After pats on the back for BP – oil is still gushing
By Carol Forsloff NEW ORLEANS – “This never happened before” has been the mantra for early failures in response to the Gulf oil spill. This was the same explanation used for what later turned out to be...
View ArticlePoll: Americans unhappy with BP over Gulf spill
By Carol Forsloff NEW ORLEANS – Americans are unhappy with the response efforts made by their government and British Petroleum to the oil spilling in the Gulf from the oil rig explosion on April 20 in...
View ArticleSan Diego assault brings calls for hate crime charges
By Carol Forsloff SAN DIEGO – The Council on American-Islamic relations (CAIR) is seeking hate charges against a man who assaulted a Muslim. The San Diego chapter of CAIR on Saturday asked for state...
View ArticleToxic tar balls wash up on Florida’s shoreline
KEY WEST, Fla – Toxic tar balls measuring up to eight inches in size have washed up on Florida’s shoreline, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday evening. “Coast Guard pollution investigators from Sector...
View ArticleBP oil spill damage to last for decades
By Carol Forsloff BP says it is now siphoning off approximately 2,000 barrels out of 5,000 believed to be leaking from a ruptured riser tube in the Gulf of Mexico. That won’t be enough, however, to...
View ArticleBP faces class action lawsuit in Gulf oil spill
By Carol Forsloff NEW ORLEANS – A number of lawsuits are underway against BP as oil continues to spew into the Gulf of Mexico from an oil rig explosion on April 20. A “shareholder derivative” federal...
View ArticleLouisiana disaster: ‘The oil is here. It is on our shores’
By Carol Forsloff VENICE, La. – Louisiana is reeling from an oily mess that has hit its precious wetlands and the total shoreline impact has grown to 49 miles. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took a boat...
View ArticleIs the shrink’s manual just plain madness?
By Carol Forsloff A psychiatric diagnostic manual widely used by shrinks is a “fraud” claims a group calling itself the Citizen Commission on Human rights, in reference to the DSM IV. CCHR issued a...
View ArticleWorld record chemical dispersant use a worry in Gulf spill
By Carol Forsloff VENICE, La - BP’s massive use of chemical dispersant has resulted in a world record use of potentially hazardous material to combat a greater evil, says Environment Protection Agency...
View ArticleBP gets green light to try ‘Top Kill’
By Carol Forsloff NEW ORLEANS – “We are working on the largest response in history to a very serious situation,” Admiral Mary Landry reported Wednesday evening as the top kill method to contain the oil...
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