Reuters | Tiger Woods fails to make the cut at Quail Hollow USA Today Tiger Woods, in his second tournament since returning to golf following an admission of marital infidelity, has failed to make the cut at the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, shooting a 7-over-par 79 Friday for a 36-hole score of 9-over-par 153. ... Tiger Woods shoots 7-over 79, misses cut at Quail Hollow Championship Not a thing goes right for Woods on historic » |
Times Online | Gulf spill could reach delta tonight Houston Chronicle A federal official said this afternoon that the leading edge of the Gulf oil slick could reach the Mississippi River delta sometime tonight, and an executive said BP has asked the Department of Defense for ... BP Spill May Alter Obama's Offshore Drilling Plans Officials Scramble To Contain Spill As Oil Nears Shoreline |
Reuters | Financial overhaul bill may soon make its way to full Senate Los Angeles Times With Democrats having agreed to some concessions related to bailouts, Republicans are expected to » |
Reuters | Goldman Sachs banker Fabrice Tourre faces the music The Guardian Goldman Sachs banker Fabrice Tourre is sworn in before testifying to the Senate subcommittee investigating the role of investment banks during the W » |
Kansas City Star | Senate blocks financial regulation bill USA Today A sweeping proposal to revamp W » |
Los Angeles Times | Obama eulogizes 29 West Virginia miners -- 'Don't let this happen again' USA Today President Obama paid tribute to 29 f » |
MiamiHerald.com | Goldman e-mails show how crash turned into cash The Associated Press NEW YORK â€" As the US housing turned downward in January 2007, a Goldman Sachs trader wrote in e-mails to a woman he apparently was courting that investments he had sold were "like Frankenstein turning against his own inventor. ... Goldman knew it profited in crisis Goldman Sachs e-mails show bank sought to profit from housing downturn Goldman Sachs e-mails: We made money betting against mortgage market |
CBS News | US's Toughest Immigration Law Is Signed in Arizona New York Times Protesters recited the Pledge of » |
Globe and Mail | Obama moves to close deal on financial reform msnbc.com Part rebuke, part olive branch and part sales pitch, President Barack Obama's speech Thursday exhorting bankers to "join us, instead of fighting us" on financial reform appeared to have won over some on W » |
New York Daily News | Government goes high-tech to redesign $100 bills Sacramento Bee AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON -- The folks who print America's money have designed a high-tech makeover of the $100 bill complete with disappearing Liberty Bells and magical ribbons. It's » |
National Post | Supreme court voids law aimed at animal cruelty videos KATU The Supreme Court, with only one dissenting vote, on Tuesday struck down a federal ban on videos that show graphic violence against animals. The ruling cheered free speech advocates, but it raised concerns that more animals ... Supreme Court rejects animal cruelty law, upholds free speech Supreme Court strikes down animal-cruelty law SCOTUS strikes down law banning cruel animal videos |
Telegraph.co.uk | Europe to open larger swath of airspace to air traffic Washington Post The Eyjafj » |
Globe and Mail | Ministers mull volcano ash cloud flight chaos measures BBC News Britons stranded by flight restrictions as a result of the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland could be returned to the UK through a "Spanish hub". Ministers met to discuss plans before UK flight restrictions were extended until at least 1900 BST on Monday ... Airlines carry out test flights in Europe's ash-filled skies EU: Half of European flights could operate by Monday EU says half of normal flights may run Monday |
The Hindu | Ash may hover for days over uncertain Europe The Associated Press PARIS â€" The Icelandic volcano that has kept much of Europe land-bound is far from finished spitting out its grit, and offered up new mini-eruptions Saturday that raise concerns about longer-term damage to world air travel and trade. ... Volcanic ash cloud won't give Europe a break Most US-Europe flights cancelled Saturday due to ash Factbox: Airspace and airports closed by ash cloud |
National Geographic | Volcanic Ash in Atmosphere Forces European Airspace Closures Voice of America Photo: AP A volcanic eruption in Iceland has halted most air traffic in Scandinavia and Britain. French aviation officials said Thursday the ash plume forced the closure of the main airport in Paris, as well as several others air facilities in the ... How volcanoes have shaped history Volcanic ash an air traffic-stopper but not a climate or health hazard Eruption Wasn't That Powerful, but Effects May Linger |
CBC.ca | Sarah Palin cheers Tea Party 'patriots' in Boston; warns Obama, Dems they'll ... New York Daily News Sarah Palin gives a thumbs up to the crowd following her address during a stop of the Tea Party Express on Boston Common in Boston. Do you think that the Tea Party is becoming a legitimate political organization, or just represents ... Voices from the Tea Party Express r » |
Reuters | US a Popular Destination for the World's Unwanted Nuclear Supply FOXNews The United States rapidly is becoming the hottest destination for unwanted nuclear fuel, as the Obama administration steps up efforts to relieve other countries of their weapons-grade nuclear supplies. A massive crane lifts a container ... Summit C » |
New York Times (blog) | Conan O'Brien Joins TBS, Enters The Harsh World Of Cable MTV.com It's more than a little poetic that Conan O'Brien's new show will premiere on TBS in November (rather than on Fox, where everybody figured he'd end up). Though O'Brien has spent the better part of his adult life working in television, most of it has ... Conan Says YES To TBS Conan O'Brien to Join Cable TV's TBS Conan O'Brien Chooses TBS Over Fox; New Show Due in November |
CBC.ca | Stevens' successor would likely come from last year's list USA Today By Win McNamee, Getty Images By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY WASHINGTON â€" President Obama's search for a successor to Justice John Paul Stevens, who announced his retirement Friday, picks up where Obama left off last year. In 2009, Obama chose Sonia ... Obama promises quick court replacement for Stevens John Paul Stevens' Retirement: Republicans Prepare for Supreme Court Battle Stevens's Departure Opens Door for Obama |
Telegraph.co.uk | Good Start for Watson as Woods Tees Off in Masters New York Times Morry Gash/AP Tiger Woods, with his caddie Steve Williams, before teeing off at the first hole of the Masters on Thursday. By LYNN ZINSER As Tiger Woods began his comeback from a five-month absence from golf on Thursday, Tom Watson kept cheering his ... TW and the other TW - a Masters mid-day report Mixed reaction to Nike ad with Tiger Woods, his dad's voice Tiger Woods tees off at the Masters - returns to golf to huge applause at ... |
ABC News | Comcast v. FCC, UK Finance Rules, Brazil Tariffs: Compliance BusinessWeek April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Federal regulators lacked authority to censure Comcast Corp. for interfering with subscribers' Internet traffic, a US court said in a decision that could limit the government's power to police companies' Web ... Is Net neutrality dead? (FAQ) Intermission on Net Neutrality |
CBC.ca | Rescue Efforts Underway for At Least 10 Miners Still Unaccounted For ABC News A mine explosion killed at least 12 people and left at least 10 others unaccounted for in a sm » |
CBC.ca | Official: 1 Dead in 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Los Angeles Times The quake was centered in Baja California, Mexico and was felt » |
