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Gunman opens fire at Louisiana theatre, kills 3, injures 7A lone gunman opened fire inside a crowded movie theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Thursday evening, killing two people and injuring seven others before taking his own life, police said. The gunfire erupted during a 7 pm CDT (00 More… |
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Oily gunk found in Louisiana 3 years after BP spillThe amount of oil found on Louisiana's coast has surged this year, three years after BP's Macondo spill in the US Gulf of Mexico, the state's Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority said. Som More… |
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Tropical storm Debby threatens TexasTropical Storm Debby formed in the central Gulf of Mexico on Saturday and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it skirted the Louisiana coast and took aim at Texas, the US National Hurricane Center said. Debby covered much of the More… |
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Storm Lee lumbers toward Louisiana coastSlow-moving Tropical Storm Lee strengthened as it lumbered toward the Louisiana coast on Saturday, bringing torrential rains that will put the flood defenses of low-lying New Orleans to the test. The storm is expected to reach the Louisian More… |
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BP shares plunge, US threatens new penaltiesThe markets were closely eyeing British energy giant BP's stock price on Thursday after it plunged to a 14-year low in US trading on concerns about the costs of the giant Gulf of Mexico oil spill. President Barack Obama's administration, g More… |
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BP modifies plan to capture oil from leakThe latest plan to capture oil belching from a BP well into the Gulf of Mexico will work less well than originally hoped, the US Coast Guard said on Thursday. Shares in the energy giant rose in London trading on market hopes that the plan More… |
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US, BP warn Gulf Coast oil may leak until AugustUS government and BP officials are warning that the blown-out oil well causing an environmental disaster on the Gulf Coast may not be stopped until August as the company begins preparations on a new attempt to capture the leaking crude. Th More… |
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Heavy oil hits US shore, enters sea currentThe first heavy oil from a giant Gulf of Mexico spill sloshed ashore in fragile Louisiana marshlands on Wednesday and part of the mess entered a powerful current that could carry it to Florida and beyond. The developments underscored the g More… |
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Iraq chooses Shaw to build refineriesIraq’s Ministry of Oil has signed two contracts with US-based Shaw Group’s Energy and Chemicals Group to provide feasibility studies and front end engineering and design (FEED) for two grassroots refineries. The two refineries with a capac More… |
