Posts Tagged ‘take’
Crews take step toward readying permanent well fix (AP)
AP – Crews took another step toward readying the relief well expected to finally kill the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher, removing the plug they had popped in before clearing the area ahead of Tropical Storm Bonnie last week, federal officials said Wednesday.
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New York City school test scores take nose dive
City tests scores released Wednesday plummeted after officials made the year’s statewide exams more difficult.
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Prosecutors take aim at Blagojevich defense claims (AP)
AP – A prosecutor wrapped up his closing arguments in Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial Monday after focusing on shooting down the former Illinois governor’s defense, saying that Blagojevich need have made no money or gotten a high-profile job in order for his alleged schemes to be illegal.
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BP CEO Hayward to step down, take role in company’s Russian operations: reports
Tony Hayward, you’ve got your life back. The tone-deaf oil exec who mishandled the Gulf spill will step down in October and most likely be replaced by the guy who has been overseeing day-to-day cleanup – Robert Dudley.
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Could American take over Britain’s BP? (AP)
AP – The man overseeing the much-maligned response by BP PLC to the Gulf oil spill crisis is the likely choice to replace gaffe-prone Tony Hayward to run the company and would become the first American to ever head the oil giant.
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Storm could take away sights and sounds of BP well (AP)
AP – Ships relaying the sights and sounds from BP’s broken oil well stood fast Friday as the leftovers of Tropical Storm Bonnie blew straight for the spill site, threatening to force a full evacuation that would leave engineers clueless about whether a makeshift cap on the gusher was holding.
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Neo-Nazi groups take up arms in Arizona
Militias with neo-Nazi ties have taken up arms and are patrolling the Arizona border in search of ‘narco-terrorists’ and illegal immigrants.
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