BP, the world's second-largest oil company, has submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Transportation to restart production in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, which is the country's largest oil field. The firm wants to perform tests on the pipeline that was closed last month after it was found to be severely corroded.
Coming to a TV news show and bookstore near you this week is something the Democrats need like a hole in the head: New Jersey's ex-Gov. James McGreevey, who quit his job and left his wife and kids after revealing his secret life as a gay man, goes public with the whole sordid affair to pitch his book, The Confession. According to reports, the guv tells us way more than we need to know. Here's just one excerpt uncovered by the AP where he describes sex with the man he claims threatened to expose his double life:
AP - Facing a GOP revolt in the Senate, President Bush urged Congress on Friday to join in backing legislation to spell out strategies for interrogating and trying terror suspects, saying "the enemy wants to attack us again."
AP - Pakistan's legislature unanimously condemned Pope Benedict XVI. Lebanon's top Shiite cleric demanded an apology. And in Turkey, the ruling party likened the pontiff to Hitler and Mussolini and accused him of reviving the mentality of the Crusades.
AP - Ford is cutting more than 10,000 additional salaried jobs, offering buyouts to all of its 75,000 U.S. hourly workers and shutting down two more plants in a plan to end financial losses and remake itself into a smaller, more competitive car company.
Facing a rebellion from Senate Republicans, President Bush today defended his plan for military tribunals for suspected terrorists and urged Congress to quickly pass legislation. "Time's running out," Bush said in a Rose Garden briefing. "Congress is set to adjourn in just a few weeks. Congress needs to act wisely and promptly, so I can sign good legislation."
Republican Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges in the congressional investigation into corruption and bribery involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to the Justice Department.