Posts Tagged ‘failed’

House probing $528M loan to failed solar company (AP)

FBI agent carry a box of evidence from Solyndra headquarters in Fremont, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. The FBI are executing search warrants at the headquarters of California solar firm Solyndra that received a $535 million loan from the federal government. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP – The Obama administration’s eagerness to deliver economic stimulus may have influenced a federal review of a loan to a now bankrupt solar panel manufacturer, a move that may have left taxpayers on the hook for a $528 million debt, House Republicans said Wednesday.


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Libya rebels: talks for loyalist town have failed (AP)

A rebel fighter signs V for victory  at a checkpoint between Tarhouna and Bani Walid, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. Libyan rebels are poised to attack one of Moammar Gadhafi's remaining strongholds, but their military spokesman said Sunday he expected the town's tribal leaders to surrender rather than see their divided followers fight one another. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP – Negotiations over the surrender of one of Moammar Gadhafi’s remaining strongholds have collapsed, and Libyan rebels were waiting for the green light to launch their final attack on the besieged town of Bani Walid, a spokesman said.


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AP IMPACT: Some 9/11 charities failed miserably (AP)

In this Sept. 11, 2007 photo, American Quilt Memorial organizer Kevin Held holds up a photo of several quilts next to members of the Philadelphia Police Department as they display a section of quilt in Philadelphia. Held formed Stage 1 Productions in 2003 to promote the American Quilt Memorial honoring the lives lost on Sept. 11. He said thousands of individual pieces would be crafted together on white king-sized sheets that, when sewn together, would stretch 1 1/2 miles across an eight-lane highway. That never happened. The $713,000 that Held raised from students, school fundraising campaigns, T-shirt sales and other donations is gone. More than $270,000 of that went to Held and family members, records show. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – Americans eager to give after the 9/11 terrorist attacks poured $1.5 billion into hundreds of charities established to serve the victims, their families and their memories. But a decade later, an Associated Press investigation shows that many of those nonprofits have failed miserably.


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Exxon said failed Mont. pipeline was deeply buried (AP)

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, left, is briefed by Gary Pruessing, ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. president, right, during a briefing about an oil spill Yellowstone River while in Billings, Mont. Tuesday July 5, 2011.  The Yellowstone River swelled above flood levels Tuesday, raising fears that the surge will push thousands of gallons of oil spilled from a broken pipeline into undamaged areas and prolong cleanup efforts as crude seeps downstream and into back channels.  (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)AP – Exxon Mobil Co. had reassured federal regulators and officials from a Montana town since December that an oil pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River was safe, buried deep enough to avoid any accidental ruptures.


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Romney: ‘Barack Obama has failed America’ (AP)

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signs autograph for supporters during the Greater Des Moines Partnership's Presidential Forum Speaker Series at the Des Moines Historical Building on May 27, 2011. REUTERS/Brian C. FrankAP – Mitt Romney is opening his first formal day as a 2012 Republican presidential contender with a direct challenge to the man he wants to replace and is pitching himself as ready to repair the nation’s struggling economy. “Barack Obama has failed America,” he says.


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Major panel: Drug war failed; legalize marijuana (AP)

AP – The global war on drugs has failed and governments should explore legalizing marijuana and other controlled substances, according to a commission that includes former heads of state, a former U.N. secretary-general and a business mogul.

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Failed Times Sq. bomber’s helper deported

A man who helped fund Faisal Shahzad’s failed 2010 Times Square bombing has been shipped home to Pakistan.

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