Rep. Edward Markey, D-Massachusetts, , who heads the House Energy and Environment subcommittee, challenged BP’s CEO Tony Hayward on Monday to prove their assertion that no underwater oil plumes have formed as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
This follows Markey’s Sunday accusations where he said that BP was issuing [...]
Although both Wall Street and the London Stock Exchange are closed for holidays on Monday, shares of BP stock fell by 7% to close at $6.62. BP stock has lost approximately $42 billion, nearly 25% of its value, since the worst environmental disaster in US history began six weeks ago.
As public anger surges the [...]
A small study done by Dr. Daniel R. Christie of the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham used shakes to see if soy could help postmenopausal women lose weight. The shakes the test groups drank included either 160 miligrams of soy isoflavones and 20 grams of soy protein or they were a [...]
Celine Dion is pregnant again, less than a year after she suffered a miscarriage. And her husband, Rene Angelili, and she could not be happier.
In an interview with People magazine, Angelil said “We’re ecstatic. Celine is just hoping for a health pregnancy. She was hoping for one baby and the news that [...]
A thirty-year-old Winneconne, Wisconsin man was charged with disorderly conduct on Friday after he had an argument in a bar with his twenty-four-year-old fiancé over her engagement ring. Instead of getting his ring back he got a bloody nose and some time in the Winnebago County jail.
The police were called when someone called [...]
Following failed talks over staffing levels and pay, British Airways crew resumed their strike against the airline. This stranded as many as twenty-two thousand people on one of the busiest weekends for air travel in the United Kingdom.
Although British Airways says that there are increasing numbers of flight attendants who are reporting for duty, [...]
Dario Franchitti doubled down by winning his second Indianapolis Indianapolis 500 since 2007. Unlike the 2007, which was flagged after 166 laps because of drenching rain, this race ran for the full five hundred miles.
Franchitti’s driving was flawless and he dominated the lead for majority of the race until he had do change tactics [...]
If you’re planning on vacationing on the Atlantic seaboard this summer make sure to keep an eye on the weather. More hurricanes are anticipated this year than in most years.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday that this coming summer could be an “active to extremely active” hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. [...]
Dennis Hopper, the Hollywood wild-one who created the hit movie “Easy Rider” with Peter Fonda, who was another struggling actor in 1969, died Saturday in his home in Venice. When he passed away he was surrounded by friends and family.
One of the stars of “Easy Rider” and “Blue Velvet”, Hopper was diagnosed with prostate [...]
The 401(k) Compliance Check Questionnaire Project was recently launched by the IRS Employees Plans Compliance Unit. Twelve hundred randomly selected sponsors that filed an Annual Report (Form 550) in for the 2007 plan year will soon receive the questionnaire.
The IRS plans to use the information it gets in order offer guidance the key compliance [...]
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