31 July 2010, 9:31 am
It was one of those hot summer nights in Washington, D.C. July 23, that forced Democratic politicos, both Indian and non-Indian, inside the Kennedy Center rather than on the terrace with its view of the wide Potomac River and blinking lights of the distant Georgetown boardwalk, as they celebrated th... Read More »
31 July 2010, 6:49 am
Brothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always have been joined at the hip... Read More »
31 July 2010, 1:18 am
NEW ORLEANS -- Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen.... Read More »
30 July 2010, 11:36 pm
BEIJING: An oil spill in northeastern China may have been about 60 times bigger than the government reported, making it among the world's worst known oil disasters, an environmental group said Friday.... Read More »
30 July 2010, 9:24 pm
BILOXI BPs head of Gulf Coast Restoration and the companys incoming chief executive officer said South Mississippians will soon notice fewer contract workers on Coast beaches, fewer Vessels of Opportunity boats in the Gulf and less boom protecting shores and marshes.... Read More »
30 July 2010, 12:17 pm
Good afternoon, Mississippi editors.... Read More »
30 July 2010, 11:35 am
U.S. Justice Department attorneys conducting a criminal probe of the BP Plc well explosion in the Gulf of Mexico have recommended that a grand jury be convened and BP managers subpoenaed to determine if any laws were broken, a person familiar with the investigation said.... Read More »
30 July 2010, 10:51 am
MOUNT VERNON, Ala. At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand, and tangles of sea grass are dumped.... Read More »
30 July 2010, 10:38 am
A panel of judges, attorneys and law enforcement officials is trying to get to the bottom of why Louisiana locks up more people than any other state in the nation.... Read More »
28 July 2010, 7:09 pm
By: Nicholas Persac University researchers across campus departments are starting, conducting and completing studies to better understand numerous effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis, which began more than 100 days ago. Our researchers take the potential i...... Read More »