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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The fragile economy and environment of the southern US coast will take years to recover from the worst oil spill in US history, President Barack Obama and his top disaster official warned Monday. [ Read on Here ] Sign in to see full entry.

By Amy Goodman: Although President Obama has extended the moratorium on new deepwater drilling permits for six months and halted operations at thirty-three deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico, some oil rigs are continuing their operations. The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit to... Sign in to see full entry.

Eight years ago – pre CodePink – thirty very unreasonable women met for a week in a canyon in California. These early Unreasonable Women for the Earth had a goal and that was to discuss how to bring a new, bolder, braver, and more enlightened change to our badgered and bedeviled home we call Planet... Sign in to see full entry.

Agence France Presse: NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- Crude oil spread through fragile US marshlands Thursday, a month after a drilling rig blast released a devastating spill that now threatens Florida, Cuba and even beyond. Oil has been pouring into the Gulf of Mexico since the massive April 20 explosion... Sign in to see full entry.

By BEN EVANS, Associated Press Writer: WASHINGTON – Tar balls that washed ashore in the Florida Keys were not from the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said Wednesday, but that did little to soothe fears the blown-out well gushing a mile underwater could spread damage along... Sign in to see full entry.

By HARRY R. WEBER and SARAH LARIMER, Associated Press Writers Harry R. Weber And Sarah Larimer, Associated Press Writers: ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – It could be at least a day before BP can make another attempt at putting a lid on a well spewing thousands of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, as... Sign in to see full entry.

By Andy Wright: You can't really say the penis doesn't get enough attention. There's a fertility festival in Japan called Kanamara Matsuri that celebrates the appendage, there's the Icelandic Phallological Museum, and a Chinese penis restaurant where diners can sup on the wangs of various animals.... Sign in to see full entry.

By Robert Reich: What do oil giant BP, the mining company Massey Energy, and Goldman Sachs have in common? They’re all big firms involved in massive plunder. BP’s oil spill is already one of the biggest and most damaging in American history. Massey’s mine disaster, claiming the lives of 29 miners,... Sign in to see full entry.

Oil Disaster 5X Worse Than Estimated, 'Churning Slick' Now the Size of Puerto Rico Alternet: The news keeps getting worse from the British Petroleum oil catastrophe in the Gulf. The UK Telegraph reports: The view from space indicates that the oil may be leaking at a rate of 25,000 barrels a day,... Sign in to see full entry.

SUNDAY, May 2 ( HealthDay News ) -- Children who live with relatives instead of their parents are at increased risk for physical and mental health problems, new research shows. About 2.8 million children in the United States live with relatives, called kinship care, and about 800,000 are in foster... Sign in to see full entry.