Globe and Mail | Second senior Democrat to face ethics trial: source Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second senior US Democratic lawmaker intends to fight congressional ethics charges, a source said early Saturday, complicating the party's efforts to retain control of the House in the November elections. ... Maxine Waters faces ethics charges House panel suggests reprimand of Rangel House investigators recommend Rangel 'reprimand' |
USA Today | Judge's ruling on Arizona law a win for Obama San Francisco Chronicle Sharon Tinin (center), a Tea Party member and backer of Arizona's immigration enforcement law, shouts at an opponent of the law after a US judge blocked major portions of the statute. A federal judge's decision barring police in Arizona from demanding ... Portions of Arizona's controversial immigration law go into effect Ruling on Arizona immigration law heightens tensions Federal judge blocks key parts of Arizona immigration law |
The Guardian | Hit list draws fire in wake of leaked US documents The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" When it comes to war, killing the enemy is an accepted fact. Even amid the sensation of the WikiLeaks.org revelations, that stark reality lies at the core of new charges that some American military commando operations may have amounted to ... Wikileaks Afghanistan: Iran accused of supporting Taliban attacks US hunts for leaker of Afghan war documents Pakistan dismisses Afghan war leak as skewed |
New York Daily News | Ships head back to oil well, ready to resume work USA Today by Dave Martin, AP By David Dishneau And Harry R. Weber, AP Writers NEW ORLEANS â€" Ships were getting back in place Sunday at the Gulf of Mexico site of BP's leaky oil well as crews raced to resume work on plugging the gusher before another big storm ... Relief well vessel returns to oil spill site Tropical storm fizzles, oil spill crews return Bye, bye Bonnie - cleanup resumes at Gulf oil spill as storm clears out |
Moneycontrol.com | Tropical Storm Bonnie Accelerates Toward Florida Keys BusinessWeek July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Bonnie accelerated on a course toward Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, where it's already delaying efforts by BP Plc to permanently plug its wrecked Macondo well. Bonnie, packing sustained winds of 40 miles (65 ... Relief oil well on hold as Bonnie forces Gulf evacuations Tropical storm Bonnie forces BP to suspend relief well drilling US Unified Command Suspends BP Relief Well In Gulf Due To Storm |
CBS News | Andrew Breitbart on 'Hannity': 'This Is Not About Shirley Sherrod' FOXNews Breitbart.com founder says, 'I'm invested in getting the NAACP and the Democratic Party and the Congressional Black Caucus to stop constantly c » |
The Hindu | Seep in Gulf Likely Not Tied to Well, Officials Say New York Times A seep that is possibly letting methane into the Gulf of Mexico is apparently not connected to BP's oil well, and it may be occurring natur » |
Globe and Mail | BP, federal officials confer on closed gulf oil well cap Washington Post BP, the government and an army of volunteers are fighting to contain and clean the millions of g » |
Globe and Mail | BP Well Tests Show No Signs of Damage After Stopping Oil Flow BusinessWeek July 17 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc said a battery of tests on its Macondo well show no evidence of damage that would prevent the company from keeping the well sealed with equipment inst » |
Globe and Mail | BP stops oil leak in Gulf of Mexico for first time since April The Guardian The gush of oil from BP's spewing well in the Gulf of Mexico was stopped for the first time in three months yesterday, raising hopes that it could be sealed off for good. The Obama administration immediately warned that a cap sealing off the well might ... BP Says That Oil Flow Has Stopped as Cap Is Tested BP says test shuts off oil leak from Gulf well Oil stops gushing from BP well for first time |
Reuters | Yankees pause to reflect on Steinbrenner MLB.com A few hours before they'd suit up for the 81st » |
msnbc.com | Final Cup match marked by clumsy play Los Angeles Times The second half begins, and neither the Netherlands nor Spain have scored. The yellow card count rises to eight, a trend that began in an awful first half full of pathetic moves and player collisions. Robin Van Persie of the Netherlands tackles Sergio ... Spain-Netherlands at 0-0 at halftime of extra time World Cup updates: Netherlands 0, Spain 0 (2d period, extra time) Electric atmosphere as soccer fans r » |
CNN (blog) | Spy swap: John le Carré watches the exchange The Guardian Which Russia did these deluded spy-babies fantasise about when they played under the bedclothes with their top-of-the-range spy toys, cleared their magic dead-letter boxes, dispatched their magic microdots, and lied away their lives to their friends, ... US, Russia spy swap: Why London is a hotbed of spies Into the cold: Swapped spies face uncertain lives Deported spies arrive in Moscow |
Washington Post | 5 charged as al Qaeda plotters in US and UK CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Washington -- The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against five people who prosecutors say are members of an al Qaeda plot to attack targets in the United States and the United Kingdom. ... Qaeda Figure to Be Indicted in Subway Plot U.S. unseals new charges against 5 in New York plot Feds: NYC Subway Plotters Targeted London, Too |
New Zealand Herald | China Sentences US Geologist to 8 Years Voice of America Photo: AP Xue Min cries as she rec » |
MiamiHerald.com | Michael Steele under fire over Afghanistan remarks Los Angeles Times The Republican National Committee chairman is caught on video saying the conflict is a 'war of Obama's choosing' and implying that the US effort is doomed. Conservatives c » |
