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Breaking News Thu, 29 Jul 2010
A worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, is attempted to be trapped by booms Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Environment   Michigan   Oil Spill   Photos   Wikipedia: Great Lakes  
 The New York Times 
Estimate Rises of Oil Spill in Michigan
| BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — More than one million gallons of oil may have spilled from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River this week, significantly more than the pipeline’s owner initially est... (photo: AP / Paul Sancya)
Citigroup, Canary Wharf
Banking   Charges   Citigroup   Civil   Photos  
 Herald Tribune 
Citigroup paying $75M to settle civil charges
| WASHINGTON - Banking titan Citigroup Inc. is paying $75 million to settle civil charges that it misled investors about its potential losses from subprime mortgages as the housing bust hit in 2007. |... (photo: Creative Commons / LoopZilla)
Exxon Mobil  Business Journal 
Exxon Mobil quarterly profit up 91%
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Company   Exxon   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: ExxonMobil  
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger addresses the crowd during a town hall meeting at Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005.  Independent online 
 Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency
| Los Angeles - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal state of emergency on Wednesday, requiring most state employees to take three days of unpaid leave per month until a new bud... (photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Leader   Photos   Politics   US   Washington  
Top Stories
Vivian Bare sews material at Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant in Conover, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. The New York Times
An Unexpected Drop in U.S. Durable Goods
| WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to United States factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell broadly in June as the fragile recovery continued to slow. | The Commer... (photo: AP / Chuck Burton)
Business   Economy   Photos   US   Wikipedia: President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board  
Boeing Co.'s corporate headquarters building in Seattle is shown Wednesday, March 21, 2001. Boeing Co. stunned its hometown Wednesday by announcing it is moving its headquarters out of Seattle, where the aircraft manufacturing giant was founded 85 years ago. Boeing is considering Chicago, Denver and Dallas-Fort Worth, said Chairman and Chief Executive Phil Con The New York Times
Boeing's Earnings Down on Fewer Plane Deliveries
| CHICAGO (Reuters) — The Boeing Company reported a higher-than-expected quarterly net profit on Wednesday, but the results were down from a year earlier because th... (photo: AP / Ralph Radford)
Aviation   Company   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Boeing  
Meditation - yoga - respiration exercise - 'Pranayam' Deccan Herald
A Yoga mogul who sells an American cocktail of spirituality and exercise
By Mimi Swartz, International Herald Tribune | There is so much going on in John Friend’s life right now that an assistant once teased him about waking just before dawn a... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Exercise   Life   Photos   Spirituality   Yoga  
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks at a rally Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 (tmg1) The Examiner
Ahead of elections, Obama ramps up his fundraising
Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - President Barack Obama is stepping up his fundraising efforts as the midterm elections draw closer and Democrats need money to battle a ... (photo: AP / Ted S. Warren)
Elections   Photos   Politics   US   Washington  
* FILE ** Police and investigators look at what remains of the flight deck of Pan Am 103 on a field in Lockerbie, Scotland, in this Dec 22, 1988 file photo. In the 15 years since Pan American World Airways shut down, ex-employee Anthony La Pera had assumed he would never get paid for leftover wages and accrued vacation. But La Pera and another 15,000 ex-employees can expect to open their mailboxes one day this December and find that a check has arrived, from a $33 million settlement with the government of Libya over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. It marks the the end of the liquidation of an iconic airline. The Guardian
Senate hearing on Lockerbie bomber postponed
| FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — A senator said Tuesday that he was postponing this week's hearing on the release of the man convicted... (photo: AP)
Lockerbie   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi  
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 4,2009, following the weekly caucus luncheons. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., right, look on. Herald Tribune
Reid unveils pared-down energy and oil bill
| WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a draft of energy and oil spill legislation Tuesday, having to settle for a far less sweeping bill than the cap ... (photo: AP / Harry Hamburg)
Energy   Oil   Photos   Reid   Washington  
Oprah Winfrey Starpulse
Oprah Winfrey Taps Celebrity Friends For Documentary Series
| Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker and Goldie Hawn have signed TV deals with media queen Oprah Winfrey to develop documentaries for the mogul's new U.S. network. | The trio... (photo: AP / Kevork Djansezian)
Celebrities   Documentary   Friends   Oprah   Photos  
Mickey's Fun Wheel at Disney's California Adventure. Mickey's Fun Wheel is a 160-foot-wide (or 48.8 meters) Ferris wheel at Disney California Adventure, at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Business Journal
Disney buys Playdom for up to $763.2M
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Audio   Disney   Photos   Playdom   Security  
Business & Economy Trade & Industry
- Estimate Rises of Oil Spill in Michigan
- Microsoft shows off new Windows smartphones
- Fed Officials Clash on Need for More Stimulus
- Wisconsin town seeks OK for huge solar farm
A worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, is attempted to be trapped by booms Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Estimate Rises of Oil Spill in Michigan
more
- Talking up workers' plight
- For Clintons' understated only daughter, $3M is enough t
- Vt. postal center faces $420,000 in fines
- A $3M Clinton wedding? Not out of the question
Budget Director Peter Orszag speaks to reporters about the new tax or entitlement policies for the pay-as-you-go plan, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, during the daily press briefing in the White House Pressroom at the White House in Washington
Budget Chief Tried to Tilt Power to Executive Branch
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Money & Finance Science & Technology
- 'New Photography 2010' Coming to MoMA
- Wells Fargo completes phase-out of Wachovia brand in Texas
- Focus Business Bank posts first profit
- Candidate Q&A: Dickson County Mayor
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger addresses the crowd during a town hall meeting at Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005.
 Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency
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- Mechanism uncovered behind Salmonella virulence and drug sus
- Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinksy Are Bad Match, Says Datin
- Privacy Legislation Looms as Zuck Heads to Washington
- Study: US ability to probe nuclear blasts fades
Prostate cancer cell/aaeh
Dense bones associated with raised risk for prostate cancer
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Agriculture & Farming Gas & Energy
- Obama seeks to mend rift with U.S. black community
- Wisconsin town seeks OK for huge solar farm
- Tickets still available for Red Cross Barn Party
- Man with tea party ties to run for Ky. governor
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Obama seeks to mend rift with U.S. black community
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- Estimate Rises of Oil Spill in Michigan
- DC sniper claims conspirators in Shatner interview
- El Paso Corp., AGL in LNG distribution jv
- Feds OK project to drill under, not on, wild areas
A worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, is attempted to be trapped by booms Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Estimate Rises of Oil Spill in Michigan
more