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BP has agreed to put roughly $20 billion into an escrow account to cover costs related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a senior White House official told CNN Wednesday. The official said the agreement was worked out ahead of a highly-anticipated meeting between BP executives and President Obama in Washington. The […]
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) says President Obama favors blacks over whites during an interview on G. Gordon Liddy’s radio show Monday. Rep. Steve King (R-IA), known for making incendiary statements, has put his foot in his mouth again. This time he said President Barack Obama favors blacks over whites. Really? Does that explain why he only […]
Two teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection with the beating. According to the Baltimore Sun, Zachary Watson, 17, of the 900 block of Jack St. and Emmanuel Miller, 16, of the 1600 block of Spruce St. were arrested and have been charged with 18 counts of assault, murder, attempted murder and other offenses, […]
It’s looking like there will be a fund, and that it will be created without a messy fight. But the Obama administration and BP are still at odds over how much money the British oil giant will place in escrow to compensate people and businesses hurt by the catastrophic Gulf oil spill. And the clock […]
A woman in Michigan shot herself on Saturday in an effort to get treatment for a painful shoulder injury! Watch the story here!
A federal grand jury has indicted five New Orleans police officers, three current and two former, on 11 counts of misconduct and wrongdoing in the shooting and subsequent coverup of Henry Glover’s death following Katrina. On Friday, David Warren, the officer who is charged with shooting Glover, was arrested. Glover’s death is the second major post-Katrina […]
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland this morning picked up a major endorsement from the National Rifle Association in his bid for re-election in November. His Republican challenger John Kasich had also sought the backing of the influential gun rights group. Strickland, a Democrat, accepted the NRA endorsement at a sportsmen’s shop in Proctorville in Southern Ohio […]
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Weeks before the world had ever heard of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, President Barack Obama stood in the Roosevelt Room of the White House poring over maps of oil drilling sites in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska and elsewhere. Satisfied that he knew all he needed […]
President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have wagered their nation’s “best” beer and lager over Saturday’s World Cup showdown match between their two nations, the White House said. Obama, who spoke to Cameron by phone from the Oval Office Saturday, suggested the wager, according to a summary of the conversation provided by […]
Federal authorities have ordered BP to get more aggressive with its plans to recover thousands of barrels of oil spewing from a broken well into the Gulf of Mexico, according to a letter made public Saturday. In the letter, Rear Adm. James Watson, the government’s on-scene incident manager, gave BP 48 hours to identify […]
Ten years after President Bill Clinton announced that the first draft of the human genome was complete, medicine has yet to see any large part of the promised benefits. More here.
TMZ has obtained a clip from a pilot shot in 2008 — around the time Gary and Shannon were divorcing. Gary and Shannon are spilling their guts to a life coach. Gary tells Shannon, “All you care about is the money.” He goes on to bitterly complain he’s been forced to take jobs he hated […]