Friday, December 31, 2010

ESPN NEWS Anchor Will Selva gets Suspended after Plagiarising Orange County Register Column

ESPN has suspended Will Selva for an indefinite period according to AOL's Fanhouse following Tuesday's show after Selva used words from a newspaper column without attributing them to the author of the original story.
Selva, an anchor for the overnight "Highlight Express" show on ESPN NEWS, took words directly from Kevin Ding's column in the Orange Country Register to set up game highlights for Tuesday's game between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs.
In an initial statement released from ESPN, Selva said he cut and pasted Ding's words into his script, but forgot to write his own words.
Selva, who has held an anchor position at ESPN for three years, apologized Wednesday for his plagiarism mistake.
"I made a horrible mistake and I'm deeply sorry. I did not live up to my high standards or ESPN's," Selva admitted in the statement. "I sincerely apologize for my sloppiness, especially to Kevin Ding, viewers and colleagues. In my 15 years in broadcast journalism, nothing like this has ever happened and I will make every effort to ensure it won't happen again."
According to ESPN's statement, Selva had been researching stories to prepare his script for the broadcast and came across Ding's column.
"This is something we take extremely seriously and we've taken appropriate action," said Josh Krulewitz, an ESPN spokesman. "We looked into how it happened and found that this very bad mistake was made because he should have been more thorough, even on deadline, not because he was intentionally trying to claim someone else's work as his own."
As for Selva's suspension, a network source said the length of the punishment is for an undisclosed period of time.
Ding heard the broadcast after returning to his hotel room Tuesday night. He responsed on his blog::
"Hey, Will Selva of ESPNNEWS. Glad you liked my last column so much. Try not to plagiarize it next time. ... Honestly, it wasn't my best lead, come to think of it. Sorry about that, Will. Unbelievable."

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Heaviest December Snowfall in Six Decades

Heaviest December Snowfall in Six Decades

New York City’s major airports remained closed after the heaviest December snowfall in six decades left travelers in the Northeast struggling amid waist- high drifts and blinding winds.

Central Park had 20 inches (51 centimeters) of snow by 8 a.m., the most for the month since 1948, the National Weather Service said. Skies cleared by daybreak while the agency issued blizzard warnings for Boston and into Maine.

The storm forced airlines to cancel more than 6,000 flights since yesterday. John F. Kennedy International and New Jersey’s Newark Liberty will reopen at 6 p.m., and LaGuardia Airport’s resumption time is undetermined, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s website.

“It is horrendous in the New York City area,” Tom Kines, a meteorologist at State College, Pennsylvania-based AccuWeather Inc., said by telephone. “This is about as bad as it gets. There may have been storms that equaled this, but it doesn’t get much worse than this. To get this much snow with the amount of wind that is accompanying it, that is devastating.”

The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market said they would keep normal hours today. The New York Mercantile Exchange delayed the opening of floor trading until 11 a.m., while electronic trading was unaffected.

Getting Around

“They pay me good money to be here,” said Vinny Stavola, an Oppenheimer & Co. convertible trader, who trekked from Staten Island to get to work in midtown Manhattan by 6:30 a.m. “It doesn’t take a heroic effort to get to work, just a little dedication.”

The storm, with winds gusting to 30 mph (48 kph), began in New York at midday yesterday. The 20 inches measured in Central Park was the most since late February, when a storm dropped 20.9 inches over a two-day period, Pete Wichrowski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Upton, New York, said in a telephone interview.

The day after Christmas is one of the five busiest shopping days of the year, and it may take retailers two weeks to capture sales lost yesterday, said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD Group Inc., a research firm based in Port Washington, New York.

Amtrak Operations

Amtrak resumed operations between New York and Boston today after canceling services late yesterday. Metro-North commuter trains resumed their runs at midday after being halted by wind- blown snow, as the Long Island Rail Road remained closed, according to a statement on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority website.

NJ Transit, which transports about 170,000 commuters to and from New York City daily, suspended bus service as of 8:30 p.m. yesterday, according to a statement. Rail service will run a modified holiday schedule on all routes today except the Atlantic City line, which will operate on a weekday schedule, and trains for the morning commute were experiencing 15 minute delays, the agency said.

