, far from the familiar choreography of Washington hearings, federal investigators grilled workers involved in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in a chilly, sterile conference...
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American citizens allegedly planned to fly to Egypt, continue to Somalia NBC, msnbc.com and news services June 6, 2010 NEWARK – Two men were arrested at a New York City airport Saturday night as they attempted to travel overseas to participate in jihad, law enforcement officials told NBC News. Mohamed Hamoud Alessa, 20, and...
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Barns, silos tipped over in ‘devastated’ Streator, according to reports msnbc.com June 6, 2010 PEORIA, Ill. – Emergency crews were assessing damage early Sunday after several tornadoes swept across north-central Illinois. The twisters touched down at 7:45 p.m. local time, the Peoria Journal Star reported on its website. No injuries were immediately reported. Tornadoes...
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