Posts Tagged ‘take’

Crews take step toward readying permanent well fix (AP)

Cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion are seen in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Environmentalists are calling on the White House to speed up the restoration of the oil-damaged Mississippi River delta by getting BP PLC to pay $5 billion now for environmental damage caused by the spill. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)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)

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at the Federal Court building, Monday, July 26, 2010, in Chicago. Blagojevich and his brother are accused of scheming to sell or trade President Obama's old Senate seat. Prosecutors, Blagojevich's lawyer and an attorney for his co-defendant brother will square off Monday for what could be up to eight hours of closing arguments. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)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)

FILE - In this  June 17, 2010 file photo, BP PLC CEO Tony Hayward testifies before an Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill on Capitol Hill in Washington. A senior U.S. government official says BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward, under fire for his handling of the Gulf oil spill, is being replaced. An official announcement could come as early as Monday, July 26, 2010. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday because that announcement had not been made, was briefed on the decision by a senior BP official late last week. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)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)

The Development Driller II, right, and Development Driller III, which are drilling the relief wells, are seen at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)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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