Four hundred subway passengers were aboard an A train that was stuck in Queens for more than six hours, until it could be pushed to a station by another train. The Coney Island area was without subway service.

New Jersey Shutdowns

As much as 29 inches of snow was reported in Bergen County, New Jersey, while Union County had as much as 26, the Weather Service said. Winds gusted to almost 70 mph in some areas. Interstate 280 westbound, one of the main approaches to downtown Newark, was almost deserted at 8 a.m. and acting Governor Stephen Sweeney ordered state offices closed.

New York City will have 365 salt spreaders and 1,700 snowplows on the streets, and sanitation department employees will work 12-hour shifts, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday at a press conference. Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP.

Consolidated Edison Inc. reported there were 6,167 customers in Queens, New York, and 1,811 in Westchester County without power.

Boston and its suburbs may receive as much as 18 inches from the storm before it ends tomorrow, said Alan Dunham, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Taunton, Massachusetts. Part of central Massachusetts may receive as much as 22 inches.

National Grid Plc, which provides electricity in New York and Massachusetts, was reporting power outages at 14 sites throughout New York and Massachusetts affecting about 29,727 homes and businesses. The largest was in Norfolk, Massachusetts, where 10,902 customers were without power.

Flights Grounded

U.S. carriers have canceled at least 3,229 flights so far today, after cutting more than 3,334 yesterday, as they wait for airports to reopen in the Northeast, spokesmen said. Airlines in some cases grounded flights ahead of the storm to keep planes from getting stuck at closed facilities.

Delta Air Lines Inc. cut 875 flights systemwide today, said Trebor Banstetter, an airline spokesman.

“As the weather clears, we are aiming to resume normal operations late Monday and into Tuesday across the East Coast,” Banstetter said in an e-mail.

Continental Airlines and its regional partner carriers have canceled 800 flights for today, while United grounded 175, said Mike Trevino, a spokesman for United Continental Holdings Inc. The carrier expects to resume flights out of New York-area airports and Boston in the afternoon, he said.

More Cancellations

Southwest Airlines Co. cut 188 flights today, primarily in Norfolk and Boston, said Brad Hawkins, a spokesman for the Dallas-based carrier. It expects to resume flights in some northeastern U.S. airports about mid-day, he said.

US Airways Group Inc. canceled 550 flights today, mostly into and out of New York, Philadelphia and Boston, said Jim Olson, a spokesman. Flights into Boston are set to resume after 11 a.m. today, he said.

American Airlines and its commuter carrier, American Eagle, canceled 411 flights today, said Ed Martelle, a spokesman. The two airlines cut 427 flights yesterday.

JetBlue Airways Corp. scrubbed more than 300 flights today after cutting 270 yesterday, Mateo Lleras, a spokesman for the New York-based carrier, said in an e-mail.

“Today we’re also dealing with closed runways, roads that are barely passable and trains and buses that are not running,” JetBlue told customers today in a company blog. “In many cases, conditions are not safe for our crewmembers or our customers to get to the airports, where it’s even possible.”

Southern Snowfall

The storm also brought snow as far south as parts of Jacksonville, Florida, AccuWeather said on its website.

The storm system began in the South over the Christmas holiday. Four inches of snow fell in Chattanooga, Tennessee, while 8 inches was reported in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Environment Canada issued a blizzard warning yesterday for northeastern New Brunswick and warned of heavy snow or rain in the rest of the Maritime provinces today. Sixteen inches of snow may fall in New Brunswick, and rain may accompany the snow in Nova Scotia.

Winds may gust to 87 mph (140 kph) in eastern Nova Scotia and 80 mph in western Newfoundland, the agency said.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Adrienne N. Martin Found Dead in the Home of former Anheuser-Busch CEO

The death of a 27 year old woman was reported and confirmed shortly thereafter. Investigators are still not sure of the cause. The name of the deceased is Adrienne N. Martin.

