The Hindu | Latest oil spill developments CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Democrat from Louisiana, said Saturday night that BP should immediately invest $1 billion to protect marshes, wetlands and estuaries. An independent contractor supplying workers to clean up an oil spill on ... Gulf residents eye slow fix for historic oil spill As oil spill damages Gulf, will US change energy use? 'Top Kill' Fails to Stop Leak |
National Geographic | BP oil spill: an unexpected laboratory for deep-sea disaster Christian Science Monitor The BP oil spill is a unique event, so scientists are converging on the Gulf to try to understand how best to combat deep-sea oil spills and what effects they have on the environment. Members of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies removed dead sea ... Success of 'top kill' attempt remains uncertain, BP official says Obama's News Conference on the Oil Spill Fixing oil spill my responsibility, Obama says |
CBC.ca | World waits to see if 'top kill' will stop oil flow in gulf Los Angeles Times The company pumps mud into the blown-out underwater wellhead in an effort to force oil and gas back down. Executives say it's too soon to tell if it will work. By Bettina Box » |
The Guardian | US environment chief to visit Gulf, spill spreads Reuters VENICE, La., May 23 (Reuters) - The top US environmental official was to visit the Gulf Coast on Sunday as energy giant BP Plc (BP.L) scrambled to contain a widening oil spill. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson ... Talk About a Mess Gulf oil disaster proves easy target for lawmakers As oil keeps spewing into the gulf, life goes on |
Washington Post | Kennedy holds to hope in 5-4 ruling USA Today WASHINGTON â€" During Supreme Court arguments last November, Justice Anthony Kennedy peered down from the bench and expressed skepticism for a lawyer's claim that juvenile offenders â€" unlike adult criminals â€" should not be ... High court's sex offender ruling endorses federal authority Justices Restrict Life Terms for Youths |
CNN International | 'Child' survives as 100 feared dead in Libya plane crash CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff One person -- believed to be a child -- survived a passenger plane crash in Libya that was feared to have killed more than 100 people, an official said Wednesday. Libya's state news agency said 96 bodies had been recovered after ... Backgrounder: Key facts about Airbus A330 Dutch Child Lone Survivor of Libya Plane Crash In pictures: Libya crash |
ABC News | In wake of killing, U-Va. men's and women's lacrosse will finish season Washington Post Both the Virginia men's and women's lacrosse teams will compete in their respective NCAA tournaments following the death of former women's lacrosse player Yeardley Love, Athletic Director Craig Littlepage announced as part of a Tuesday ... Virginia lacrosse player's death stuns campus community UVA Athletic Director Says Lacrosse Teams Will Play in NCAA Tourney in Love's ... George Huguely's Story of Yeardley Love's Death |
