Buyer beware

By David Heath

New consumer agency powerless against dishonest auto lending practices

Science panel investigates firefighting preceding BP oil spill

By Aaron Mehta

A panel of National Academy of Engineering scientists is examining technical issues behind the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, including

Haphazard firefighting might have sunk BP oil rig

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon

The Coast Guard has gathered evidence it failed to follow its own firefighting policy during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and is investiga
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Fear and fortune

By G.W. Schulz

Sept. 11 hastened a booming homeland security industry. One southern California company still struggled to get ahead.

Darrell Issa — Oversight and Government Reform Committee

By Josh Israel

Officials from the Obama administration will likely be frequent visitors to this panel once Darrell Issa takes the gavel....

Did taxpayers lose on deal for oil field?: Elk Hills timeline

By Josey Ballenger, Nathaniel Heller and Knut Royce

1922WASHINGTON, October 27, 2000 — 1912: Out of concern for the long-term availability of oil supplies for naval ships, President Taft estab

Excerpts from this story referencing "Captain":

"… h Deputy Secretary Bill White, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Reserves Captain Ernest Hunter and OMB Associate Director T.J. Glauthier to discuss corpora …"

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Mr. Wong: pirate or law-abiding citizen

By Andreas Harsono

BATAM ISLAND, Indonesia, April 13, 1999 — "Why should I continue this night business life if he is really the mastermind of the pirates?" Ay

Case studies show value of old-timers

By Knut Royce

Accounts of airplane "saves," especially when veteran captains overcome the errors of less-experienced crew members, are mostly anecdotal.

Fixing the fixers

By Murali Krishnan

NEW DELHI, India, November 13, 2000 — This article was originally published in the Nov. 13, 2000 edition of Outlook India. It is reproduced

Australian past bordered on slavery and genocide

By Philip Knightley

WASHINGTON, January 30, 2001 — Soon after last summer's Olympics in Sydney, indigenous Australian senator Aden Ridgeway said the "groundswe

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"… nce them of our superiority, and infuse an universal terror.” He ordered Captain Watkin Tench to take with him 50 men and capture two Aboriginals and kill …"

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