There is plenty of information to be found out about Adrienne N. Martin. Why was she ins the house of August Busch IV the CEO of Busch? Well apparently she was an aspiring beer model and it can’t hurt to rub elbows or other things with the guy that can get you the job, right? Adrienne N. Martin had other ambitions as well however.
Busch, 46, was chief executive at Anheuser-Busch from 2006 till the maker of Budweiser, Bud Light and other beers was purchased by InBev in 2008. The $52 billion merger developed the world’s largest brewery. Busch remains a member with the board of directors for InBev.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Matt Cassel active for game

Matt Cassel active for game

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel, who missed last week's game following an appendectomy, has been listed as active for Sunday's crucial game against the St. Louis Rams.

It was not immediately clear if Cassel, the Chiefs' regular starter, would begin the game under center or on the sidelines backing up Brodie Croyle.

The Chiefs' third quarterback Tyler Palko was listed as inactive. He can only play if Cassel and Croyle are both unavailable.

The Chiefs (8-5) must beat the Rams to remain alone in first place in the AFC West. Coach Todd Haley said a decision between Cassel and Croyle would probably not be made until just before the game.

Reporters who saw Cassel early in Friday's practice noted he was throwing the ball with more velocity and appeared to be doing more with the offense in practice.

Cassel sat out last week against the Chargers while the Chiefs, behind Croyle, had one of their worst offensive showings ever and lost 31-0 at San Diego.

Monday, October 11, 2010

5.1 magnitude Earthquake hits Pakistan



5.1 magnitude earthquake hits Islamabad today on 11 oct 2010 at 2:50 AM. The center of earthquake is 35 km far from Islamabad.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Dan Rostenkowski Former U.S. Congressman, dies at 82

Former U.S. Congressman Dan Rostenkowski speaks to members of the City Club of Chicago during a luncheon, in this April 16, 1998 file photo. Rostenkowski, who as Congress' chief tax-writer was one of most powerful U.S.  politicians in the 1980s and early 1990s until brought down by a corruption conviction and a 17-month prison sentence, has died at age 82, according to media reports on August 11, 2010.
 

Former U.S. Congressman Dan Rostenkowski speaks to members of the City Club of Chicago during a luncheon, in this April 16, 1998 file photo. Rostenkowski, who as Congress' chief tax-writer was one of most powerful U.S. politicians in the 1980s and early 1990s until brought down by a corruption conviction and a 17-month prison sentence, has died at age 82, according to media reports on August 11, 2010.



Illinois Democrat one of the most powerful politicians in the 80s


Dan Rostenkowski, who as Congress' chief tax-writer was one of most powerful U.S. politicians in the 1980s and early 1990s until brought down by a corruption conviction and a 17-month prison sentence, has died at age 82.

The office of an alderman in Rostenkowski's old congressional district in Chicago on Wednesday confirmed his death.

As chairman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee for 13 years starting in 1981, the Illinois Democrat had a hand in some of the most important legislation of that period.

But a federal grand jury indicted him on felony corruption charges in 1994, and he eventually pleaded guilty to mail fraud.

Just last March, another Democrat who led the Ways and Means Committee, Charles Rangel, was forced to step down as chairman in the face of ethics charges.

Even as federal prosecutors closed in on him, Rostenkowski worked to get then-President Bill Clinton's healthcare plan though his committee, a mark of the political skills he learned as the son of a Chicago alderman.

Born on January 2, 1928 in Chicago, Rostenkowski attended Loyola University. He then entered the famed political machine of former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, and at 24 became the Illinois House's youngest member.

In 1958 he was elected to the House, where he became known as Daley's man in Congress. After Daley died in 1976, Rostenkowski gained a reputation for his ability to make deals, twist arms, call in debts and get things done.

He took over a badly fractured Ways and Means Committee, and after suffering defeats by newly elected Republican President Ronald Reagan, worked to rebuild its authority.

Rostenkowski derived some of his power by hand-picking loyal members secure enough in their own districts to cast votes that were sometimes unpopular back home.

The results included the landmark 1990 and 1993 deficit reduction plans and a 1986 tax reform bill.

But then federal investigators spent two years interviewing witnesses to build a case against the legend in Congress known as "Rosty." Among the charges against him were trading in stamps purchased for official business in return for money, keeping "ghost" employees on his payroll and buying gifts like expensive chairs for friends with House funds.

