| 07/30/2010 | Incoming BP CEO: Time For 'Scaleback' in Cleanup
Associated Press/AP Online
BILOXI, Miss. - BP's incoming CEO said Friday that it's time for a "scaleback" of the massive effort to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but he added that the commitment to make things right is the same as ever. |
| 07/30/2010 | Foes of Seattle's Highway 99 Tunnel Seek Public Vote
The Seattle Times
July 30--A citizens group filed an initiative Thursday to seek a public vote in February on the proposed Highway 99 tunnel. |
| 07/30/2010 | ConnDOT: Slow Go For High-Speed New England Rail
Associated Press/AP Online
HARTFORD, Conn. - An ambitious intercity rail system in New England is intended to reduce air traffic congestion, get cars off the highways and spur economic development. |
| 07/30/2010 | Russia Plans to Spend $200M on Wind Farm
United Press International
Russia says it plans to spend $200 million building the country's largest wind-power plant in the southern Krasnodar Territory near the Black Sea. |
| 07/30/2010 | Officials: Corrosion Found on Pipeline in Mich. Oil Spill
Detroit Free Press
July 30--WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators say earlier tests found corrosion along the pipeline that sent thousands of gallons of oil rushing into the Kalamazoo River this week and that, as recently as two weeks ago, its owner was talking about replacing pipe sections. |
| 07/29/2010 | Energy Sec. Hails Innovative Hawaii Wind Project
Tulsa World
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu says a wind farm planned for Oahu island in Hawaii is using innovative technology and could set an example for other wind farms across the country. |
| 07/30/2010 | Official: One Person Dead in L.A. Building Explosion
Associated Press/AP Online
LOS ANGELES - A suspected natural gas explosion Friday at an industrial plastic-coating shop collapsed part of the building and hurled two workers into the street, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, fire officials said. |
| 07/29/2010 | Miami Approves Skyscraper-Size Electronic Billboards in Downtown
The Miami Herald
July 29--Miami commissioners Thursday approved a controversial plan to allow a developer to erect two skyscraper-size electronic billboards on top of new parking garages next to the Arsht Center. |
| 07/30/2010 | Disney Sells Miramax to Tutor-Perini CEO For $660M
Los Angeles Times
After months of negotiations with various buyers that failed to bear fruit, Walt Disney Co. said late Thursday that it has sold its Miramax Films unit in a deal that severs the independent movie pioneer's 17-year association with the Burbank studio. |
| 07/29/2010 | N.J. Announces School Projects Approved For State Grants
The Philadelphia Inquirer
July 29--Thirty-five South Jersey school districts are eligible for state funding aimed at construction and maintenance projects, state education officials announced Wednesday. |
| 07/29/2010 | Floods Wash Chemicals Into Northeast China River
Associated Press/AP Online
BEIJING - Workers began cleaning up a chemical spill in northeastern China on Thursday after more than 3,000 containers of chemicals were washed into a river by the worst floods to hit the country in more than decade. |
| 07/29/2010 | Dam Project Faces Opposition in Nevada County
Appeal-Democrat
July 29--Years before its possible construction, a dam proposed by a Sutter County water agency already has enemies arrayed against it. |
| 07/29/2010 | Gulf Cleanup Will Change Once Oil Stops For Good
Associated Press/AP Online
NEW ORLEANS - The government's point man for the Gulf spill met with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing. |
| 07/29/2010 | PennDOT Faces Dec. Deadline on Rehab Planning of Ohio R. Bridge
Beaver County Times
July 29--The state Department of Transportation must complete planning this year for rehabilitation of the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge or risk losing the $21 million set aside by the federal government to fund the 20-year-old project. |
| 07/30/2010 | Past Problems For Company at Heart of Mich. Oil Spill
Associated Press/AP Online
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river boasts on its website of being "an industry leader in pipeline safety and integrity." |
| 07/29/2010 | Michigan Seeks Help in 'Inadequate' Spill Cleanup
Commercial Appeal, The
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Michigan's governor on Wednesday sharply criticized attempts to contain a large oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River after the company responsible said it had redoubled its efforts to clean up the mess. |
| 07/28/2010 | Study: Iowa's I-JOBS Stimulus Plan Created 7K New Jobs
Associated Press/AP Online
DES MOINES, Iowa - An economic stimulus plan pushed by Gov. Chet Culver has created more than 7,000 new jobs since the program began, according to a study released Wednesday. |
| 07/28/2010 | Justice Dept. Says Judge Ruled Correctly in Arizona Case
Associated Press/AP Online
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department says a judge ruled correctly in blocking the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law. |
| 07/28/2010 | China Floods Test Massive Three Gorges Dam
Associated Press/AP Online
BEIJING - Record-high water levels put the capacity of China's massive Three Gorges Dam to the test Wednesday after heavy rains raged on across the country, compounding flooding problems that have left more than 1,200 people dead or missing. |
| 07/29/2010 | Company Ramps Up Effort To Clean Mich. River Spill
Associated Press/AP Online
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Michigan's governor on Wednesday sharply criticized attempts to contain a large oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River after the company responsible for the spill said it had redoubled its efforts to clean up the mess. |
| 07/28/2010 | Crews Take Step Toward Readying Permanent Well Fix
Associated Press/AP Online
NEW ORLEANS - Crews have taken another step toward readying the relief well expected to finally kill the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher. |
| 07/26/2010 | NYC Children's Hospital Plans $114M Expansion
Crain's New York Business
St. Mary's hospital for Children, the city's largest provider of post-acute care for children, is planning a massive upgrade of its flagship facility in Queens. |
| 07/27/2010 | Gulf Flow Has Stopped, But Where's the Oil?
Associated Press/AP Online
NEW ORLEANS - In nearly two weeks since a temporary cap stopped BP's gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, not much oil has been showing up on the surface. |
| 07/27/2010 | Admiral: Oil So Broken Up Now, It's Hard to Find
Chicago Tribune
With the BP oil well sealed for 11 days, federal officials said Monday that much of the surface oil has broken up into thousands of small patches that are proving difficult to hunt down and clean up. |
| 07/27/2010 | China Claims Victory Over Its Oil Spill
Chicago Tribune
Chinese officials said Monday that an oil slick in coastal waters has been cleaned up 10 days after a massive explosion sent an estimated 1,500 tons of crude into the Yellow Sea off the northeastern port city of Dalian. |
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