CBS News | Anna Chapman (PICTURES): Who is the Russian "Femme Fatale"? CBS News She's been dubbed the femme fatale of an alleged Russian spy ring. It's a case with Cold War-style intrigue - and she's a striking redhead and self-styled entrepreneur who dabbled in real estate and posted "if you can dream, you can become it" on her ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Supreme Court Rules That Gun Rights Apply to Local Laws New York Times The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Second Amendment, which forbids Congress from infringing the right to keep and bear arms, applies to state and local governments as well. By ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON â€" The Second Amendment's guarantee of an ... Supreme Court: Second Amendment rights apply across US Justices extend gun owner rights nationwide Gun-Rights Decision May Have Limited Impact |
CBC.ca | Three quick thoughts on Uruguay-South Korea (World Cup second round) SI.com 1. It was a dream start for Uruguay -- For a team that likes to sit back and defend and then pick its spots to counterattack, nothing pleases more than an early goal. In the eighth minute, Uruguay bounced out on, yes, a counter and the b » |
The Guardian | Wimbledon live: Isner vs. Mahut continues Los Angeles Times Follow our live updates from England as the longest match in tennis history comes to a conclusion. John Isner and Nicolas Mahut are warming up on Court 18 in preparation of continuing their marathon match, which is tied, 59-59, in the fifth set after ... Isner and Mahut Wimbledon Match, Still Going, Breaks Records UGA grad resumes marathon match at Wimbledon Isner, Mahut resume at 59-59 at Wimbledon |
Reuters | BP spill costs hit $2 billion; debt offer due MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- BP said Monday its costs arising from the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico hit the $2 billion mark as the environmental disaster reached the grim 60-day mark and as the oil major ... BP Gulf spill costs hit $2 billion, no end yet Church of England Will Keep BP Shares After Gulf Oil Spill BP says $2 billion spent on US oil spill |
CBC.ca | U.S. envoy in Kyrgyzstan after Bakiyev blamed for violence Reuters Ethnic Uzbek refugees, who fled from clashes in the city, cry as they gather on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, while waiting for permission to escape to Uzbekistan, near Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, June 15, 2010. BISHKEK (Reuters) - The US envoy for Central ... UN launches Kyrgyzstan aid appeal Refugee issue set to linger as Kyrgyz violence subsides Kyrgyz president says Uzbek barricades will be removed |
The Guardian | AT&T and Apple's marriage made in hell CNNMoney AT&T's website is no longer taking pre-orders for the iPhone 4. By David Goldman, staff writerJune 16, 2010: 4:11 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- AT&T's epic iPhone 4 pre-order snafu on Tuesday was the latest in a long line of headaches the carrier ... Apple IPhone Preorders Hit 600000, AT&T Halts Sales Apple Apologizes, Nets 600000 iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Apple apologizes for iPhone 4 ordering fiasco |
Telegraph.co.uk | BP Bigwigs: Men Behind the Oil Spill Under Pressure ABC News It has been a tough couple of months for Tony Hayward. As the CEO of BP, the company responsible for the largest oil spill in US history, Hayward has been accused of everything from incompetence to lack of integrity. ... BP Outlines Plan to Speed Up Oil Containment Obama to address nation on oil disaster Obama, BP set for for oil-spill showdown |
Sydney Morning Herald | Rescue teams reach stranded teen sailor CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A French fishing vessel reached a remote area in the Indian Ocean on Saturday morning to fetch a stranded 16-year-old California girl who lost contact as she tried to circumnavigate the globe in her yacht. ... French fishing boat rescues stranded Calif. teen Stranded teen sailor rescued by French fishermen Teen sailor Abby Sunderland rescued by French fishermen |
Washington Post | Latest developments on the Gulf oil disaster CNN By the CNN Wire Staff President Barack Obama will host the families of the 11 workers killed in the BP oil rig explosion at the White House Thursday. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis heads to New Orelans Thursday to meet with fishermen affected by the ... BP shares plunge on oil spill f » |
Globe and Mail | Skeptical public fears oil-spill health issues msnbc.com Images of oil-soaked birds and soiled beaches, combined with a general mistrust of industry and government, are making it hard for a skeptical public to believe there won't be serious health effects from the devastating spill in the ... BP Shares Jump on First Major Oil Spill Progress More government hearings on oil spill set for Monday AT A GLANCE: BP Captures More Oil, Spill Consequences Grow |
Globe and Mail | 'Furious' Obama heading to Gulf for spill update The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" Determined to project both command and compassion, President Barack Obama is returning to the Louisiana coast for a fresh reality check on work to stanch the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico and the spiraling effects of the nation's ... BP Places Cap on Oil Pipe in Effort to Contain Spill |