Rostenkowski remained respected and even feared throughout a two-year investigation. In his home district of Chicago, he proved his popularity by being easily renominated.

But after the indictments, he was defeated in 1994 by Republican Michael Flanagan. Flanagan in turn lost his seat in 1996 to Democrat Rod Blagojevich, who is currently awaiting a verdict in a corruption trial relating to his tenure as governor of Illinois.

In 1994 Republicans used Rostenkowski as the symbol for a House controlled by Democrats for a half century. Republicans took control of Congress that fall.

After his release from prison, Rostenkowski became a political consultant and commentator. Clinton pardoned him in 2000.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Browser-based iOS 'jailbreak' utilizes 'scary' PDF security hole

The latest browser-based "jailbreak" for iOS devices, including the iPhone 4, utilizes a PDF exploit that one prominent security expert called both "scary" and "very beautiful work."

Sean Sullivan, security advisor with F-Secure Corporation, revealed on Tuesday the technical details of the jailbreak process, which is done entirely in the Mobile Safari browser. The jailbreakme.com site includes 20 separate PDFs for different combinations of hardware and firmware.

The same PDF files crash both Adobe Reader and Foxit on Windows platforms, relying on a corrupt font. On the iPhone, PDF viewing is built into the Safari browser, and the attack crashes the Compact Font Format handler.

Sullivan also linked to comments made via Twitter by security researcher Charlie Miller, who was also analyzing the code behind the browser-based jailbreak.

"Very beautiful work," Miller wrote. "Scary how it totally defeats Apple's security architecture."

While the jailbreakme.com URL itself is not intended for malicious purposes, the PDF exploit it uses could be utilized by hackers to more nefarious ends. Miller said that with this method, a hacker does not need physical access to an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad -- they just simply need to have the user visit a vulnerable website.

Last year, Miller exposed a dangerous SMS exploit that could allow a hacker to remotely control an iPhone. He notified Apple of the flaw, and the company quickly released a patch to plug the exploit.

Apple is likely to quickly act once again and plug the vulnerability that affects all iOS devices -- all models of the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. When that happens, hackers who want to jailbreak iOS devices to run unauthorized code and operating system modifications blocked by Apple will have to find another method.

The member of the iPhone Dev Team who goes by the handle "comex" said this week that he has other potential exploits he will look to when Apple inevitably patches the PDF flaw.

"Maybe I'll rely on USB based stuff for the next jailbreak so that Apple won't patch it so fast," he said.


Jailbreak


Ironically, jailbreakers have already developed a workaround solution that can help users avoid being hacked through the PDF exploit. Developer Will Strafach on Tuesday released an application available on the jailbroken Cydia store that will warn users when a Mobile Safari page is loading a PDF file. The solution does not patch the hole, but helps to prevent users from visiting sites with all PDF files to avoid the exploit.

Nissan, Hyundai Extend Gains as U.S. Auto Sales Cool in July

Nissan Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. led U.S. gains in July among major automakers as sales for most large competitors in the market cooled amid consumer concerns that the economy may weaken.

Nissan, Japan’s third-largest automaker, said sales rose 15 percent and Seoul-based Hyundai reported a 19 percent increase. Deliveries fell 3.2 percent at Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s biggest carmaker, and 2 percent at Honda Motor Co.

“It’s companies that really focus on retail sales that are coming through this year,” said James Bell, industry analyst for Kelley Blue Book in Irvine, California. “We see that with Ford, and certainly with Nissan and Hyundai. Interest in all Hyundai vehicles has been buoyed by the introduction of Tucson and Sonata. Nissan’s core products have all been shined up in the past year, and retail buyers are noticing.”

Nissan and Hyundai managed increases as many potential customers shunned showrooms amid signs that the economic recovery is slowing. A U.S. jobless rate that remains at a 27-year high helped push the New York-based Conference Board’s measure of consumer sentiment to the lowest in five months.

Industrywide sales grew 5.2 percent, faster than the 4.2 percent increase for carmakers based in Japan and South Korea, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Sales rose 6.4 percent for General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker; 3.3 percent for Ford Motor Co.; and 8.9 percent for Chrysler Group LLC.

