Despite Gulf oil spill, rig owner executives get big bonuses

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• Despite Gulf oil spill, rig owner executives get big bonuses
• Three-day search finds 69 bodies
• Utility under increasing pressure
• Chemical, sawdust used on leak
• Air France debris from 2009 crash found
• 'Widespread cracking' found in airliner
• Sources: Obama to announce run
• GOP budget plan would cut Medicaid
• Objections raised to 9/11 burial plans
• U.S. officials condemn Quran burning

Despite Gulf oil spill, rig owner executives get big bonuses Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:15 PM PDT Declaring 2010 "the best year in safety performance in our company's history," the owner of the Gulf of Mexico rig that exploded has given its execs bonuses.

Three-day search finds 69 bodies Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:04 AM PDT The operation by Japanese and U.S. militaries was timed to coincide with spring low tides that concentrated floating debris and allowed access to tidal flats.

Utility under increasing pressure Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:24 AM PDT Already grappling with a nuclear accident stemming from a historic earthquake, Japan's largest utility is now facing a sharp loss of public confidence and what it says are threats to its employees.

Chemical, sawdust used on leak Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:09 PM PDT Highly radioactive water continued leaking Sunday from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility into the Pacific Ocean, following a failed attempt to plug a cracked concrete shaft, a utility company official said.

Air France debris from 2009 crash found Posted: 03 Apr 2011 04:45 PM PDT French investigators said that they have found pieces of the Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, killing all 228 people on board.

'Widespread cracking' found in airliner Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:34 PM PDT An initial inspection found "clear evidence that the skin separated at the lower rivet line," an NTSB official says. The 5-feet-long hole forced an emergency landing of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737.

Sources: Obama to announce run Posted: 03 Apr 2011 02:32 PM PDT President Barack Obama plans to send supporters a text or e-mail message announcing his intention to run for re-election, multiple Democratic sources tell CNN.

GOP budget plan would cut Medicaid Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:54 AM PDT House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan said Sunday he will unveil a Republican budget for 2012 this week that proposes dramatic changes to Medicare, Medicaid and other political lightning rods.

Objections raised to 9/11 burial plans Posted: 03 Apr 2011 02:20 PM PDT A group of 9/11 victims' family members are up in arms over a plan to house the unidentified remains of those who died at ground zero in the lower level of the museum being built to honor the tragedy.

U.S. officials condemn Quran burning Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:26 PM PDT The burning of a Quran by a Florida pastor "was hateful, it was intolerant and it was extremely disrespectful," said Gen. David Petraeus, who heads the U.S.-led international forces in Afghanistan.

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