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September 2nd, 2010:

ANOTHER OIL RIG EXPLODES IN GULF OF MEXICO

FOX NEWS IS REPORTING THAT AN OIL RIG HAS EXPLODED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WEST OF THE BP OIL SPILL SITE

An oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Louisiana, WDSU reports. Thirteen workers aboard the rig were reportedly thrown into the water, but have been accounted for.

Update at 11:35 a.m. ET: MSNBC quotes a Coast Guard spokesman as saying all of the workers were wearing protective gear.

Update at 11:38 a.m. ET: MSNBC quotes Coast Guard Petty Officer John Edwards as saying one worker has been injured, but he did not know the extent of the injuries. Edwards says 9 helicopters and some fixed-wing aircraft as well as four Coast Guard cutters have been sent to the site. read more

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The dark arts

The extraordinary New York Times article below is focused on the “dark arts” allegedly practiced by the News of the World, a UK Sunday tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch. We will shortly be publishing an article about the “dark arts” as practiced by an unscrupulous predatory oil giant: Royal Dutch Shell.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond

By DON VAN NATTA Jr., JO BECKER and GRAHAM BOWLEY

IN NOVEMBER 2005, three senior aides to Britain’s royal family noticed odd things happening on their mobile phones. Messages they had never listened to were somehow appearing in their mailboxes as if heard and saved. Equally peculiar were stories that began appearing about Prince William in one of the country’s biggest tabloids, News of the World.

The stories were banal enough (Prince William pulled a tendon in his knee, one revealed). But the royal aides were puzzled as to how News of the World had gotten the information, which was known among only a small, discreet circle. They began to suspect that someone was eavesdropping on their private conversations. read more

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