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- Obama defends Gulf effort in big speech; Congress raps oil executives for lax preparation
- AP-GfK Poll: Most dissatisfied with Obama on oil spill, mirrors dismay with Bush on Katrina
- APNewsBreak: BP says oil containment operations resume after a fire on ship shuts down efforts
- New EPA analysis says Senate climate bill would cost households 22 to 40 cents a day
- Democratic official: White House to announce new head of agency that regulates oil industry
- 5 NATO troops die, Afghan official assassinated as violence rises in Afghanistan
- BP says lightning strike and fire on ship halts containment of oil leaking from Gulf
- Jumbo problems for shrimp could loom for shrimp amid Gulf oil spill; wholesale prices climb
- Obama visits Florida beach; Vows country will ‘fight back’ against Gulf oil spill disaster
- AP-GfK Poll: Most Americans disapprove of Obama on oil spill but BP gets more blame
- Obama tells oil-threatened Pensacola, Fla., his administration is with it for the ‘long haul’
- Congressional panel raps oil company heads; Criticizes planning for BP-like major oil spill
- BP can start burning oil, gas piped up from broken well to slow Gulf spill
- White House: Obama poised to take claims processing away from BP unless it changes system
- British Petroleum In National Spotlight
- Gulf Coast residents skeptical of Obama’s promise of life will return to normal after spill
- Obama surveys Gulf Coast ahead of Oval Office speech on how he’s tackling oil spill crisis
- Obama to address nation Tuesday night from Oval Office on efforts to contain Gulf oil spill
- South Florida beaches are oil free, but the message is hard to convey to foreign travelers
- Obama names final 5 members to panel investigating BP’s catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill
- As Obama makes another visit to Gulf, documents show BP cut corners in days before blowout
- Obama predicts better times coming for Gulf, tours coast ahead of TV speech, meeting with BP
- On tour of oil-stained Gulf, Obama promises residents that region will return to normal
- Obama says Gulf seafood is safe, announces effort to help it stay that way
- Supply shortages slowing cleanup from Gulf oil spill, forcing BP to use suppliers worldwide
- Extradite Anderson, Bhopal gas victims urge Obama
- Bhopal gas victims activists approach Obama for ‘justice’
- Obama on Gulf tour Monday, as White House says BP has agreed to set up victims fund
- Government under pressure to open US skies to unmanned drones despite safety concerns
- Obama sets out Monday for Gulf tour, calls for victims fund as he prepares to address nation
- US mounts pressure on BP; Obama heads to Gulf Coast
- BP begins more aggressive response to spill as Obama prepares to make another visit to Gulf
- Some oil spill events from Sunday, June 13, 2010
- Democratic senators calling on BP to put $20B in special account for oil spill damages
- Sensors deployed to better track spilling oil as pressure mounts on BP to set up claim funds
- 2 Gulf states and Obama tell BP to set aside special funds to pay for mounting oil claims
- State police: No more than 3 people still missing in Ark. campground flash flooding
- Obama to demand that BP set up escrow account for damage claims from Gulf oil spill
- White House: Obama to address nation this week on oil spill, lay out next steps by government
- Search resumes for nearly 2 dozen missing in campground flooding that killed 18 in Arkansas
- Pastor consoles anguished relatives of those missing after Ark. flash floods kill at least 18
- Top BP executive gives much-needed pep talk to workers as tensions rise with US over oil spill
- Ark. police: Search for victims of campground flood ends for the night, will resume in morning
- Search for Ark. flash flood victims goes from desperate to grim, as anguished relatives wait
- State police: Death toll from flash floods at Arkansas campground reaches 18
- Coast Guard grows frustrated with BP, tells company to speed up oil containment
- Some oil spill events from Saturday, June 12, 2010
- Obama, Britain’s Cameron try to smooth diplomatic waters as tensions rise over BP oil spill
- Obama, British PM Cameron discuss BP’s need to respond effectively to Gulf of Mexico oil spill
- Police: About 2 dozen still missing after flash floods that swept through Ark. campground
- Coast Guard tells BP to speed up containment pace, gives 48 hour deadline to expedite process
- Obama to discuss oil spill with British prime minister as tensions rise over criticism of BP
- In the Gulf, BP’s bumbling PR is complicating its problems
- Man expected to plead guilty in torching of Mass. black church in hours after Obama’s election
- New oil spill estimates means crude likely to travel farther, harm wildlife, scientists say
- As spill drags on, oil staining Coast Guard admiral’s reputation as disaster guru
- Biologist: New oil spill flow numbers may quadruple environmental consequences in the Gulf
- Coast Guard’s Allen concedes precise estimates of severity of Gulf oil spill elusive
- As spill drags on, oil staining highly regarded admiral’s reputation as disaster guru
- Numbers of oil spill flow keep looking worse, may have passed 100M gallon mark in worst case
- Some oil spill events from Thursday, June 10, 2010
- As oil spill rages on, Louisiana leaders worry about the industry, want drilling to resume
- Family members of oil rig victims say Obama, lawmakers will help get them gain compensation
- Congress votes to free up more money for oil spill cleanup; feds to require repayment from BP
- Congressional leaders press BP to do more as Obama plans to meet with victim relatives
- Obama to focus on oil spill, economy and energy reform, meet rig victims’ families
- Relatives of 11 workers killed in Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion to meet Obama on Thursday
- Senate to vote on GOP-led move to stop EPA from regulating greenhouse gases
- Relatives of 11 workers killed in Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion to meet with Obama Thursday
- AP Interview: Afghan ex-spy boss opposes talking to Taliban; 4 Americans killed in chopper
- Lawmakers criticize delays in new pilot fatigue rules promised after 2009 fatal airline crash
- Afghan officials say an explosion in southern Afghanistan has killed 39 people
- Effort to capture oil from Gulf leak raises questions about just how much has been gushing
- Obama’s next trip to Gulf region to survey oil spill response taking shape
- Doubts have been raised about accuracy of estimates on how much oil is gushing from BP well
- Doubts have been raised about accuracy of estimates on how much is gushing from BP well
- More machinery on way to BP spill site as questions on financial claims mount
- Some oil spill events from Wednesday, June 9, 2010
- Oil services company seeks injunction against government’s deepwater drilling moratorium
- Obama’s Gulf oil crisis point man demands BP tell more about how it’s handling damage claims
- BP says more machinery to contain nation’s largest oil spill is on way to Gulf
- Drilling moratorium challenged by offshore company
- Interior secretary tells Congress that offshore oil drilling paused, not stopped permanently
- NATO helicopter downed in Afghanistan, killing 4 Americans; Taliban claim responsibility
- BP won’t collect and sell all the oil it pumps to the surface from leak _ some of it will burn
- Obama, congressional Democrats try to seize initiative on Gulf oil spill disaster
- BP executive strikes optimistic note on time needed to significantly reduce oil flow
- Palin offers Obama advice on holding oil companies accountable
- BP executive says ‘virtually all’ oil expected to be captured by early next week
- Gusher may be bigger than BP says; scientists question amount reported escaping into the sea
- Obama return to Gulf Coast next week; Pelosi wants House act on oil spill by early August
- Getting madder: A timeline of Obama comments about the Gulf oil spill
- Obama struggles to show he’s mad about the BP oil spill, but he’s drawing lots of skepticism
- Obama to visit Mississippi, Alabama and Florida next week for an update on Gulf oil spill
- Senate Democrats propose fivefold increase in tax on offshore oil
