BP Chief Hayward Defends Response At Gulf Spill Hearing
BP Chief Tony Hayward faced sharp questions from a House subcommittee in Washington about the Deepwater Horizon disaster. He denied stonewalling, offered apologies, and acknowledged responsibility while stating he was not involved in certain design decisions. BP funds a $20 billion victims fund and faces scrutiny over cement and drilling practices. Diane Wilson disrupted the hearing, shouting as police escorted her out.
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Washington
Tony Hayward
Gulf of Mexico
Congress
Hayward
Bart Stupak
D-Mich
Subcommittee
Carl-Henric Svanberg
The
Gulf
Capitol Hill
House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Deepwater Horizon
Waxman
Halliburton Co
Edward Markey
Capitol Police
Diane Wilson
Seadrift
Texas
Gulf Coast
Senate Defeats GOP Jobless Aid Measure
Senate Democrats resisted a Republican bid to trim stimulus funds to pay for a six month extension of unemployment benefits for long term jobless. The 57 to 41 vote halted the measure, while Democrats pursued a scaled back renewal of the stimulus package including aid to states and tax breaks. The deficit impact was cited at 55 billion over ten years. House Democrats planned to bolster small bank lending with new legislation creating a 30 billion fund for community banks.
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Washington
Senate
Barack Obama
Congressional Budget Office
Sen
Susan Collins
Maine
House
Man convicted killer admits he killed 1 more
Jefferson Wisconsin AP. Edward W Edwards, 77, a Kentucky con man linked to Wisconsin and Ohio killings, says he killed a 24-year-old man he called a foster son Dannie Boy Edwards in an Ohio cemetery in June 1996 for life insurance proceeds. He describes luring Dannie Boy to a cemetery, shooting him twice, and burying him in a shallow grave. The body was found in 1997. investigators seek corroboration of his tale.
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Dannie Boy
Edwards
Geauga County
Ohio
Scott Hildenbrand
Dan McClelland
Boy’s patriotic hat barred by Rhode Island school policy
In Coventry Rhode Island 8-year-old David Morales faced discipline when his second grade class planned a pen pal visit. His camouflaged hat decorated with American flags and toy soldiers carrying small guns violated the district no weapons rule. The incident drew attention to school decorum and policy enforcement.
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R.I. Pi
Christan Morales
Morales
David
Tiogue
Coventry
WPRI
David Morales
Tiogue School
R.I
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D-Calif
Full House
Energy and Commerce Committee
Parker Miller
Krepps Pool
Morgantown
Edward W. Edwards
Donnie Boy
McClelland
Louisville
Wisconsin
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