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Headlines for you at this hour. about 100 survivors of that explosion on an oil rig are being checked out at hospitals near new orleans. they arrived to waiting family members before dawn. coast guard still searching for 11 missing workers on that rig and they have two cutters and a helicopter out searching. four people, meantime, in critical condition. the airline industry predicting losses will top $2 billion in the wake of that eruption of the volcano in iceland. theyre looking for compensati...

Prosecutors decided not to charge him after a college student accused him of sexually assaulting her in a nightclub back in march. coming up, well discuss whats next with ben with rich, big daddy delgado. >> rumors theyll try to trade them last night. >> the airline industry predicting losses will top $2 billion in the wake of the eruption of that volcano in iceland. theyre looking for compensation now from european governments. civil aviation authorities are defending decisions to close the ski...

Meteor logic office indicates the plume is going up to about 10,000 feet here and the winds carry it higher still as it goes towards northern europe. thats why its causing problems at the scandinavian airport. this has been pretty much a constant, steady eruption since monday. there is no indication of when its going to end. but it seems to be that the explosive phase we saw on the weekend is definitely over and now we are having this constant flow of ash thats going to continue indefinitely may...

>> a connection in paris. to have four or five days in paris, at least i got to see it. >> now were home. >> we dont believe were in atlanta, but -- >> feels great. >> feels great. >> a nice burrito. >> right now theres no word on how long this reprieve will last. but a new eruption could force new closures at any time. the volcano is spewing out 80% less ash than the first day, and the airplanes really took a hit from all this. at least $1.7 billion. and get this -- many airplanes say that the ...

Cars later and hundreds and hundreds and -- well, thousands of euros. hopefully well get home this morning, today. >> i think people are tired. i think people who managed to get on are happy to get on, but its still a 40-hour journey, so its not easy, but people have been incredibly resourceful on getting back. the shutdown cost airlines more than $1.7 billion through yesterday. and cnns gary tuchman is near the volcano in iceland. so, gary, we hear the eruption seems to be calming down. >> re...

Louisiana. 126 workers were aboard that platform. no deaths have been reported. meantime, crews continue to battle a fire on the platform. the cause of exactly what happened here unknown at this time. airspace throughout northern and central europe gradually reopening this morning. ash from icelands erupting volcano falling to insignificant levels. more than 95,000 flights were canceled in the last week alone because of all that ash. its still a rough ride, though, for passengers. it could take ...

A look at our top stories. a huge rescue operation in the gulf of mexico. the u.s. coast guard helped evacuate workers. seven people are critically injured and another 12 are missing. planes are taking off and landing again in europe. its been a week since flights were grounded because of thick ash from a volcanic eruption in iceland. and now a lot of strategy, international passengers trying to get to their destinationing. the airlines have lost almost $2 billion because of all of this not ...

>> reporter: thats the volcano that we affectionatally call e-15, "e" for the first letter and the next 15 letters that are hard for english speakers to pronounce. to the left of this is another one in the distance, called katla, which is a much more powerful volcano historically when it erupts and the president of iceland caused some controversy this week when he said this volcano is a dress rehearsal for katla. it angered tourism officials because theyre scared it will people from coming. but ...

For apple. the company reporting its net income jumped 90% during the first quarter of the year, ending in march. apple stock received a boost of the sale of nearly 9 million iphone, more than double the number sold a year ago. the hot-selling ipad not part of apples latest earnings report, not going on sale until april 3. two major airlines beginning work on a possible merger, which could create the worlds biggest airline. united and continental began exchanging information over the weekend. th...

Described as critical. this happened 52 miles southeast of venice, louisiana, the facility has been drilling for gas and oil on the spot since january. now, no one knows yet what sparked the explosion. one possible answer is a pressurized eruption of oil and gas. its what the industry calls a blowout. >> apparently in this case, it wasnt controlled, and it must have had an equipment failure as well. the blowout prevent thats supposed to prevent anything like this occurring. >> right now, the coa...