ARTICLES BY HARRY R. WEBER
BP settles Gulf spill lawsuits for at least $7.8B
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Wrestler known as 'Macho Man' dies in Florida wreck
Randy "Macho Man" Savage, the professional wrestler known for his raspy voice, the sunglasses and bandanas he wore in the ring and the young woman named Miss Elizabeth who often accompanied him, died in a car crash Friday in Florida. He was 58.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
BP sues rig owner for $40B
NEW ORLEANS - BP on Wednesday sued the maker of the device that failed to stop last year's calamitous Gulf oil spill and the owner of the rig that exploded, alleging that negligence by both helped cause the disaster.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
One year later: BP looking strong
NEW ORLEANS - It's hard to tell that just a year ago BP was reeling from financial havoc and an American public out for blood.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Fed board: Keep companies from oil spill evidence
NEW ORLEANS - The credibility of the investigation into the Gulf oil spill is being undermined because representatives of companies that made or maintained a key piece of evidence - the blowout preventer - have had too much access to it as it is being analyzed, a federal board says.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
World's thirst for oil leads to risks
MIAMI - The world's thirst for crude is leading oil exploration companies into ever deeper waters and ventures fraught with environmental and political peril.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Engineers to remove temporary Gulf well cap
NEW ORLEANS - Engineers will soon start the delicate work of detaching the temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing from BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well and the hulking device that failed to prevent the leak - all while trying to avoid more damage to the environment.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Spill bound BP, feds together
NEW ORLEANS - For months, the U.S. government talked with a boot-on-the-neck toughness about BP, with the president wondering aloud about whose butt to kick.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Pumping mud, BP tries to cut off gusher
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO - BP embarked Tuesday on an operation that could seal the biggest offshore oil leak in U.S. history once and for all, forcing mud down the throat of its blown-out well in a tactic known variously as "bullheading" or a "static kill."
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Crews fixing well in 'cat-and-mouse' with weather
NEW ORLEANS - Crews hurried to get back to work on plugging BP's leaky oil well Saturday after Tropical Storm Bonnie fizzled, and engineers hoped for a window of clear weather long enough to stop the gusher for good.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
