May 01 Dispatch from Louisiana: Fishermen Voice Their Frustrations on Oil Spill Correspondent Tom Bearden is reporting from Louisiana on the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill and filed this dispatch for the Rundown on Saturday. The weather isn't cooperating. For several days after BP's leased oil rig… Continue reading
Apr 30 A Downbeat Derby Weekend: Writer Trots Out Horse Racing's Money Woes By Jeffrey Brown This annual running of the Kentucky Derby -- this weekend marks the 136th running -- is meant to mark a joyous time of the year, with its frilly hats, mint juleps, betting slips, and of course, the horses. Continue reading
Apr 30 Senate Primary Heats Up in Arkansas By Spencer Michels _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f05qe7c',482,304,""); One of the things U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln told me that irks her the most about Washington is the fact that she can't get a direct, non-stop flight from the capital to Little Rock. She's the senator from… Continue reading
Apr 30 Summit Aims to Broaden U.S. Ties With Muslim Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship summit attendees. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of State It was an unprecedented gathering of Muslim entrepreneurs in an unlikely place: America's capital. More than 200 men and women, handpicked from 50 countries, return home Friday after… Continue reading
Apr 30 Friday: Traces of Oil Reach Coast; Economy Grows 3.2 Percent Communities along Louisiana's coast are bracing as oil from a vast spill in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to reach land Friday. An estimated 210,000 gallons of oil per day are believed to be leaking. (Photo by Chris… Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch News Wrap: Goldman Sachs Faces Criminal Probe In other news Friday, the federal government began a criminal probe into financial firm Goldman Sachs, following the civil charges launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The government also reported that consumer spending helped lift the economy last quarter,… Continue watching
Apr 29 White House Promises Aggressive Response to Gulf Oil Spill By Murrey Jacobson, Jason Breslow A boat makes its way through a vast oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images). More images below. As a massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico creeps to within a… Continue reading
Apr 29 Thursday: Gulf Oil Spill 5 Times Larger Than Thought; Senate to Debate Financial Reform If new estimates are correct, the effort to contain a vast oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico just got a lot tougher. Coast Guard officials announced late Wednesday that five times more oil than initially thought is now… Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch News Wrap: Financial Reform Inches Forward with Senate Cooperation In other news Thursday, debate began on a financial reform bill in the Senate after Republicans allowed the measure to move forward, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced he will leave the Republican Party to run for the Senate as… Continue watching
Apr 28 After Nine-Year Fight, Government Approves Cape Cod Wind Farm On a day when much attention is centered on an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. took steps toward an entirely different alternative on the energy front. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Wednesday that the… Continue reading