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    Sep 16, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Gulf Oil Spill: Relief bore intersects BP's broken well

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    Federal officials announced Thursday night that an emergency relief well has successfully intersected the bottom of BP's damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well. "Through a combination of sensors embedded in the drilling equipment and sophisticated...
    2. Sep 19, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Blown-out BP well finally killed at bottom of Gulf of Mexico [Updated]

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    [Updated at 8:57 a.m.: The BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico -- source of the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history -- has been permanently killed, a top federal official announced Sunday. Thad Allen, the federal spill......
    3. Oct 1, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Gulf oil spill: Federal point man Thad Allen moving to Rand Corp.

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    Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the voice and face of the federal government's response to the BP oil spill, is joining Rand Corp. as a senior fellow. The think tank, headquartered in Santa Monica, announced Friday that as of......
    4. Apr 22, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Weekend Talk Shows

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    Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 24 - 30 in PDF format TV listings for the week of April 24 - 30 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found......
    5. Dec 24, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Ticket Replay: Obama quicker to claim credit for oil-well sealing

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    The federal response to the nation's worst environmental disaster, the BP Gulf oil spill, may have been slow, but not this response....
    6. Mar 9, 2011 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. Truth about Gulf oil spill: Hype was disservice to everyone

    "It has become conventional wisdom that the BP-funded response to the spill was a chaotic and mismanaged affair, driven by corporate avarice, lacking in urgency, and at times willfully negligent of the problem's scope … The evidence for this is much like the imagery of heavy oiling: vivid and convincing upon first consideration, but also fragmentary, anecdotal.''
    "It has become conventional wisdom that the BP-funded response to the spill was a chaotic and mismanaged affair, driven by corporate avarice, lacking in urgency, and at times willfully negligent of the problem's scope … The evidence for this is...

    Tags: Bobby Jindal, Barack Obama, Empire State Building, Politics, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities

    7. Apr 19, 2011 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  7. Gulf oil spill 1 year later: NOAA boss answers Mike Thomas' questions

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the nation's lead science agency in handling oil spills. On the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco talked to Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Thomas about the health of the Gulf, the safety of seafood, conflicting science and the media's role in covering the disaster.
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the nation's lead science agency in handling oil spills. On the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco talked to Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Thomas about the...

    Tags: Florida, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Science and Technology, BP Plc, Science

    8. Sep 1, 2010 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  8. Effort to Kill Well in Gulf Moving Forward

    A final fix at the site where the oil disaster in the Gulf began may be right around the corner.
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    A final fix at the site where the oil disaster in the Gulf began may be right around the corner. Retired Coast Guard Admiral and government point person for the spill response, Thad Allen, told reporters major steps are expected within the next 24 to...
    9. Jun 4, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Gulf oil spill: In Louisiana, Obama criticizes BP advertising and dividend payments [Updated]

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    President Obama sharply criticized BP on Friday, saying the company should not waste millions of dollars on television advertising and dividend payments when the money would be better spent on people suffering from the spill. "My understanding is that BP....
    10. Jun 4, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Gulf oil spill: Obama lands for a third visit

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    President Obama, on his third visit to Louisiana to oversee oil spill operations, landed at an airport in Kenner, a New Orleans suburb, and met there with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. David Vitter, Admiral Thad......
    11. Jun 10, 2010 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  11. Obama requests meeting with BP chief

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    Updated by Mike Memoli Seven weeks after the initial rig explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, President Obama has reportedly asked for a meeting with the company's top executive. Obama told NBC News this week that he had not yet......

    Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Barack Obama, Death, Companies and Corporations, Disasters

    12. Jun 5, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Gulf oil spill: Cap starts doing its job, but officials remain cautious

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    Efforts to contain the flood of oil into the Gulf of Mexico showed the first signs of progress as 6,000 barrels of oil were pumped to the surface after the fitting of a containment cap over the blown well, officials......
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