1. A 16-year-old California girl, who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world, has been found in the Indian Ocean. Rescue boats are now on the rescue of Abby Sunderland. Sunderland radioed that her boat was knocked down repeatedly...
1. The Obama administration says BP has agreed to speed up payments to people and businesses whose livelihoods have been washed away by the Gulf oil spill. Those who have filed damage claims are complaining of delays and skimpy payments. 2. A souther...
1. President Barack Obama is welcoming new tougher UN Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, saying it sends an unmistakable message, but his Iranian counterpart says the new penalties are worthless, comparing them to annoy...
1. Democrat Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas has narrowly won nomination to a third Senate term. She's one of several women to win their primary battles. In California, Carly Fiorina won the Republican senatorial nomination, and Meg Whitman won the Republ...
1. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen says the cap of the broken wellhead is now collecting more than 620,000 gallons of oil in a day, but even as the amount of oil captured increases daily, officials still can't say how much additional oil is still esca...
1. Longtime Washington journalist Helen Thomas abruptly retires from the Hearst News Service after her remarks on Israel sparked criticism. Thomas issued an apology but announced her retirement shortly after White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs d...
1. The government's point man on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the catastrophe will persist well into the fall. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen says the spill will not be contained until the leak at the bottom of the Gulf is fully plugged. 2. Auth...
1. President Barack Obama is in Louisiana / where he's getting a fresh look at the damage being caused by the Gulf oil spill. It's his third visit to the region since the April explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform. 2. Meantime, childr...
1．BP officials say they expect to know Friday whether the latest effort will contain the Gulf oil spill. Works have been continuing undersea for days now, still officials say if this works, they'll be cleaning up the Gulf for some time. 2. Arizona...
Emergency crews are working to link the last in a miles-long chain of booms designed to fend off the oil from reaching the beaches along the Florida Panhandle,the edge of that massive oil slick is only a couple of miles off the coast. Former Illinois...
This is AP News Minute. 1. Engineers trying to cap the pipe that's sending oil into the Gulf of Mexico may have to bring in a second saw to finish cutting the pipe. The one theyve been using became stuck in the pipe. Crews are still hoping to free it...
1. BP says if all goes well, the spewing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could be contained sometime today. BP is using robots to slice away a broken pipe so engineers can put a cap over the well's opening. At the same time, the Justice Department has...
The UN security council's calling for impartial investigation of Israel's deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The statement condomned the acts that have resulted in the loss of at least 9 lives. President Barack O...
1. BP's again trying to contain the Gulf oil spill. The company declared failure in its latest attempt to plug the gusher. BP's next step will involve using a remote controlled undersea robots to saw off part of the broken pipe that leads from the we...
1. We are hoping to get word on Sunday on just how well the latest effort to stop the oil leaking on the Gulf of Mexico is going. Crews began forcing mud and debris into the well a few days ago. However underwater images show oil is still coming out....
