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Gulf oil spill: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says BP, other companies will be held 'fully accountable'
GreenspaceInterior Secretary Ken Salazar assured a Senate panel Tuesday morning that the Obama administration will hold BP and other companies "fully accountable" for cleanup of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as well as for economic damages...... -
Gulf oil spill: New BP spill video released [Updated]
GreenspaceSen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) released new video of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: The first video is from May 8, from the main riser pipe leak, before any intervention. The second video is from two days...... -
Lawmakers review oil leak video, continue to pressure BP
GreenspaceStepping up its probe of the environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, Senate investigators began reviewing video footage from 12 underwater cameras dating back to the April 20 drilling rig explosion in the hope it will cast more light...... -
Gulf oil spill: Florida fears contamination
GreenspaceA sunny afternoon on the coast of West Florida turned gloomy Thursday with the dread that a strong wind could push sticky, toxic petroleum onto its sugar-sand beaches and wildlife-rich wetlands. It felt like the sobering moments before a hurricaneâs....... -
Gulf oil spill: Anger mounts on Capitol Hill [Updated]
GreenspaceGulf officials vented their frustration on Capitol Hill Thursday, reflecting the mounting anger of their constituents. "Please, please send us some help," Mayor David Camardelle of Louisianaâs Grand Isle said in emotional testimony before the Senate... -
Sunday shows: Barbour, Emanuel, R. Gates, Cao
Top of the TicketAlso, Marco Rubio, Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, Bill Nelson, Ed Markey, Mary Landrieu, Paul Wolfowitz, Abdullah Abdullah, Barbara Boxer,... -
Federal officials move to ban imports of nine species of constrictor snake
L.A. UnleashedNEW YORK â Federal officials want to keep nine kinds of constrictor snakes out of the United States, saying they belong to invasive species that pose the single biggest threat to the nation's environment. "This is the story of the...... -
Obama on future U.S. space exploration: Yes, but...
Top of the TicketFull text and commentary as Democratic president re-targets space plans on research; forget the Moon for now.... -
Florida Democratic convention a bust
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It was every host's worst nightmare: a big, lavish party and not a single invited A-lister showed up. The Florida Democratic Party's annual convention here got snubbed by all but the longest shot among the eight...Tags: Florida Legislature, Primaries, Tamarac, Government, Quinnipiac University
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Passports, answers in high demand
Times Staff WritersDesperate to obtain their U.S. passports, world travelers have been flying to Seattle, where the passport office is considered one of the nation's most efficient. But even there, more than 110,000 backlogged applications are piled in closets, the...Tags: Personal Data Collection, National Security, Career and Workplace, Trips and Vacations, Michael Chertoff
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Senate passes $555-billion spending bill
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCongressional Democrats' yearlong campaign to bring the war in Iraq to an end concluded with a whimper Tuesday as the Senate failed again to pass a timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from the conflict. As they have all year, Senate Republicans...Tags: Trent Lott, Heads of State, Government, Christopher Dodd, Elections
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Carcinogen worries stick to food packaging
CONSUMER CONFIDENTIALThe next time you make some microwave popcorn or cook a frozen pizza, consider this: The packaging of many of these products contains a chemical that the Environmental Protection Agency considers potentially carcinogenic and wants businesses to...Tags: Paper and Product Packaging Industry, DuPont Co., Health, Electrical Appliance, Environmental Politics
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