After insisting for months that a pair of relief wells were the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials say they may be able to do it just with the 'static kill' procedure. Gulf of Mexico - Oil gusher - Oil well - Business - Energy
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BP: 'Static kill' might do the trick alone
Posted by sanctifyrich 661 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)July is deadliest month for U.S. in Afghan war
Posted by sanctifyrich 665 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
Three U.S. service members were killed in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war. Afghanistan - United States armed forces - War in Afghanistan - Asia - Taliban
U.S.: Afghan war leaks put lives 'at risk'
Posted by sanctifyrich 669 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of civilian killings. War in Afghanistan - United States armed forces - Afghanistan - Military - United States
Gathering storm halts Gulf relief well work
Posted by sanctifyrich 672 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
A newly formed tropical depression racing toward the Gulf increased pressure on BP and the U.S. government to decide whether to evacuate hundreds of crew and dozens of ships at the spill site. BP - Mexico - Federal government of the United States - Gulf of Mexico - United States
Seep found near BP well, source says
Posted by sanctifyrich 676 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
Scientists are concerned about a seep and possible methane leak near BP's busted oil well, a federal official said Sunday. Gulf of Mexico - BP - Business - Recreation - United States
Immigrant list worries both sides of debate
Posted by sanctifyrich 680 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
Advocates of tougher immigration enforcement condemned a list of alleged illegal immigrants to Utah state agencies and news organizations. Utah - Immigration - Illegal immigration - United States - Social Security number
BP reportedly in talks to sell Alaska oil field
Posted by sanctifyrich 684 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
Beleaguered oil giant BP is in talks to sell $12 billion of assets, including a prized Alaskan oil field, says Sunday Times of London. Alaska - Oil field - BP - Energy - Business
Gulf awash in 27,000 abandoned wells
Posted by sanctifyrich 688 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades. Gulf of Mexico - Oil well - Energy - Business - Oil and Gas
At least 200 die as tanker explodes in Congo
Posted by sanctifyrich 692 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
More than 200 people were killed and 100 injured when a fuel tanker overturned and exploded in the Democratic Republic of Congo late Friday. Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - Congo Republic - Oil tanker - Business and Economy
Kagan pledges modest approach as justice
Posted by sanctifyrich 695 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
Elena Kagan is following the path of every recent Supreme Court nominee in pledging "a fair shake for every American" who comes before the court and stressing her ordinary roots. Elena Kagan - United States - Supreme Court of the United States - Supreme Court - Government
New rules, but will Wall Street play by them?
Posted by sanctifyrich 699 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
The financial services industry must now navigate a series of tough new regulations. But it remains to be seen just what's in the final rules - and how bankers respond. Financial services - Wall Street - United States - Business - Banking Services
Times Square bomb suspect pleads guilty
Posted by sanctifyrich 703 days ago (http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
Calling himself a Muslim soldier, a defiant Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleads guilty to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing. Time Square - New York City - Car bomb - New York - United States
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