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Added May 25, 2010 with 51 photos
Oil washes ashore at Grand Isle Louisiana from the sunken BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig
Soaked in oil, a seabird lies dead in the surf on Elmer's Island, Louisiana, May 21, 2010. Oil began washing up on the beaches and marshes of Southern Louisiana after the explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig a month ago. UPI/A.J. Sisco
Added May 18, 2010 with 47 photos
Elton John performs at the Rainforest Fund's 21st Birthday at Carnegie Hall in New York
Elton John performs at the Rainforest Fund's 21st Birthday Concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 13, 2010. UPI/John Angelillo
Added May 12, 2010 with 41 photos
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
Gathered concentrated oil burns during a controlled oil fire in the Gulf of Mexico on May 5, 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies conducted the "in situ burn" to aid in preventing the spread of oil following the April 20 explosion on Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon. UPI/Justin E. Stumberg/U.S. Navy
Added May 04, 2010 with 35 photos
Calvin Borel Wins Kentucky Derby
Jockey Calvin Borel riding Super Saver looks back at the field as he wins the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky., on May 1, 2010. UPI /Mark Cowan
Added April 30, 2010 with 48 photos
Off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon explodes of Louisiana coast
Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon off the coast of New Orleans, Louisiana on April 21, 2010. 11 workers are missing after the oil rig exploded on April 20. UPI/U.S. Coast Guard
Added April 22, 2010 with 40 photos
Poland mourns the death of their President in Warsaw
Candles grace a memorial in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on April 12, 2010. Polish President Lech Kaczynsi and more than 100 others died when their plane crashed in western Russia on April 10, 2010. (POLAND OUT) UPI/Pawel Wodzynski/BE&W
Added April 13, 2010 with 38 photos
Four miners remain missing in West Virginia coal mine explosion
Massey Energy workers (L to R) Maurice Blanchette, Jimmy Shortridge, Brandon Waddell and Andrew Lucas take a break from drilling efforts above Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Coal Mine on April 7, 2010 in Montcoal, West Virginia. The 560ft rotary drill is drilling a second hole in an effort to release gas from the area where miners are believed to be trapped. UPI/Jeff Gentner/Pool
Added April 06, 2010 with 31 photos
Pedestrians walk by on the eve of the April 3rd release of the new Apple iPad in New York
Pedestrians walk by the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue on the eve of the April 3rd release of the new Apple iPad in New York City on April 2, 2010. UPI/John Angelillo
Added March 31, 2010 with 52 photos
President Obama Signs Historic Health Care Bill in Washington
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Health Insurance Reform Bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 23, 2010. The historic $938 million health care bill will guaranteed coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans and will touch nearly every American's life. UPI/Pat Benic
Added March 31, 2010 with 47 photos
The House Begins Debate on the Heath Care Reform Bill in Washington
A member of Congress holds an American flag as protestors gather on the South Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building as the House begins to debate the Heath Care Reform Bill in Washington on March 21, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch