Friday, June 11, 2010

Overview

2010/06/11 Headlines: Government Doubles Oil Spill Size Estimate; Obama Meets with Families of Deceased Rig Workers; BP Hires Firm Specializing in Reducing Cost of Claim Payments; Spill Forces Nation's Oldest Oyster-Shucking Firm to Close; Senate Rejects Effort to Strip EPA of Power to Regulate Emissions; Report: Wealthy Nations Could Increase Emissions Under Climate Deal; Israel & US Agree on Israeli Probe into Flotilla Attack; Video Shows Israeli Commandos Executing Flotilla Passenger; Israel Urged to Join Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; McChrystal: Violence and Casualties Will Rise in Afghanistan; Judge Orders Detention of Guantánamo Prisoner "Unlawful"; Pentagon Searches for Wikileaks Founder; Rep. Clyburn Calls for Probe of Bizarre SC Election Primaries; $712 Million Settlement Reached for Sick Ground Zero Workers; Immigrant Students Stage Die-In at Sen. Schumer's Office