BP’s Gulf crisis worsened by public relations woes
BP battles an uncontrollable Gulf spill while its image suffers from missteps and mixed messages. The company downplayed plumes and offered optimistic timelines, prompting criticism from officials and experts about empathy and credibility as the disaster nears two months.
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Richard Levick
Levick Strategic Communications
Daniel Keeney
Tony Hayward
Keeney
Levick
Gulf Coast
Hayward
Barack Obama
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Gulf
Britain
NBC
Suttles
Flood Devastates Arkansas Campground Prompting Long Rescue
State police and local crews resumed aerial and boat searches at dawn after heavy rain flooded a campground in Arkansas. Dozens rescued, but authorities warned the death toll could rise from 16 to higher, with more than 40 missing and campers displaced. Marc and Stacy McNeil from Texas survived in a pickup trapped between trees as water rose.
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Arkansas
Bill Sadler
Sadler
Marc
Stacy McNeil
Marshall
Texas
Marc McNeil
Mike Beebe
Beebe
Albert Pike
Langley
Ark
Little Missouri
Water pipeline debate follows May 2009 assurances
PVACD and Berrendo LLC discuss a proposed water pipeline to the Middle Rio Grande Basin. Officials claim 1.44 acre feet per acre per year will be consumed, with meters to be installed, while PVACD remains skeptical about long term aquifer impact and future expansion. Hearings set for November 1 18, 2011.
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Berrendo LLC
Fort Sumner
Middle
Rio Grande Basin
PVACD
Balok
Mattarco
Roswell
Roswell Job Corps Graduates 65 in Spring 2010 Ceremony
Angelica Mejia, a 1994 graduate now running an immigration services firm, told the Roswell class how the program helped her prosper. Mayor Del Jurney praised the 65 graduates, noting many could not attend due to travel. Arlene Gallegos was honored as top student as the center serves New Mexico and surrounding states.
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Angelica Mejia
Mejia
U.S
Mexico
del Jurney
Roswell
Arlene Gallegos
Lilley recalls paratrooper service and Roswell years
The Roswell resident reflects on wartime paratrooper deployments in Japan and Korea, a Texas education, and settling in Roswell in 1953. He recounts church ties at Assumption Catholic Church, time at Cahoon Park, and service on the City Council and Recreation Council with 25 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Lilley
Pat
Korea
Roswell
Assumption Catholic Church
North Washington Avenue
West 12Th Street
Cahoon Park
Recreation Council
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