Posts Tagged ‘road’

Economy faces tough road ahead with slower growth (AP)

In this photo taken April 2, 2010, workmen manufacture windows at Northeast Building Products in Philadelphia. The government lowered its estimate of how much the economy grew in the first quarter of the year, noting that consumers spent less than it previously thought. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – The economic recovery won’t be catching fire any time soon.


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BP oil exec accused of ‘kicking can down the road’ (AP)

BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 17, 2010. An image of his testimony is shown on a video monitor mounted on the committee room wall behind him. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS)AP – Chastened by heavy criticism from lawmakers, a grim-faced BP chief executive Tony Hayward insisted Thursday he was “devastated with this accident” in the Gulf of Mexico and denied shunning probing questions from Congress on the nation’s worst oil spill.


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Long road to oil cleanup looms over Gulf Coast (AP)

A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long off the coast of Louisiana Sunday, June 6, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continued to move inland along several gulf states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP – A wellhead cap at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is slowly pinching off a geyser of oil spewing from the earth, but there’s no containing much of the crude that’s already escaped, a reality becoming increasingly evident on the region’s beaches.


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Road woes continue as Mets tumble to Brewers

The Mets were road kill once again Saturday night as Fernando Nieve’s spot start was a dud and the Met bats, though productive, couldn’t keep up with the powerful Brewers.

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Obama to sign health bill, take it on the road (AP)

President Barack Obama, with Vice Preisdent Joseph Biden at his side, makes a statement to the nation Sunday night following the final vote in the House of Representatives for comprehensive health care legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – President Barack Obama is preparing to sign a transformative health care bill ushering in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the nation’s history — and then hit the road to sell it to a reluctant public.


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Jaycee Dugard releases home movies to document road back to

Six months after her grueling 18-year ordeal as a captive in a squalid backyard compound ended, home videos of Jaycee Dugard show her laughing as she rides a horse and makes cookies with her mother and half-sister.

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AP IMPACT: Road projects don’t help unemployment (AP)

A $19.2 million widening project along SR-373 in Lewisburg, Tenn., is seen on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. Ten months into President Barack Obama's first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press analysis has found. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)AP – Ten months into President Barack Obama’s first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press analysis has found.


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