Times Online | Goldman Scrutinized by US Prosecutors Examining SEC Case BusinessWeek April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating transactions by Goldman Sachs Group Inc., accused of misleading investors by US securities regulators, to determine whether to pursue a criminal ... Criminal Probe Looks Into Goldman Trading |
The Hindu | Gulf oil spill 'five times' larger than estimated The Guardian Five times more oil a day than previously believed is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from the blown-out well of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, the US coastguard has said. Coastguard Rear Admiral Mary Landry said National Oceanic Atmospheric ... Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard |
The Hindu | Levin Grilling Blankfein Means Clash of Harvard Law Standouts BusinessWeek April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lloyd C. Blankfein and Carl Levin both have degrees from Harvard Law School. Judging from their confrontation on Capitol Hill yesterday, they hardly speak the same language. Levin, chairman of the Senate's ... For Some on W » |
BBC News | Goldman Said to Have Been in Other Mortgage Deals New York Times WASHINGTON â€" The legal storm buffeting Goldman Sachs intensified on Monday as Senate investigators claimed the W » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Tales of tornado survival amid Miss. community's woe USA Today By Sean Gardner, Getty Images YAZOO CITY, Miss. â€" Sandra Grayson was sitting on her front porch when she saw the tornado rumble across a hill. She grabbed her two miniature schnauzers, Bubba and Julie Belle, and hid in the bathroom. ... Mississippi Assessing Damage by Tornado Tornado leaves hundreds homeless in Mississippi Residents dig out debris after Miss. tornado |
BBC News | Climate consensus collapses in Senate Boston Globe WASHINGTON â€" In one of the proudest moments of his long legislative career, Senator John F. Kerry was poised to unveil a long-awaited climate change bill tomorrow that would put a price on carbon emissions and provide ... US senators postpone climate bill unveiling Lieberman: " » |
BBC News | Nation+World headlines: Immigration law signed Detroit Free Press Gov. Jan Brewer ignored criticism from President Barack Obama on Friday and signed into law a bill supporters said would take handcuffs off police in dealing with illegal immigration in Arizona, the nation's busiest gateway for human and drug smuggling ... Obama Assails Arizona Immigration Law Arizona's immigration law may spur a showdown Ariz. governor signs tough immigration bill |
New York Daily News | GOP ramps up attacks on SEC over porn surfing The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the Securities and Exchange Commission following reports that senior agency staffers spent hours surfing pornographic websites on government-issued computers while they were supposed to be ... SEC divided on vote to file Goldman lawsuit Senior SEC staffers spent hours at work looking at porn websites Gov't Report Finds Securities and Exchange Commission Employees Surfing ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | London's Heathrow receives flights CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff London, England (CNN) -- More than two dozen planes landed at Europe's busiest airport early Wednesday, as restrictions began easing after five days of disruptions caused by last week's volcanic eruption in Iceland. ... Iceland volcano: few flights arrive despite airspace reopening As British Airports Open, Huge Backlog Remains London's Airports Reopen as UK Lifts Ash-Flight Ban |
CBC.ca | New Ash Cloud Jeopardizes EU Plan to Open Skies New York Times European transport ministers announced a plan to begin easing the six-day ban on aviation traffic around the Continent, but a new ash cloud spreading south from the erupting volcano in Iceland on ... Some flights resume as new ash cloud forms Factbox: European airports and airspace closed by ash cloud Plans to reopen airspace in doubt |
National Geographic | Volcanic ash cloud restrictions 'embarrasssing', say airlines Telegraph.co.uk Comprehensive restrictions on flights across Europe resulting from volcanic ash floating over from Iceland are an “embarrassmentâ€, an airline chief has claimed, as c » |
Boston Globe | White House 'not ready' for nuclear Iran Times Online US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned in a secret memo to senior White House officials that the United States does not have a long-term strategy for dealing with Iran's nuclear programme. The three page document, written in January, ... Report: Gates sent White House memo on Iran policy Gates 'warns White House' over Iran nukes policy Times: US has no strategy to block Iran |
