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BP told it can keep well sealed after scare over possible leaks

The Obama administration has authorized BP to keep its Deepwater Horizon well sealed, despite concerns Sunday that scientists have detected leaks of oil and methane gas near the well. In a statement released shortly before 7 a.m. today, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said the decision was made after a conference call between BP and government scientists. | 07/19/10 09:53:51 By - Mark Seibel

Oil seep near BP well could mean trouble for relief well plans

Scientists monitoring BP's unstable Deepwater Horizon oil well have detected oil or natural gas seeping from the seafloor nearby and "undetermined anomalies" near the wellhead — signs that the well may have suffered damages that will complicate technicians' abilities to shut off the flow permanently. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen revealed the findings in a letter demanding that BP step up monitoring and prepare to reopen a containment cap that has sealed the well since Thursday. | 07/18/10 23:46:50 By - Mark Seibel

Is it almost over? BP will try to stop oil flow next week

In a dramatic turn of events, the Obama administration has given BP the go-ahead to remove the containment cap atop the runaway Deepwater Horizon oil well and replace it with a tighter fitting one in an attempt to stop all the oil now flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, perhaps as soon as the middle of next week. | 07/09/10 19:54:50 By - Mark Seibel

Thad Allen scoffs at idea that BP will finish relief well early

The Obama administration's point man on BP's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster on Thursday dumped cold water on suggestions that BP might be able to plug the well in time for its July 27 announcement of second quarter earnings. | 07/08/10 14:49:10 By - Mark Seibel

Oil containment effort facing 2 key moments

The battle to contain BP's massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is approaching two critical junctures in coming days that could affect how the months-long catastrophe ends. | 07/07/10 19:01:00 By - Mark Seibel

Effort to kill BP's runaway well enters crucial phase

Unlike the previous public drama, this act will unfold miles below the seabed, as drill technicians begin delicately maneuvering a relief well that they hope will pierce and cap the gushing oil well. At stake is whether the Gulf of Mexico gusher ends in mid-August or persists, perhaps for months. | 06/24/10 18:34:00 By - Mark Seibel

'Top hat' back in place at runaway BP well after mishap

BP provided only a scant explanation for the sudden decision Wednesday morning to remove the 'top hat' containment device from the Deepwater Horizon well. After 10 hours during which crude oil gushed unhindered into the Gulf of Mexico, the device was back in place, BP said. | 06/23/10 23:22:44 By - Mark Seibel

BP warns that its new oil collection plan has safety risks

BP's latest plan to capture the oil gushing from the runaway Deepwater Horizon well poses significant safety risks for "several hundred people" working aboard the ships that will process the corralled crude, the oil giant has told the Coast Guard. | 06/14/10 19:15:00 By - Mark Seibel

BP warns of safety risks in more aggressive oil leak plan

BP's newest plan to capture oil gushing from the runaway Deepwater Horizon oil well poses significant safety risks for "several hundred people" working aboard the ships that will be assigned to process the corralled crude, the oil giant has told the Coast Guard. BP warned that conditions at the well site would be "significantly beyond both BP and industry practice." | 06/14/10 18:30:07 By - Mark Seibel

Coast Guard rejects BP oil leak plan as too little, too late

The Coast Guard has told oil giant BP that its proposed plan for containing the runaway Deepwater Horizon well does not take into account new higher estimates of how much oil is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and demanded that the company provide a more aggressive plan within 48 hours. | 06/12/10 12:55:10 By - Mark Seibel

BP intends to burn thousands of barrels of oil it can't store

BP is planning to burn as much as 10,000 barrels of crude a day captured from the Deepwater Horizon well in an effort to maximize the amount of oil that can be recovered by ships currently floating above the spewing well. The goal is to be able to continue to pull as much oil from the Gulf as possible without having to worry about offloading the oil to drilling barges. | 06/09/10 22:47:00 By - Mark Seibel

Judge orders another Guantanamo detainee freed

U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr., ordered the Obama administration to "take all necessary and appropriate diplomatic steps" to free Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman. Kennedy ordered the administration to report back on its progress April 1. Uthman is the 33rd detainee to have successful sued for his release in U.S. federal court. | 02/25/10 13:13:14 By - Carol Rosenberg and Mark Seibel

Task force created to combat al Qaida in Afghan prisons

The Obama administration took steps Thursday to confront a troubling al Qaida presence in Afghanistan's prison system, announcing the creation of a military task force to oversee detention operations there and naming a prominent military lawyer to be its deputy commander. The Afghan prisons, including a U.S-operated detention center at Bagram Air Base, help create future insurgents, McChrystal said. | 10/01/09 20:35:00 By - Mark Seibel

CIA official: No proof harsh techniques stopped terror attacks

Undercutting assertions by former vice president Dick Cheney and other former Bush administration officials, the CIA inspector general in 2004 found that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any "specific imminent attacks". | 04/24/09 20:22:00 By - Mark Seibel and Warren P. Strobel

New polls: Pennsylvania's sewed up; Ohio, Florida close

Two new sets of polls, one from Quinnipiac University, the other from Marist University, indicate Pennsylvania is clearly in Barack Obama's camp. But they differ on whether Ohio is too close to call — something Quinnipiac said is true about Florida. Men back McCain. Women support Obama. | 10/29/08 13:48:44 By - Mark Seibel

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