Archive for April, 2010

Officials: 3 dead, 25 hurt in Arkansas tornadoes (AP)

AP – Authorities say tornadoes ripping through central Arkansas have killed at least three people, injured 25 others and destroyed several homes.

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Mets lengthen NL East lead over Philly

The Mets pregame focus and work helped establish the tone for well-rounded 9-1 win that challenged the Phillies to reset prior assumptions about their Turnpike rivals. With this win, the Mets are eager to declare that they are serious.

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Ariz. gov signs bill revising new immigration law (AP)

FILE - In this Monday, April 20, 2009 file photo, Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer listens to a question as she testifies during a U.S. Senate's homeland security and governmental affairs committee meeting in to get local and state perspectives on how they are dealing with violence along the U.S.-Mexico border in Phoenix.  Gov. Brewer signed into law on Friday, April 23, 2010 a tough new immigration law for Arizona.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)AP – Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed a follow-on bill approved by Arizona legislators that make revisions to the state’s sweeping law against illegal immigration — changes she says should quell concerns that the measure will lead to racial profiling.


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Document: BP didn’t plan for major oil spill (AP)

Unprotected stretches of the Chandeleur Islands, home of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, are seen off the coast of Louisiana, Friday, April 30, 2010. Wildlife in the region are vulnerable to the looming oil spill from last week's collapse and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – British Petroleum downplayed the possibility of a catastrophic accident at an offshore rig that exploded, causing the worst U.S. spill in decades along the Gulf coast and endangering shoreline habitat.


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Obama: New oil leases will need safeguards (AP)

President Barack Obama gestures during a statement on the Gulf oil spill, and the first quarter GDP numbers, Friday, April 30, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – President Barack Obama on Friday, in a largely symbolic gesture, promised that no new offshore oil drilling leases will be issued unless rigs have new safeguards to prevent a repeat of the explosion that unleashed the massive spill threatening the Gulf Coast.


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Choppy seas frustrate effort to contain oil spill (AP)

Dr. Erica Miller, with Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research, works to give a dose of Pepto-Bismol to a Northern Gannet bird,  normally white when full grown, which is covered in oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico, at a facility in Fort Jackson, La., Friday, April 30, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – High winds and choppy seas frustrated efforts to hold back the oil spill seeping into Louisiana’s rich fishing grounds and nesting areas Friday, and the government desperately cast about for new ideas for dealing with the nation’s biggest environmental crisis in decades.


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Obama says new oil leases will need safeguards (AP)

President Barack Obama gestures during a statement on the Gulf oil spill, and the first quarter GDP numbers, Friday, April 30, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – President Barack Obama on Friday, in a largely symbolic gesture, promised that no new offshore oil drilling leases will be issued unless rigs have new safeguards to prevent a repeat of the explosion that unleashed the massive spill threatening the Gulf Coast.


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