Cameron International, the maker of the blowout preventer that failed to stop the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, has agreed to pay $250 million to BP, which says it will put the money into the $20 billion escrow fund to settle claims related to the disaster. Cameron said its insurers would pay $170 million of the $250 million sum. BP would indemnify Cameron from claims related to the Oil Pollution Act and environmental damage, but not against fines, penalties or certain other types of claims. Read full article > >

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Cameron International settles with BP on 2010 oil spill claims

Cameron International, the maker of the blowout preventer that failed to stop the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, has agreed to pay $250 million to BP, which says it will put the money into the $20 billion escrow fund to settle claims related to the disaster. Cameron said its insurers would pay $170 million of the $250 million sum. BP would indemnify Cameron from claims related to the Oil Pollution Act and environmental damage, but not against fines, penalties or certain other types of claims. Read full article > >

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Cameron International settles with BP on 2010 oil spill claims

GENEVA — Researchers hunting for an elusive sub-atomic particle believed to be a basic building block of the universe announced Tuesday that they have narrowed down the search thanks to the latest data. The Higgs boson — popularly referred to as the “God particle” — is more likely to be found in the lower mass or energy ranges of the massive atom smasher being used to track it down, researchers from two independent teams said. Read full article > >

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Researchers say latest data help narrow search for so-called ‘God’ particle

“We have to be careful in how we choose to make our voice heard to the regime,” a 25-year-old student from Tehran University told Aslan Media. “Since 2009, the regime has shown no mercy with the massive number of political prisoners it has taken.”

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Why the “Iranian Spring” is Taking its Sweet Time

Though the massive Arizona wildfire was officially 6 percent contained on Friday thanks to calm winds, the blaze has still not been extinguished and winds are expected to pick up again Saturday, potentially pushing the fire across New Mexico state…

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AZ Fire Continues to Spread

Toyota says it expects profits for this year to be sharply lower than last year, due in large part to the massive earthquake in March.

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Toyota forecasts slump in profits

When the massive tornado touched down in Joplin last week, Will Norton and his father Mark were caught in the storm while driving home from Will’s high school graduation. The teenager’s aunt reported on Saturday that the newly minted high school grad…

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Missing Joplin Teen Reported Dead

When the massive tornado touched down in Joplin last week, Will Norton and his father Mark were caught in the storm while driving home from Will’s high school graduation. The teenager’s aunt reported on Saturday that the newly minted high school grad…

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Missing Joplin Teen Reported Dead

The retail industry launched a new campaign Wednesday to protect a federal law that reduces the fees retailers must pay to banks every time a debit card is swiped, a move the industry hopes will blunt the massive lobbying attack from banks. The campaign calls for hundreds of merchants to flood Capitol Hill in June for meetings with key lawmakers, the third “fly-in” to be held this year on the issue. It also includes print and radio ads in Washington and six to 12 key states, along with viral video clips. Industry executives say they expect the campaign to generate several thousand comments to lawmakers before the regulations on swipe fees, also known as interchange, take effect this summer. Read full article > >

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Retailers fight back over debit-card swipe fees

This is definitely promising. The CIA said Tuesday that it has been able to glean new leads every hour from the massive cache of intelligence snatched from Osama bin Laden’s compound during the raid that killed him. A U.S. official said the SEAL team…

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CIA: New bin Laden Lead Every Hour

Transocean said it “recorded the best year in safety performance in our Company’s history,” despite the blowout on its Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that killed 11 workers and triggered the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Transocean, owner of oil rig in Gulf spill, says it had its ‘best year’ for safety

If the steady release of promotional character posters weren’t an indication that the Warner Bros. Sucker Punch machine is kicking into high gear, we now have a second animated short from Deathly Hallows animator Ben Hoblin, titled “Dragon.” Warner Bros. released this synopsis for the short: “In Sucker Punch, the girls drop into a castle courtyard and find themselves in the middle of a chaotic battle between a hoard of gruesome Orcs and an army of Black Knights. The original cause of the massive conflict is hopelessly lost amidst the death and destruction. ‘Dragon’ is a tale of religious persecution exploring the origin of this conflict. Who is the righteous and who is the heathen?”

Search-and-rescue teams on Sunday continued their grim work in the aftermath of the massive quake and tsunami.

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Death Toll Estimate in Japan Soars as Relief Efforts Intensify

Japan asks for help from the UK in the aid effort following the massive earthquake, says a Foreign Office spokesman.

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UK asked to help with quake aid

An Aberdeen scientist tells of his terrifying experience in the aftermath of the massive Japanese earthquake.

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Earthquake ‘terror’ of scientist