BP cleanup crews face high fees and slow results amid spill
Volunteers tire of uncoordinated relief as oil cleanup work spreads across the Gulf. Boat captains charge 1200 to 3000 dollars daily plus 200 dollars per eight hour crew member, while many skimmers and volunteers report limited direction and assignments. Authorities defend oversight, noting 550 skimmers nationwide with 250 in Louisiana and 20 000 volunteers signed up but few placed. Oil totals exceed 160 million gallons, likely making the spill the largest peacetime offshore spill and prompting heavy fines.
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Rocky Ducharo
Burns
Chris Mehlig
Louisiana
St. Bernard Parish
Billy Nungesser
Hardhit Plaquemines Parish
Coast Guard
Thad Allen
Issa
Allen
White House
Gulf
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Ixtac
Ed Overton
Louisiana State University
Ixtoc
Fireworks funding tightens as towns cut back
Towns cut Fourth of July events due to budget limits. Mayor calls it devastating yet necessary as layoffs and spending pauses bite. Some communities still rally with donations from Gold Metal Recyclers in Dallas and a father son team in Cedar Grove. Liberty Mutual funds grants aid several cities, while industry officials note fireworks sales near 945 million dollars last year despite recession pressures. Safety reminders from the Consumer Product Safety Commission accompany the coverage, noting two deaths and about 9,000 injuries last year, mostly among under 20s.
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Ing
McLeod
Dallas
Gold Metal Recyclers
Gold Metal
Dr Pepper
Dallas Wind Symphony
Cedar Grove
N.J
Robert O’toole
Kevin O’toole
Thomas Tucci
Boston
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Cincinnati
Montclair
Julie Heckman
American Pyrotechnics Association
Heckman
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Gaza power crisis deepens as rival governments clash
Gaza faces up to 16 hours of daily blackouts amid a fuel bill dispute between Hamas rulers and the Western backed Palestinian Authority. The tug of war over who pays for fuel keeps the Gaza power plant at risk of shutdown, worsening electricity shortages, water and sewage systems, and daily life as residents cope with Generator fixes and rising costs.
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Gaza City
Gaza Strip
Gaza
West Bank
Hamas
Mahmoud Abbas
Israel
Egypt
Khalil Shahin
Palestinian Center For Human Rights
European Union
Abbas
Palestinian Authority
Ayoub Ayoubi
Mohammed Sharafa
Sharafa
Mohammed
Shootout near border leaves 21 dead spurring border security calls
In Ciudad Juarez gunmen killed Sandra Salas Garcia an assistant attorney general for Chihuahua and one bodyguard while another bodyguard was wounded after a chase through dark streets. The violence underscores drug cartel activity that has claimed thousands of lives in border areas since 2006, affecting cross border safety and law enforcement policy.
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Arizona
U.S
Chihuahua
Ciudad Juarez
Sandra Salas Garcia
Arturo Sandoval
Attorney General’s Office
Salas
el Paso
Texas
Felipe Calderon
Garden City tightens smoking rules in public spaces
Local officials say all public venues must enforce state smoke free provisions. Private clubs like American Legion, Eagles Lodge and Knights of Columbus fall under stricter rules since 2007. Businesses must post state law signage and can face separate violations for each smoking incident.
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Garden City
American Legion
Eagles Lodge
Knights of Columbus
Kssmokefree
War funding split highlights House Senate rifts
The House pushes an $80 billion Afghanistan troop surge package blended with domestic spending adds amid a Senate filibuster era stalemate. Democrats clash over strategy as unemployment benefits and stimulus measures lag, while Republicans decry tying troop funding to unrelated spending and veto threats loom.
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Washington
House
Barack Obama
Afghanistan
Senate
Congress
White House
Thad Cochran
Mississippi
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