Gulf Oil Spill: Few Changes in Drilling Policy One Year On

It took just a couple of days for Admiral Thad Allen to realize how disastrous the well blowout at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig would prove to be. On April 20 last year, the well being drilled by the BP-owned rig suddenly kicked back, spurting oil and gas up the drilling pipe and setting the Deepwater Horizon aflame in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The BP Oil Spill: How Healthy Is the Gulf One Year Later?

Carl Safina headed down to the Gulf Coast just days after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, 2010. A veteran of the Exxon Valdez spill — and the head of the Blue Ocean Institute, a nonprofit that focuses on marine health — Safina wanted to see the Gulf oil spill up close, to document something he was sure would be an environmental catastrophe.

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Death toll climbs to 32 in Indonesia volcano eruption

Death toll climbs to 32 in Indonesia volcano eruption The death toll from an Indonesian volcano that exploded this week has climbed to 32, medical officials said Thursday. Rescue and recovery efforts continue to unfold, with the Indonesian government scrambling to help tens of thousands of residents displaced by the eruption. The volcano erupted at […]

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Scarlett Johansson never thought she’d get married

There were plenty of people surprised by Scarlett Johansson’s remote Canadian wedding to Ryan Reynolds last September — and you can count Scarlett among them. “I never really thought about getting married — it just kind of happened,” the actress, 25, told Glamour for its November issue, hitting newsstands Oct

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Astronomers take virtual plunge into black hole

Dare to fall into a black hole and you would get vaporized in what is probably the most violent place in the universe. But the journey would yield some amazing sights, though you might need three eyes for the best view of what’s going on, new research suggests.

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