Oil reached the coastline late Thursday near the mouth of the Mississippi River in the southern state of Louisiana.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Jordan Cobb, 16, from Plymouth, jumped from the Torpoint ferry into the River Tamar late on New Year's Eve.

BBC: Jordan Cobb search: Police losing hope of finding him alive

In what has come to be known as the Pachang Creek incident, four workers were swept away by raging torrents of river water in late July while rescuers from the army and police argued over who had the proper jurisdiction.

CNN: The 100-Day Itch

President Bush traveled by motorcade across the Potomac River to Arlington, Virginia, late Wednesday afternoon to view the damage.

CNN: No hope of finding more survivors at Pentagon