They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle recovery. They're the Double Dippers — the politicians, economists and analysts who foresee back-to-back recessions.



Recession - Economic - Social sciences - Earth Science - Double Dippers

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 04:43:35 GMT

On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster.



Oil spill - BP - Tropical Storm Bonnie - Energy - Environment

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:00:50 GMT

A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the two-day-old blaze.

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:19:52 GMT

An Army private charged with leaking classified material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks had civilian help, a key figure in the case said Saturday.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:16:17 GMT

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:16:17 GMT

Russia sent the army on Saturday to battle wildfires that have killed at least 28 people and were threatening dozens of towns and villages. Thick smoke and ash slowed firefighting efforts and thousands of people were being evacuated.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:47:34 GMT

More than 800 people in Pakistan and dozens more in Afghanistan have been killed in floods that have lashed the region for days, officials said Saturday.



Pakistan - Afghanistan - Asia - Government - Flood

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:17:27 GMT

Chelsea Clinton weds her longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky in an exclusive, interfaith ceremony. "We are so happy to welcome Marc into our family," her parents say.

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 04:09:11 GMT

AC Milan coach Massimo Allegri says David Beckham will not return for a third spell at the Italian club.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:25:41 GMT

Robinson Cano's 21st home run of the season snapped a ninth-inning tie and enabled the New York Yankees to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 and hang on to first place in the AL East on Saturday night.

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 04:18:04 GMT

Two dozen workers were trapped in a flooded mine in northeast China on Sunday, the latest accident in the country's notoriously dangerous coal industry.



China - Coal mining - Asia - Country music - Shanxi

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:48:11 GMT

Shock has turned into frustration as the case of a missing 7-year-old Oregon boy has taken bizarre twists, with a stepmother under suspicion, lurid tales of infidelity and even a murder-for-hire plot.



Murder - Oregon - People - United States - Crime

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:14:57 GMT

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:14:57 GMT

Fifty-year-old Merlene Ottey became the oldest athlete to compete at the European Championships after anchoring Slovenia's 400 women's relay team.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:31:04 GMT

To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:24:16 GMT

Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn't know of each other's existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:18:48 GMT

LeBron James is getting off easy. Playing in Cleveland may have been bad, but there are worse alternatives for an athlete. Try being a member of North Korea's World Cup team.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:30:11 GMT

Federal police rescued two kidnapped news cameramen in northern Mexico on Saturday, five days after they were seized by drug traffickers in a bid to get their employers to broadcast cartel messages.



Mexico - Police - Illegal drug trade - Law enforcement agency - Organized crime

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:26:07 GMT

The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:05:16 GMT

The mothers of three Americans detained in Iran for a year have put their own careers on hold and turned to what's become a full-time job for them: attempting to secure their children's release.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:55:02 GMT

A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said.

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 00:53:26 GMT

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 00:53:26 GMT

Thousands of grief-stricken mourners watched in tears on Saturday as rescue workers lit one white candle for every one of the 21 people crushed to death in a tunnel at the Love Parade techno music festival.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:55:41 GMT

U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document released Saturday.

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 01:56:45 GMT

A jailed U.S. man has admitted killing five other Americans so he could take over their businesses and other properties in a Panamanian resort area, a government prosecutor said Saturday.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:16:53 GMT

Police say a safety net under a "free fall" attraction at a popular Wisconsin amusement park failed to catch a 12-year-old girl who plunged more than 40 feet before hitting the ground.



Wisconsin - Amusement park - Recreation - Free fall - Theme Parks

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:47:11 GMT

State police divers on Friday recovered the remains of two of four missing passengers who were on a medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan last week.



Lake Michigan - Michigan - United States - Aviation accidents and incidents - Outdoors

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:57:58 GMT

President Barack Obama on Saturday accused Republicans of holding American small businesses "hostage to politics" after Republican senators refused to back a $30 billion small-business lending package.



Barack Obama - United States - Small business - Republicans - President

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:53:45 GMT

Two strong earthquakes shook different parts of Iran in less than 24 hours, injuring more than 200 people and damaging hundreds of homes, Iranian media reported Saturday.



Iran - Earthquake - Middle East - Politics - Maps and Views

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:53:13 GMT

Israel carried out air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded in the city of Ashkelon, witnesses said.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:58:47 GMT

It's not made of gold, but a yellow lobster pulled from Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay is very rare.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:09:43 GMT

As the engine of U.S. economic growth slows, two of its main cylinders - job growth and consumer spending - still aren't firing. Until they kick in, the  weak recovery is in jeopardy.



United States - Economic growth - Consumer spending - Economic - Business and Economy

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:02:40 GMT

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:02:40 GMT