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Danielle May Bring Dangerous Rip Currents to US | NOAA Maps
Video: Group Finds Dead Bird Island in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Who Should the People of the Gulf Coast Trust for Payback?
Former Republican National Committee Chair Comes Out
Ken Mehlman Admits He's Gay
Individuals and businesses suffering financial losses from the BP oil spill disaster must either file their claims with Ken Feinberg and the federal government fund and hope to get paid soon, or opt out and go with a private lawyer and sue in a state district court, potentially waiting many years to receive any compensation. Who should they trust? The federal government or the state court system?
Behind the Scenes of Gulf Oil Spill, Acrimony and Stress

Dueling Rallies in DC Mark King Speech Anniversary
Blog Causes Uproar on Eve of Beck Rally
On the eve of conservative commentator Glenn Beck's rally at the Lincoln Memorial, a blogger's assertion that parts of the nation's capital should be avoided touched off accusations of racism and a sharp response by angry city leaders. Thousands of conservative, tea party supporters were expected at the demonstration Saturday that Beck has called a "Restoring Honor" rally to show support of the country's military at the site where Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech 47 years ago to the day. The location and timing prompted civil rights leaders to cry foul.
Networks Diverge on Covering Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' Rally

West Virgina Gov. Manchin Wins Primary for Byrd's Senate Seat
Popular Gov. Joe Manchin easily won the Democratic nomination Saturday in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd. A crowded field of 10 Republicans were vying for the chance to take on Manchin in November, with a wealthy businessman and a former U.S. House candidate among the best-known GOP contenders.

FDA to Inspect Large Egg Farms
The Food and Drug Administration is planning to inspect all of the country's largest egg farms before the end of next year following the massive recall of tainted eggs linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened as many as 1,500 people. An Obama administration official says inspectors will visit about 600 large egg farms that produce 80 percent of the nation's eggs. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the plan has not yet been announced. This will be the first government effort to inspect large egg farms, as most of them have gone largely uninspected for decades.
Select Regional News
On Anniversary of Katrina, Signs of Healing
Tar Balls Cover Mississippi Beaches: No Cleaning Crews In Sight
Oil Spill Commission Meets Again on Gulf Disaster

Regional Political Roundup
Bobby Bright's Not-so Bright Pelosi Crack
Democrat Bobby Bright Jokes About Pelosi's Death
Feinberg Defends Plans Against King's Criticism
Editorials, Columns, Videos, Blogs of Note
Krugman: This Is Not a Recovery
Video: Daily Show Takes Off on Gay Old Party
Cajun Folk Singer Grabs Attention at Presidential Oil Spill Commission Hearing
Slow Violence and the BP Coverups
Sarah Palin's Influence Still Strong?
The Big Picture: You Can Lead A Horse to Water
The Big Picture: The Five Stages of Grief on the Gulf

In Case You Missed It
Politics, Public Opinion
Cuba Embraces Free-Market Reforms
Political Attack Ads Mount: High Road Holds Perils
Oil Spill Investigators Focus on Communications
Obama's Speech Tuesday to Signal Shift From Iraq to Afghanistan
Glenn Beck Rally a Measure of Tea Party's Strength?
Americans Divided About the Future of Gulf Oil Drilling

Crime and Courts
Opponents of Gay Marriage Target Judges
BP Exec Admits Blowout Preventer Not Connected Properly
Dinosaur Judge No Stranger to Controversy
Special-Interest Spending Surges in State Court Races

War, Intel, National Security
Key Afghanistan Aide in Corruption Inquiry Linked to CIA Number of US Troops in Iraq Falls Below 50,000
In Iraq, A Precarious Time Plagued by 'What Ifs'
Science, Health, Environment
Deep-Sea Plumes: A Rush to Judgment?
Salmonella Find Links Two Iowa Farms to Egg Recall
Eggs From Iowa Farms Could End Up On Your Table
Scientists Find Seafloor Covered in Oil 40 Miles South of PC

Economy, Labor, Technology
Oil Cleanup Both Bust and Bonanza?
Details Faulted in Plan to Pay Oil Spill Claims
Transocean Accuses BP of Withholding Oil Spill Data

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Spike Lee's New Orleans, Take Two
Public Confidence in Newspapers Down, Online Sources Up

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Alabama Starts Where it Finished: No. 1

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Featured Original Stories, Photo Essays and Videos

Tests Show Gulf Water Unsafe
Air Quality Along the Coast Raises Questions

A Photo Essay From the Summer of Discontent
Watchdogging BP Video: Oil Giant Restricts Press Access to Alabama Beach

Where Oh Where Have All the Wildlife Gone?
Under the Oil Pollution Act, passed in 1990 in the wake of the Valdez spill, a Natural Resource Damage Assessment was established by law to determine the type and amount of restoration needed to compensate the public for harm to natural resources, along with their human uses, that occur as a result of an oil spill. While it is still too early in the process to know what the scope of the assessment will be, from past experience, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is concerned about impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources as well as their habitats, including wetlands, beaches, mudflats, bottom sediments, coral reefs -- and the water column itself.
Click on the image or here, for A Photo Essay From Barataria Bay
Video: Gulf Restoration Tour Around Barataria Bay

BP is Hiring Convict Labor in Beach Cleanup
The British Petroleum corporation is hiring illegal immigrant convict labor to clean the beaches along the Gulf Coast instead of contracting with local fishermen who are out of work due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as they promised publicly. In trying to use public relations to cover up the massive mess it's causing, BP officials are saying the company has hired unemployed workers to help with the beach cleanup effort here.
Video: BP Hires Convict Labor in Beach Cleanup

Gulf Communities Gear Up for Economic Impacts of Oil Spill
BP's Oil Spill Will Have Major Environmental Impacts on the Gulf of Mexico

Hit the image or click here, for A Photo Essay on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick Making Landfall

Interior Department Permitted Deep Horizon Without Impact Study
Ken Salazar, a former Senator and Attorney General of Colorado, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 50th Secretary of the Interior on Jan. 20, 2009 by President Barack Obama. Less than three months later, on April 6, 2009, the British Petroleum company was granted a permit for the Deepwater Horizon, the deepest oil well ever dug in the Gulf of Mexico -- without an Environmental Impact Study as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. The Minerals Management Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior charged with regulating the oil and gas industry, has been ensconced in a ethics scandal in recent months for cozying up to the oil and gas industry. Allegations include financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, cocaine use and sexual misconduct. The agency granted BP a "categorical exclusion" to NEPA on the basis of three reviews of the area, which concluded that a massive oil spill was "unlikely," according to government documents.
Gulf Oil Slick One: A Glynn Wilson Video
Interior Secretary Tours Wildlife Refuge | Photo Essay

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Political Justice Archives
Siegelman-Scrushy Archives
For the final two years of the Bush administration, we covered the politicization of the U.S. justice system as much as any news organization anywhere. For scholars and others interested in researching the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, check out this archive and this archive. It goes even further back to the original Scrushy trial in Birmingham, which Editor and Publisher Glynn Wilson covered for The New York Times.

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