Wednesday, June 30, 2010
WASHINGTON, June 30 (UPI) -- The volume of applications for U.S. mortgages rose in the week ending June 25, as long-term interest rates fell, an industry group said Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Market Composite Index increased 8.8 percent, while the Refinancing Index fell... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
New strategy blocks pro-cancer protein
BOSTON, June 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a way to disable a common protein that often thwarts chemotherapy treatment involving several major forms of cancer. Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston said they discovered they could use a small portion of the... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Manute Bol, NBA basketball player, dies at 47
The Washington Post has learned that Manute Bol, the 7-foot-7 Sudanese giant who was a shot-blocking sensation with the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors and other teams in the National Basketball Association, has died at 47. He died at the University of Virginia Medical Center in... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Partner says BP may have been negligent
WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- The blowout in the Gulf of Mexico may have been caused by BP's "gross negligence," the chief executive officer of its partner in the well said Friday. Anadarko Petroleum head Jim Hackett made his first statement on the disaster, The Washington Post reported. Anadarko... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Oil rig moratorium's effect still unknown
VENICE, La., June 18 (UPI) -- Economic fallout from U.S. President Obama's moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is unknown because layoffs are just starting, analysts say. The Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association warned that many of the rigs affected by the six-month... Sign in to see full entry.