BP will proceed with a relief well to kill its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well, the top US spill official said on Friday.
Engineers monitoring BP’s damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico detected seepage on the ocean floor that could mean problems with the cap.
BP’s US chief faces accusations in Congress that the energy giant caused the worst oil spill in US history with a calculated strategy to cut costs.
An oil slick from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to reach a wildlife reserve at the mouth of the Mississippi River on Thursday.
Texas billionaire Allen Stanford will appear in a federal court in Virginia on Friday over allegations of massive fraud involving his Antigua bank.
A Texas woman with the new H1N1 flu died earlier this week, state health officials said, the second death outside of Mexico.
If Allen Stanford ever wanted to make a low-profile departure from his lavish Houston headquarters, there was a private exit through his bathroom.
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/ 14 September 2008
Hurricane Ike slammed into the most populated part of the Texas coast on Saturday with ferocious winds and a wall of water that flooded seaside towns.
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/ 13 September 2008
Hurricane Ike powered across the densely populated Texas coast and through Houston on Saturday, bringing ferocious winds and a wall of water.
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/ 13 September 2008
Hurricane Ike barrelled into the densely populated Texas coast near Houston early on Saturday, bringing with it a wall of water and ferocious winds.