Posts Tagged ‘weekend’

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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Blasts rock S. Afghanistan in weekend violence (AP)

Medics treat  Afghan children in a hospital in Herat after they were injured in a clash between the police and the Taliban in Afghanistan's Badghis province, Sunday, June 20, 2010. Three Taliban militants were killed and 33 others were wounded in the clash with police Sunday morning, according to Sharafudin Najebi, a Badghis province governor spokesman said.   (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP – Two bombs hidden in push carts exploded less than a half hour apart Sunday in one of Afghanistan’s most dangerous provinces, underscoring the continued security threat despite years of trying to bring peace to the unstable south.


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2 blasts rock S. Afghanistan in weekend violence (AP)

Former Taliban fighters stand in line as they surrender their weapons to Afghan authorities in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP – Two bombs set up in push carts exploded minutes apart Sunday in a provincial capital in southern Afghanistan, just two in a series of violent attacks across the country.


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Weekend storms kill 6 in Tenn., 3 in Miss. (AP)

A car is stranded on a flooded street on Saturday, May 1, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. Widespread flooding is being reported in Tennessee as heavy rains continue to pound the state. Tennessee Emergency Management spokesman Jeremy Heidt said some areas of the state had gotten up to 10 inches of rain by Saturday afternoon and more was expected. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP – Six people were killed in Tennessee and three in Mississippi by a line of storm that brought heavy flooding and possible tornados to the region over the weekend. More rain and storms loomed Sunday as emergency officials in Tennessee sought help from the state’s Army National Guard, and urged people to stay off roads and interstate highways turned into raging rivers.


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MTA cuts weekend surveillance at two possible targets

The MTA has removed weekend security details from the Queens Midtown Tunnel and the Verrazano Bridge, the Daily News learned Monday, just as the Moscow bombers sent New York into a new round of terror jitters.

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Uma Thurman a box office bomb in Britain: ‘Motherhood’ grosses meager $131 on opening weekend

Box office gold she ain’t. In fact she barely amounts to pocket change.

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Health bill gains ground with weekend vote likely (AP)

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, where he announced he will support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP – President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote.


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