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2010 News Quotes Quiz: Who Said It?
By not in system - AOL News2010 was such a bumpy ride that this quote epitomizes the year: "Heads down! Stay down!" That's what a flight attendant shouted over and over as an airliner made an emergency landing at New York's JFK Airport in September. Of course, the moment was recorded on cell phone video and watched by millions. Here are 10 more quotes that capture some of the spirit of 2010. Do you know who said each one? Click here to get the answers. 1. "There's no one who wants this thing over more than I do. You know, I'd like my life back." Getty Images | AP 2. "I will take you out, buddy!" AP | ...
2010 News Quotes Quiz: Who Said It? [ANSWERS]
By not in system - AOL NewsHere are the answers to the 2010 Quotes Quiz with details about who said what and why -- plus some information on the people who didn't say these things, but might have. 1. "There's no one who wants this thing over more than I do. You know, I'd like my life back." Answer: C. Tony Hayward All three of the newsmakers we listed surely said this to themselves at some point during this difficult year. In June, Gen. David Petraeus was suddenly given the thankless task of running the war in Afghanistan after Gen. Stanley McCrystal got the boot for deriding administration officials in a Rolling ...
Opinion: Will Durst's 2010 Xmas Wish List
By Will Durst - AOL NewsWishing you all a Very Happy Merry. And no, I'm not falling into that trap. You go out and dance to the beat of whichever winter festival you want to celebrate. Christmas. Hanukkah, Kwanza, Saturnalia, Solstice, noon Tuesday, 420, a December date equal to the square root of the number 625. Whatever. And good on ya. As we say in politically correct San Francisco, "May the corpulent bearded one in the scarlet suit smile upon your chosen shrubbery." Now inevitably some people are going to find their stockings aren't quite stuffed with the egregious booty they were expecting or, most important, ...
Tony Hayward, the BP Exec Who Wanted His Life Back: Where Is He Now?
By Jeanette Friedman - AOL NewsTony Hayward was just one of a host of people who momentarily grabbed the spotlight in 2010 and dominated a news cycle or two while getting their 15 minutes of fame. In this series, AOL News is checking in on 25 of these newsmakers and giving them a 16th minute. Sean Gardner, Pool / Getty Images Former CEO of BP Tony Hayward left his position after a string of public gaffes. Tony Hayward Made News in 2010 When He: Dropped a public-relations disaster on top of an ecological disaster -- the BP CEO said in an interview, "I'd like my life back." The Full Story: On April 20, one of ...
Christine O'Donnell and Tony Hayward Tie for Best Quote of the Year
By JJ Helland - AOL News(Dec. 13) -- She's baaaaacckk. Christine O'Donnell, the tea party favorite who became a household name this fall with her long-shot (and ultimately unsuccessful) bid to become a Delaware senator, is making headlines again. Why, you ask? It turns out a Yale University librarian has put the "I'm not a witch" line from one of her campaign ads at the top of his annual list of the year's best quotes. "It was such a remarkable unconventional quote to be a part of the political discourse," said Fred Shapiro, according to The Associated Press. Here's the ad: O'Donnell had been trying to do ...
Give Thanks That You're Not One of These Turkeys
By Ben Muessig - AOL News
(Nov. 25) -- It's the time of year for giving thanks -- thanks for not being one of the birdbrains behind some of this year's most embarrassing headlines. From dodo politicians to cuckoo celebrities, 2010's headlines have been stuffed with turkeys. Yes, turkeys -- those good-for-nothing newsmakers who have made us flapping mad at one time or another during the year. Here are our choices for the year's biggest news turkeys, complete with rankings of their fowlness. At the bottom of our list, vote on who you think the year's biggest turkey is. Toledo, Ohio, Police ...
Tony Hayward Admits BP Unprepared for Spill
By Theunis Bates - AOL News
LONDON (Nov. 9) -- In his first interview since stepping down as head of BP last month, Tony Hayward has admitted that the company was woefully unprepared to deal with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and he revealed how the disaster almost bankrupted the oil giant. Hayward told the BBC -- which tonight will air an hourlong documentary on the spill titled "BP: $30 Billion Blowout" -- that the company had failed to draw up an emergency plan to plug a leaking deepwater well, and as a result, "we were making it up day to day." John D McHugh, AFP / Getty Images Former BP CEO Tony Hayward, seen ...
BP CEO Hits Back at Media and Politicians
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON (Oct. 25) -- BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley accused some politicians and the media on Monday of being too hasty to pin all the blame on his company for the devastating Gulf of Mexico spill - and emphasized the need for deep-water drilling. In his first major public speech since taking the top job, Dudley also said BP would not pull out of the United States - and that the U.S. needs a company with BP's resources to meet its vast energy needs. Dudley delivered a speech whose mood hovered between firm and penitent, seeking to make clear that BP was learning every lesson possible from the ...
Tony Hayward Defends BP's Safety Record
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Sept. 15) -- Outgoing BP boss Tony Hayward defended his company's safety record during a grilling by British parliamentarians, saying there was "no evidence" that cost-cutting had contributed to the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Speaking before the U.K. Parliament's Energy and Climate Change Committee, Hayward said the oil giant had invested heavily in safety since he took control of the firm in 2007. "In the last three years, we have made safety our first priority at BP," he said, stressing that this "is about more than just rhetoric." Hayward told the committee BP had invested $22 ...
Reports: BP Slacked on North Sea Safety Before Gulf Oil Spill
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- Four of five of BP's North Sea oil installations inspected last year were issued warnings for failing to comply with safety rules in case of oil spills -- just months before the Deepwater Horizon disaster. That's according to inspection records and other internal documents obtained through the Britain's Freedom of Information Act, and excerpted today by two newspapers, The Financial Times and The Daily Telegraph. The reports come as BP's outgoing CEO, Tony Hayward, addresses a parliamentary subcommittee today about the risks of deepwater drilling in Britain. The 2009 ...
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