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Midwest Gas Prices Spike Overnight
KickingTiresMemorial Day came and went, and with it went lower gas prices for many in the Midwest. Overnight, gas stations around Chicago and Indianapolis raised prices significantly. In Elgin, Ill., a Chicago suburb, prices rose 40 cents in 24 hours,......Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, California, WGN, Joliet, Chicago
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U.S. Gas Consumption Could Drop 20% in 20 Years
KickingTiresA storm of factors, from a decline in demand to more fuel-efficient vehicles, will lead to a long-term decline in U.S. gas demand, according to a recent report from The Associated Press. By 2030, gasoline use in the U.S. will......Tags: Weather, Renewable Energy, Weather Reports, National Government, Vehicles
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Obama gets economic tour underway
The Swampby John McCormick RALEIGH, N.C. - The general election presidential campaign debate over pocketbook issues got underway in earnest today, as Sen. Barack Obama's economic policy team teed-up a speech he is about to give here. (The speech, as prepared......Tags: Wisconsin, Bankruptcy, Energy Saving, Government Health Care, Credit and Debt
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Oil's well: Digging into Iraq, not off-shore
The SwampIn this 2006 file photo, the Discoverer Deep Seas drillship sits on station off the coast of Louisiana as Chevron drills for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) by Mark Silva It appears that Western oil......Tags: Energy Saving, Marketing, Trade Policy, Commodity Markets, Louisiana
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Court slices Exxon Valdez damage award
The SwampBy James Oliphant The Supreme Court Wednesday chopped a titanic punitive damage award leveled at Exxon Mobil Corp. over the calamitous 1989 tanker accident and oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound. The court reduced the award from $2.5 billion......Tags: William of Wales, John Paul Stevens
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Obama's a socialist corporate tool?
The Swampby Frank James One day, Sen. John McCain is pushing the notion that Sen. Barack Obama is a socialist intent on spreading the wealth of higher-paid Americans to lower-income Americans. Today, McCain was pitching the idea that Obama was a......Tags: Petroleum Industry, John McCain, Barack Obama, Ohio, Politics
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Exxon: Record profits smash own record
The Swampby Mark Silva Here's news that the economy isn't entirely in the tank -- or maybe that it is: Exxon Mobil Corp. today reported a profit of $45.2 billion for 2008 -- breaking its own record for a U.S. company,......Tags: Texas, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Ford's Theatre: Obama invited, expected
The Swampby Mark Silva In pursuit of his homages to Abraham Lincoln, President Barack Obama's expected appearance at Ford's Theatre tonight may strike some as, well, dramatic. The actor James Earl Jones and CBS news anchor Katie Couric are among the......Tags: Star Wars (movie), Abraham Lincoln, George Lucas, Barack Obama, National Government
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Rosenthal: Jamie Dimon survives a scare
Back when Jamie Dimon still lived in Chicago, before he had ascended to the top of New York-based JPMorgan Chase, his Gold Coast home earned a reputation each Halloween as a must-visit destination, drawing trick-or-treaters from well beyond the...
Tags: Gold Coast, AFSCME, Museum of Natural History, Halloween, Jamie Dimon
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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...
Tags: Prisons, Richard Nixon, Bethlehem Township (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Daniel Ellsberg
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Pennsylvania ethics uproar is over peanuts
Worrywarts are going overboard when they question the tributes afforded to a couple of Pennsylvania's esteemed leaders and their wives. You say Gov. Tom Corbett and his wife accepted a little over $11,000 in goodies from business big shots and...
Tags: Ethics, Business Enterprises, Judges, Range Resources Corporation, Chesapeake Energy Corp.
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