The percentages aren’t adjusted for one more sales day last month than in July 2009. Some automaker report adjusted figures.

“July had the opportunity to be such a great month. It started out strong, but definitely didn’t finish strong,” said Jessica Caldwell, senior analyst at Edmunds.com, an automotive research website in Santa Monica, California.

U.S. market share for Asian companies fell to 48.2 percent in July, from 48.7 percent a year earlier. The U.S.-based companies’ share rose 0.1 percentage point to 43.7 percent.

Toyota

Toyota, the largest Asia-based automaker, sold 169,224 Toyota, Lexus and Scion models last month, down from 174,872 a year earlier. Bob Carter, head of Toyota-brand sales in the U.S., said the results were “very good” given the effect of the so-called cash-for-clunkers government incentives that began in the year-earlier month.

“Last July was a particularly good month for us,” as a result of the federal program, Carter said in a conference call yesterday. Toyota led the industry in July in retail sales, or deliveries to non-fleet customers, he said.

July showed a return to normal trade-in conditions for the first time this year, with more customers swapping vehicles from rival brands than repeat Toyota buyers, Carter said.

“Our trade-ins appear to be 43 percent Toyota, 57 percent competitive makes, which is where we were historically,” he said.

Lexus Repair

Deliveries for Lexus were held back by a sales suspension of the HS hybrid sedan that lasted most of the month, said Mark Templin, head of the luxury brand in the U.S. The Toyota City, Japan-based company fixed a fuel-system problem that triggered the sales freeze on June 25, and Lexus dealers began repairing vehicles late last week, he said.

Toyota’s U.S. market share in July fell to 16.1 percent, from 17.5 percent a year earlier, according to research firm Autodata Corp., based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Honda, Nissan

Honda, Japan’s second-largest automaker, sold 112,437 Honda and Acura vehicles, a drop from 114,690. The decline was led by its top-selling Accord and Civic cars and Fit hatchbacks, Tokyo- based Honda said in a statement.

Like Toyota, Honda cited the year-earlier effect of the cash-for-clunkers program. Honda’s market share declined 0.8 percentage point to 10.7 percent, according to Autodata.

Nissan, growing at its fastest pace in the U.S. since 2004, reported sales of 82,337 Nissan and Infiniti models last month, an increase from 71,847 a year earlier. Light trucks led the growth, surging 52 percent. Car sales, dominated by the Altima sedan, fell 0.1 percent.

“It seems the news has turned more negative on the economy, but our floor traffic was really good in July,” Al Castignetti, vice president of the Yokohama, Japan-based company’s U.S. sales unit, said in an interview. “The people who were coming in to our dealerships were buyers.”

Nissan’s market share rose to 7.8 percent, from 7.2 percent in July 2009. Its U.S. sales have gained 25 percent this year.

Hyundai, South Korea’s largest automaker, sold 54,106 vehicles in July, a record for the month. Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai’s affiliate, said its sales rose 21 percent to 35,419.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

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Looks like nick.com/iwin is experiencing some major site visitor overload (honestly, who doesn’t want a piece of the bedroom featured on iCarly’s “iGot a Hot Room” episode that aired July 30?)…
Keep trying to get to nick.com/iwin – you will eventually get through! The iCarly iWin a Hot Room Sweepstakes has 7 sweet room items up for grabs, including the ice cream sandwich bench, cupcake table and gummy lights.
Good luck!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

China oil spill doubles in size, called 'severe threat'


Greenpeace volunteer says crude is 'as sticky as asphalt'


In this photo released by Greenpeace, a firefighter submerged in thick oil during an attempt to fix an underwater pump is brought ashore by his colleagues in Dalian, China on Tuesday.
BEIJING — China's largest reported oil spill emptied beaches along the Yellow Sea as its size doubled Wednesday, while cleanup efforts included straw mats and frazzled workers with little more than rubber gloves.
An official warned the spill posed a "severe threat" to sea life and water quality as China's latest environmental crisis spread off the shores of Dalian, once named China's most livable city.
One cleanup worker has drowned, his body coated in crude.
"I've been to a few bays today and discovered they were almost entirely covered with dark oil," said Zhong Yu with environmental group Greenpeace China, who spent the day on a boat inspecting the spill.

