AP – On the defensive more than five weeks into the nation’s worst-ever oil spill, President Barack Obama insisted Thursday that his administration, not oil giant BP, was calling the shots in the still-unsuccessful response.
Posts from ‘May, 2010’
Gulf spill surpasses Valdez; plug try going well (AP)
AP – An untested procedure to plug the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico seemed to be working, officials said Thursday, but new estimates showed the spill has already surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history.
NKorea scraps sea accords; SKorea holds navy drill (AP)
AP – Military tension on the Korean peninsula rose Thursday after North Korea threatened to attack any South Korean ships entering its waters and Seoul held anti-submarine drills in response to the March sinking of a navy vessel blamed on Pyongyang.
7.2 quake hits South Pacific nation of Vanuatu (AP)
AP – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 rattled the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu early Friday, briefly triggering a tsunami watch for the region, officials said. There were no immediate reports of damage.
New Yorker who aided Peru rebels freed (AP)
AP – Activist Lori Berenson walked out of prison smiling Thursday but got a chilly reception from her new neighbors after serving three-quarters of a 20-year sentence for aiding leftist rebels.
Congress to vote on military gay ban (AP)
AP – Congress neared precedent-setting votes Thursday on whether to allow gays to serve openly in the military.
Stocks jump after China shows confidence in Europe (AP)
AP – Stocks have had another big turnaround and rocketed higher after China reassured investors it doesn’t plan to sell the European debt it holds.
Slow-motion recovery keeps unemployment high (AP)
AP – High unemployment isn’t going away.
