Storm halts oil spill relief efforts as storm looms
A Caribbean storm threatens the Gulf of Mexico spill response. BP suspends work on the relief well near completion and may reopen the cap to avert risk, while crews are sent to safety and monitoring from shore is discussed. Shell evacuates Gulf staff amid rising winds.
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New Orleans
Caribbean
Coast Guard
Thad Allen
Allen
Gulf of Mexico
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Gulf
Kent Wells
Tom Ard
Orange Beach
Political filters under FOIA at Homeland Security revealed
Internal emails show Homeland Security directed FOIA requests to senior political advisers for scrutiny on requester details and political sensitivity, delaying disclosures for about a year. Officials insist no releasable information was withheld, and no edits were made to responsive documents.
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Washington
Homeland Security Department
Associated Press
Department
Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano
Congress
Barack Obama
FOIA
Eric Holder
Catherine Pappi
Napolitano
Soonest
Sean Smith
Foia Office
General Counsel
Smith
Lost Franz Kafka writings surface in court battle
Ten safety deposit boxes containing unknown Kafka manuscripts, letters, and works have been retrieved from bank vaults in Tel Aviv and Zurich by an Israeli court over objections from two heirs. The papers, possibly including endings to major works, are being reviewed by experts as ownership disputes hinge on Max Brod’s will and the fate of Kafka’s estate.
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Jerusalem
Franz Kafka
Tel Aviv
Zurich
Switzerland
Kafka
Sara Loeb
Meir Heller
Israeli National Library
Loeb
Prague
Max Brod
Brod
Amerika
Israel
Esther Hoffe
Hoffe
Sotheby’s
London
Marbach
Stuttgart
Eva Hoffe
Ruth Wiesler
Brad
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