CBS News | Charlie Rangel: List of Charges CBS News For each violation, the Investigative Subcommittee scrutinizing Rangel determined there is "substantial reason to believe that a violation of the Code of Official Conduct, or of a law, rule, regulation, or other standard of conduct applicable to the ... |
Globe and Mail | Judge grants injuction against Ariz. immigration law Houston Chronicle Maria Uribe, center, and other opponents of Bill 1070 rejoice as they hear the news of the ruling. A federal judge today issued an injunction barring Arizona from enforcing key provisions of its controversial immigration law, ... Federal judge blocks key parts of Arizona immigration law Reactions to the Arizona immigration law injunction across the U.S. Federal Judge Blocks Portions of Arizona Illegal Immigration Law |
CBC.ca | BP boss Hayward to get immediate £600000 pension BBC News BP chief executive Tony Hayward is receive an immediate £600000-a-year pension when he leaves the firm in October, the BBC has learned. Mr Hayward is to leave after sustained criticism of his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak. ... Dudley Has Long To-Do List at BP |
Washington Post | 2 US soldiers missing in Afghanistan; 5 killed by bombs Los Angeles Times The Taliban says it is holding two Westerners, but the details surrounding the disappearances are unclear. A search is underway. By Laura King, Los Angeles Times KABUL, Afghanistan -- By any measure, Saturday was a very bad day in Afghanistan for US ... Taliban claim to have captured missing US soldiers in ambush Taliban May Have Captured Two US Service Members Missing in Afghanistan NATO Searching for Missing US Troops in Afghanistan |
Washington Post | Obama to sign unemployment benefits extension USA Today President Obama will sign the just-approved extension of unemployment benefits at 5:15 pm,, the White House announced. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, ... US House votes to restore jobless aid for millions Checks are coming: Obama signs unemployment bill Congress Fin » |
msnbc.com | After Talking of Testimony, Blagojevich May Bypass It New York Times CHICAGO â€" For months, Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, has made it clear to anyone who would listen that he planned to testify in his corruption trial. In fact, he suggested, he could barely wait another instant to ... Ex-Ill. Gov Blagojevich may remain silent at trial Rod Blagojevich may not testify in his own defense Nayak re-emerges as key figure in Blagojevich case |
New York Times (blog) | America's secret army: how the 'war on terror' created a new industry The Guardian In the cloak and dagger world of intelligence, the assumption fed by countless spy novels and TV dramas is that top-secret security clearance is restricted to an elite few known only by codes such as M and C. Not so in today's America. ... Report: Size of US Intelligence Hurts Effectiveness Secret world outlined by Post includes local firms A Look at The Washington Post's 'Top Secret America' |
Globe and Mail | Amid Tests, BP Sees No Signs of Damage to Well New York Times Workers finished their day's efforts cleaning oil from the beach at the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Gulf Shores, Ala., on Friday. By HENRY FOUNTAIN As the Gulf of Mexico entered a third day free of fresh oil from BP's blown-out well, ... BP Will Resume Oil Capture After Well Tests End Demise of herring after Valdez spill raises questions on Gulf Cap may erase sense of hopelessness in oil spill |
CBC.ca | BP spill timeline marks 87 days since blast MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The saga surrounding the worst oil spill in US history on Friday reached its 87th day since the Deepwater Horizon blast on April 20 killed 11 workers and caused a gusher of up to 60000 barrels a day ... Obama cautious as tests continue on BP oil stoppage Well Test Continues as Flow of Oil Remains Halted |
Reuters | BP Begins Test That Could Halt Oil Spill New York Times Dave Martin/AP By HENRY FOUNTAIN and LIZ ROBBINS ABOARD THE RESOLUTE, 40 miles off Louisiana â€" BP has begun a critical test of the runaway well that could fin » |
Stuff.co.nz | 6 dead in New Mexico business shooting, police say CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- New Mexico authorities said a former employee shot and killed five people at a business Monday in Albuquerque before turning the gun on himself. Police said officers responded to a 911 c » |
CBC.ca | BP Removes Cap From Well, Aiming for a Tighter Fit New York Times NEW ORLEANS â€" Technicians removed a containment cap atop BP's out-of-control well in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, beginning an ambitious engineering effort that could fully contain the huge oil leak but will also make matters worse ... BP will begin work to replace well cap with new system to capture more oil BP starts work to inst » |
CBC.ca | McHale: Heat, Knicks would need shooters with LeBron USA Today Kevin McHale, the former Boston Celtics star turned TNT/NBA TV analyst, said the New York Knicks would have to put more jump shooters and role players around LeBron James and Amar'e Stoudemire to re » |
The Hindu | 'US will never ask Israel to undermine its security' Jerusalem Post By JPOST.COM STAFF Obama says "no change" in nuclear proliferation policy; Netanyahu says he is "committed to peace;" both dispel rumors of worsening relationship; Obama: "The press like to make a story." Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US ... Obama and Netanyahu urge direct Mid-East peace talks Israeli Military Announces Indictments in Gaza War Israeli soldier faces manslaughter charge in Gaza incursion |
CNN | Obama pushes immigration reform amid weak support Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama renewed his push for US immigration reform on Thursday, reaching out to Hispanic voters despite minimal chances that Congress will pass such legislation this year. In a broad speech that did not break new ... C » |