"The oil is half-solid and half liquid and is as sticky as asphalt," she told The Associated Press by telephone.
The oil had spread over 165 square miles (430 square kilometers) of water five days since a pipeline at the busy northeastern port exploded, hurting oil shipments from part of China's strategic oil reserves to the rest of the country. Shipments remained reduced Wednesday.
State media has said no more oil is leaking into the sea, but the total amount of oil spilled is not yet clear.
Greenpeace China released photos Wednesday of inky beaches and of straw mats about 2 square meters (21 square feet) in size scattered on the sea, meant to absorb the oil.
Fishing in the waters around Dalian has been banned through the end of August, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
"The oil spill will pose a severe threat to marine animals, and water quality, and the sea birds," Huang Yong, deputy bureau chief for the city's Maritime Safety Administration, told Dragon TV.
At least one person died during cleanup efforts. A 25-year-old firefighter, Zhang Liang, drowned Tuesday when a wave threw him from a vessel, Xinhua reported.
Officials, oil company workers and volunteers were turning out by the hundreds to clean blackened beaches.

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      Workers pull a struggling colleague to safety in the Chinese port of Dalian, Liaoning province.

"We don't have proper oil cleanup materials, so our workers are wearing rubber gloves and using chopsticks," an official with the Jinshitan Golden Beach Administration Committee told the Beijing Youth Daily newspaper, in apparent exasperation.
"This kind of inefficiency means the oil will keep coming to shore. ... This stretch of oil is really difficult to clean up in the short term."
But 40 oil-skimming boats and about 800 fishing boats were also deployed to clean up the spill, and Xinhua said more than 15 kilometers (9 miles) of oil barriers had been set up to keep the slick from spreading.
China Central Television earlier reported an estimate of 1,500 tons of oil has spilled. That would amount roughly to 400,000 gallons (1,500,000 liters) — as compared with 94 million to 184 million gallons in the BP oil spill off the U.S. coast.
China's State Oceanic Administration released the latest size of the contaminated area in a statement Tuesday.
The cause of the explosion that started the spill was still not clear. The pipeline is owned by China National Petroleum Corp., Asia's biggest oil and gas producer by volume.
Friday's images of 100-foot-high (30-meter-high) flames at China's second largest port for crude oil imports drew the immediate attention of President Hu Jintao and other top leaders. Now the challenge is cleaning up the greasy plume.
"Our priority is to collect the spilled oil within five days to reduce the possibility of contaminating international waters," Dalian's vice mayor, Dai Yulin, told Xinhua on Tuesday.
But an official with the State Oceanic Administration has warned the spill will be difficult to clean up even in twice that amount of time.
Some locals said the area's economy was already hurting.
"Let's wait and see how well they deal with the oil until Sept. 1, if the oil can't be cleaned up by then, the seafood products will all be ruined," an unnamed fisherman told Dragon TV. "No one will buy them in the market because of the smell of the oil."


People's Liberation Army soldiers place protective booms to control the spread of leaked crude oil at a beach in Dalian, Liaoning province, China on Wednesday, July 21. (Reuters)


Chinese firefighters work in heavy oil near the coast of Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province on Tuesday, July 20. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded late last week, sparking a massive fire that burned for 15 hours. (AP)


Rescuers help two workers, one of whom saved a struggling colleague from drowning, in the Chinese port of Dalian on July 20. The workers were caught in some of the 1,500 tons of crude which spilled into the sea following an attempt to fix an underwater pump. Chinese officials said a third of the oil had been collected and they expect to resume oil imports by the end of the week. (Jiang He / AP)


Crude oil floats in the sea in Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province on Sunday, July 18. (Zheng He / EPA)


A Chinese worker tries to soak up oil from a spill in the sea near Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province on July 18. (AP)


Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in Dalian, Liaoning Province of China, on Saturday, July 17. (ChinaFotoPress / Getty Images Contributor)


Firefighters are silhouetted by flames towering from a pipeline explosion at a Chinese port in Dalian in northern China's Liaoning province on July 17. The oil pipeline at the busy Chinese port exploded, causing a massive fire that burned for 15 hours before being extinguished. (AP)