Apr
23
2010
Coast Guard: No oil leak from sunken rig off La.
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AP – No oil appeared to be leaking after a drilling rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said Friday, though officials were trying to contain what spilled from the blast and prevent any threat to the coast’s fragile ecosystem.
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Apr
22
2010
Obama keeps up pressure for financial overhaul
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AP – President Barack Obama is taking his argument for stronger oversight of the financial industry to the place where the economic meltdown began. Without change on Wall Street, he says, America is doomed to repeat the past.
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Apr
22
2010
Obama keeps up pressure for financial overhaul
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AP – Ramping up pressure for a financial overhaul, President Barack Obama is heading to the place where the economic meltdown began to argue for stronger government oversight of the industry and to urge Congress to finish a regulatory bill quickly. Otherwise, he says, we are doomed to repeat the past.
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Apr
22
2010
Obama keeps up pressure for financial overhaul
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AP – President Barack Obama is taking his argument for stronger oversight of the financial industry to the place where the economic meltdown began. Without change on Wall Street, he says, America is doomed to repeat the past.
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Apr
21
2010
German airspace to be gradually reopened
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AP – Germany’s air traffic controllers gradually reopened the country’s airspace — the busiest in Europe — Wednesday after days of closures and limited activity, as stranded passengers finally saw hope of getting home.
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Apr
19
2010
Europe resumes some air travel despite volcano
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AP – Europe began to emerge from a volcanic cloud Monday, allowing limited air traffic to resume and giving hope to millions of travelers stranded around the world when ash choked the jet age to a halt.
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Apr
18
2010
European airlines test skies, press to end ban
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AP – Major airlines that sent test flights into European air space found no damage Sunday from the volcanic ash that has paralyzed aviation over the continent, raising pressure on governments to ease restrictions that have thrown global travel and commerce into chaos.
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Apr
17
2010
Ash may hover for days over uncertain Europe
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AP – The Icelandic volcano that has kept much of Europe land-bound is far from finished spitting out its grit, and offered up new mini-eruptions Saturday that raise concerns about longer-term damage to world air travel and trade.
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Apr
16
2010
Travel chaos as cloud of ash drifts over Europe
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AP – Volcanic ash sifted down on parts of northern Europe on Friday and thousands of planes stayed on the tarmac to avoid the hazardous cloud. Travel chaos engulfed major European cities and the U.N. warned of possible health risks from falling ash.
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Apr
16
2010
Travel chaos as cloud of ash drifts over Europe
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AP – Volcanic ash sifted down on parts of northern Europe on Friday and thousands of planes stayed on the tarmac to avoid the hazardous cloud. Travel chaos engulfed major European cities and the U.N. warned of possible health risks from falling ash.
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