Last Minute News Topics» relief http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com The latest news Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Relief tunnel should reach Gulf well by weekend (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-tunnel-should-reach-gulf-well-by-weekend-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-tunnel-should-reach-gulf-well-by-weekend-ap#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:01:44 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-tunnel-should-reach-gulf-well-by-weekend-ap Vessels gather at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site over the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – Three months into the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the federal government’s spill chief says a relief tunnel should finally reach BP’s broken well by the weekend, meaning the gusher could be snuffed for good within two weeks.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-tunnel-should-reach-gulf-well-by-weekend-ap/feed 0 BP says relief well on hold for test of new cap (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-on-hold-for-test-of-new-cap-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-on-hold-for-test-of-new-cap-ap#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:51:15 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-on-hold-for-test-of-new-cap-ap In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 18:17 CDT, a new containment cap, top, is lowered over the broken wellhead at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Monday, July 12, 2010. Deep-sea robots swarmed around BP's ruptured oil well Monday in a delicately choreographed effort to attach the tighter-fitting cap that could finally stop crude from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico nearly three months into the crisis. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALESAP – BP says it temporarily halted drilling on a relief well meant to permanently plug its Gulf of Mexico oil leak while it prepares to test a temporary cap on the well.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-on-hold-for-test-of-new-cap-ap/feed 0 East Coast to get relief from heat, not humidity (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/east-coast-to-get-relief-from-heat-not-humidity-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/east-coast-to-get-relief-from-heat-not-humidity-ap#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:24:33 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/east-coast-to-get-relief-from-heat-not-humidity-ap Con Edison employee John Leach takes a break from restoring power to a building to drink some water in New York, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Leach said the outage was most likely caused by the the high energy demand that accompanies the heat wave. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP – After four days of a steamy heat wave swamped much of the Eastern Seaboard, the likelihood of just 80- or 90-degree weather was sounding downright delectable.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/east-coast-to-get-relief-from-heat-not-humidity-ap/feed 0 Record heat wave hits NYC – but relief from 100-plus degree weather on horizon http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/record-heat-wave-hits-nyc-but-relief-from-100-plus-degree-weather-on-horizon http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/record-heat-wave-hits-nyc-but-relief-from-100-plus-degree-weather-on-horizon#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:23:57 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/record-heat-wave-hits-nyc-but-relief-from-100-plus-degree-weather-on-horizon Relief is in sight. The insufferable temperatures smothering the city will start to tumble Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/record-heat-wave-hits-nyc-but-relief-from-100-plus-degree-weather-on-horizon/feed 0 BP says relief well is on target as stock tumbles (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-is-on-target-as-stock-tumbles-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-is-on-target-as-stock-tumbles-ap#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:20:11 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-is-on-target-as-stock-tumbles-ap Booming operations continue across the Perdido Pass in Orange Beach, Ala., Friday, June 25, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster continues to wash ashore along the Alabama and Florida coasts. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP – BP’s effort to drill a relief well through 2 1/2 miles of rock to stop the Gulf spill is on target for completion by mid-August, the oil giant said Friday. But BP’s stock tumbled anyway over the mounting costs of the disaster and the company’s inability to plug the leak sooner.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-is-on-target-as-stock-tumbles-ap/feed 0 BP says relief well is on target; stock tumbles (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-is-on-target-stock-tumbles-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-is-on-target-stock-tumbles-ap#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:07:57 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-is-on-target-stock-tumbles-ap Shrimps boats skim for oil just off the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., Friday, June 25, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster continues to wash ashore along the Alabama and Florida coasts. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP – BP’s effort to drill a relief well through 2 1/2 miles of rock to stop the Gulf spill is on target for completion by mid-August, the oil giant said Friday. But BP’s stock tumbled anyway over the mounting costs of the disaster and the company’s inability to plug the leak sooner.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-relief-well-is-on-target-stock-tumbles-ap/feed 0 BP says Gulf relief well on target for mid-August (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-gulf-relief-well-on-target-for-mid-august-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-gulf-relief-well-on-target-for-mid-august-ap#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:54:57 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-gulf-relief-well-on-target-for-mid-august-ap Gas and oil continue to leak at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico, in this image captured from a BP live video feed late June 24, 2010. REUTERS/BP/HandoutAP – Tests show BP is on target for mid-August completion of a relief well in the Gulf of Mexico, the best hope of stopping the oil that’s been gushing since April, the company said Friday.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/bp-says-gulf-relief-well-on-target-for-mid-august-ap/feed 0 Relief greets Obama pick for new war commander (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-greets-obama-pick-for-new-war-commander-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-greets-obama-pick-for-new-war-commander-ap#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:36:26 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-greets-obama-pick-for-new-war-commander-ap Gen. David Petraeus listens as President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, where the president announced that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – America’s Afghan and international allies embraced the choice of Gen. David Petraeus to run the war in Afghanistan, hoping the architect of the Iraq surge will seamlessly pursue the strategy laid down by his predecessor and smooth over divisions that led to his dismissal.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-greets-obama-pick-for-new-war-commander-ap/feed 0 Relief for Gulf is 2 months away with another well (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-for-gulf-is-2-months-away-with-another-well-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-for-gulf-is-2-months-away-with-another-well-ap#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 22:05:47 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-for-gulf-is-2-months-away-with-another-well-ap A supply vessel passes through oil floating near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, Monday, May 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP – The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate more than two miles into the earth, and is anything but a sure bet on the first attempt.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/relief-for-gulf-is-2-months-away-with-another-well-ap/feed 0 What a relief! Yankee pen holds off Sox http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/what-a-relief-yankee-pen-holds-off-sox http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/what-a-relief-yankee-pen-holds-off-sox#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:14:21 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/what-a-relief-yankee-pen-holds-off-sox Joba Chamberlain, Mariano Rivera and three other Yankees relievers combined to shut down the Red Sox with four scoreless innings of relief, while the Bombers rallied to beat Boston, 6-4, and capture their first win of 2010 at Fenway on Tuesday night.

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