Washington Post | Obama orders most hospitals to grant gays visitation rights Los Angeles Times Same-sex partners must get the same privileges granted heterosexual couples in hospitals that get Medicare or Medicaid funds, he says in a memo. By Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey President Obama late Thursday ordered most hospitals in the ... Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners of gays Obama: » |
Reuters | Chinese rescuers step up search for quake survivors BBC News Emergency teams have been searching the rubble for survivors, a day after a deadly quake devastated part of China's mountainous Qinghai province. Thousands of homeless people have spent the night in freezing temperatures. Officials say 617 people died ... Chinese earthquake: thousands remain trapped as rescue operation is ramped up Donations, supplies flood into quake-hit NW China region Search for survivors after China earthquake |
BBC News (blog) | CNN readers debate China-US currency flap CNN International As US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao discussed this controversial issue on the sidelines of the nuclear summit in Washington on Tuesday, for weeks CNN readers have engaged in a spirited debate on the topic ... Proposal targets nuclear terrorism Nuclear agreement hailed as step forward Obama's nuclear summit: Good plan, action needed |
CBC.ca | World Leaders Meet on Nuclear Terrorism Threat New York Times By REUTERS The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World leaders meet in Washington on Tuesday for the biggest summit hosted by the United ... Ukraine to give up nuke material; boost for summit Nuclear security summit hears of terror risk Debating Obama's New Nuclear Doctrine |
Reuters | Some W. Va. miners' families say goodbye; others wait USA Today By Jon C. Hancock, AP By Oren Dorell, USA TODAY PETTUS, W.Va. â€" Tears flowed freely Sunday along West Virginia's Coal River V » |
Reuters | Poland Feels Shock at the Size of Its Loss New York Times Mourners gathered in front of St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw to remember the victims of the plane crash that killed Poland's president, among others, on Saturday. By NICHOLAS KULISH and MICHAL PIOTROWSKI WARSAW â€" On a chilly April night, thousands of ... In quotes: Reaction to plane crash Polish President Lech Kaczynski, 60; came to power with twin For Poland, plane crash in Russia rips open old wounds |
Washington Post | John Paul Stevens' Chicago ties Chicago Tribune In the 1940s, US Supreme Court Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge asked the professors at Northwestern University Law School if they had a student who might be a good candidate to work for him as a clerk. ... The Stevens Court Hatch salutes Stevens, awaits Obama's choice John Paul Stevens' unexpectedly liberal legacy |
Reuters | Augusta takes it easy on Tiger Woods, and others, on Day 1 Los Angeles Times Woods, in his much-discussed return to competitive golf, shoots a four-under 68 that features two eagles. Fred Couples, 50, leads with a 66 and Tom Watson, 60, is in a group at 67 as 31 golfers break par in first round with the help of friendly tee and ... Turn-back-the-clock day at Augusta National Golf Tidbits: Inside the ropes, Tiger hasn't changed much Couples enjoying Masters moment |
The Hindu | West Virginia coal mine rescue crews race against time Los Angeles Times Attempts to contact 4 missing miners prove fruitless. Workers drill a new ventilation hole at site where 25 men were killed Monday; governor says there's only 'a sliver of hope' of finding survivors. By Kim Geiger and Bob Drogin Emergency teams stepped ... Fed official: Still too soon for W.Va. mine rescue No Signs of Life From 4 Missing in Mine Can Labor Unions Make Coal Mining Safer? |
CBC.ca | Audit Cited Mine Inspectors for Training Problems Days Before W.Va. Explosion FOXNews A federal audit released just days before a massive explosion killed 25 coal miners in West Virginia found that the country's top mine safety agency was not adequately retraining its veteran inspectors, even as hundreds of new inspectors were being ... Obama sends condolences to families of killed West Virginia miners Massey Shares Drop After Deadly Mine Explosion Obama offers condolences after W.Va. mine disaster |
Globe and Mail | Discovery rockets into space CNET The shuttle Discovery, carrying a seven crew members and 10 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station, rocketed into orbit early Monday to kick off a three-spacewalk resupply mission. ... Discovery's Fiery Launch Near Picture Perfect Discovery Rockets Toward Space Station Discovery Launches on One of Last Shuttle Missions |
