Telegraph.co.uk | Elena Kagan Takes Center Stage in 2010 Campaign Battles CBS News In what is sure to be a heated midterm election year, Republicans and Democrats alike are already seizing on President Obama's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court as a campaign issue. "The nomination will be used for two ... 5 myths about Supreme Court confirmations Kagan's role against military recruitment studied Supreme Court confirmations, as Elena Kagan saw them |
The Guardian | Elena Kagan "Honored and Humbled" by Supreme Court Nomination CBS News "I am honored and I am humbled by this nomination and by the confidence you have shown in me," Kagan told the president in the East Room of the White House. She said the honor was deepened by the fact that she was replacing Stevens, who had long played ... Leahy: Kagan should get Senate vote before August First Read: No surprises from Obama REFILE-Top US Senate Judiciary Dem. seeks Kagan OK by August |
Globe and Mail | BP wrestles with oil spill hitch BBC News Engineers from oil company BP are scrambling to find a way to contain oil gushing from a well on the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico. BP has met problems with a containment box it tried to lower over the blown-out well in order to funnel the leaking oil ... BP's first attempt to divert Gulf oil leak fails Gulf oil spill: Quick fix dashed as BP tower fails to contain oil BP Oil-Collection Chamber Clogs, Removed From Leaking Gulf Well |
The Hindu | Lib Dems must look at big picture, says Lord Carlile BBC News A senior Welsh Liberal Democrat says his party could go into government without a deal on electoral reform. Lord Carlile said it was naive to think there had to be an agreement on proportional representation (PR). The ex-Montgomeryshire MP stressed he ... British election: What it means for the UK and the US UK Liberal Democrats mull pact with Conservatives UK parties to meet on Sunday to discuss gov't deal |
Times Online | Regulators look to soothe markets' raw nerves Reuters NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission held urgent discussions on Friday to calm investors' raw nerves a day after a plunge of nearly 1000 points in the Dow Jones industrial average, during which some stocks lost more ... Stock plunge raises alarm on algo trading U.S. Stocks Start Firm on Jobs Report |
The Guardian | Pakistan Taliban: Faisal Shahzad Not One of Us CBS News Since Faisal Shahzad's arrest in the failed Times Square car bombing, authorities have been looking closely at whether the Pakistan Taliban played a role in planning the attack. A source told CBS News that it is "increasingly plausible" the militant ... 4 questioned in Pakistan over NY bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad 'carried out dry run' before Times Square attack Which Pakistani group inspired Times Square suspect? |
Telegraph.co.uk | NY bomb suspect probed for links abroad Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investigators questioned the suspected Times Square bomber hoping to uncover links he might have had to foreign militant groups and US media said he could appear in a New York court on Wednesday. Faisal Shahzad, 30, who was born in ... Where in Pakistan did Faisal Shahzad learn bomb-making skills? US tightens no-fly rules after suspect in failed Times Square attack succeeds ... Shahzad's Connecticut Associates under Scrutiny |
