Most news accounts of this spill are repeating a much lower estimate of 210,000 gallons (5,000 barrels) per day, an unexplained number that NOAA and the Coast Guard were using for a few days until they admitted a week ago that they couldn't accurately estimate the flow rate.
We estimate this well is leaking at a rate of (26,500 barrels) per day.
Source:
http://blog.skytruth.org/2010/05/bp-gulf-oil-spill-modis-satellite-image.html
Johnson charged more than $1 million on his card and converted his AmEx points into miles just before being fired from the party in January.
Greer charged about $500,000 and also cashed in points for miles. He once charged $9,468 for hotel and limousine service on a two-day Washington trip.
A new report by congressional economists says the economic stimulus law produced jobs for 1 million to 2.1 million people by the end of last year.
Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100223/ap_on_go_co/us_stimulus_jobs
