Apple's CEO Tim Cook says the company "cares about every worker" in its factories and that "no one in (the) industry is doing more to improve working conditions than Apple."

A dispute between federal immigration agents that left one of them dead and another injured in southern California prompted the head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to travel to the scene on Friday.

In Syria's cyberwar, the regime's supporters have deployed a new weapon against opposition activists -- computer viruses that spy on them, according to an IT specialist from a Syrian opposition group and a former international aid worker whose computer was infected.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's "Google problem" is well documented.

Oil drilling in Arctic nears reality: Shell emergency plan OKd
Los Angeles Times
By Kim Murphy One of the last significant hurdles to offshore oil drilling in the Arctic has been cleared with approval of a plan for dealing with a nightmare scenario — an oil spill at the top of the world. The Obama administration on Friday approved …

Shell moves closer to Arctic drilling with spill response approval
Reuters
Shell plan would capture up to 80000 bpd * Shell hopes to begin drilling this summer * Environmental groups blast approval of plan By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell's bid to drill in the Arctic this summer took another …

From the Publisher: ANWAR decision need to be made one way or another at long last
The Arctic Sounder
In 1986, a report by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service recommended that all of the coastal plain within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened for oil and gas development. Then, in 1989, it looked like a bill would pass the US Senate.
US House OKs Opening Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Oil Drillingtruthout
House OKs bill opening ANWR to oil drillingTheNewsTribune.com
US House OKs opening ANWR to oil drillingMid Columbia Tri City Herald
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Shell clears hurdle on Arctic offshore drilling
Fort Worth Star Telegram (blog)
Shell Oil today cleared one of the last remaining hurdles to Arctic offshore drilling as the federal government said it approved the company's spill-response plan for the Chukchi Sea. This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.

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