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Enron's Jeff Skilling doesn't deserve a break
As if you didn't know this already, we're coddling criminals in America. By that I don't mean the petty drug dealers, three-strikes necklace-snatchers and other mooks filling up our state prisons; many of them are doing hard time. I'm talking about...Tags: Insider Trading, Litigation, Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance, Securities
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Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...
Tags: Autism, Substance Abuse, ADHD, Depression, Social Issues
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Tesoro gets state and federal clearance to buy BP's Arco assets
State and federal authorities cleared the way Friday for Tesoro Corp. to buy BP's Carson refinery, the Arco brand and other assets, and the Texas oil giant agreed to California restrictions on prices, jobs and retrofits to protect the environment. The...
Tags: Kamala D. Harris, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Global Warming, BP Plc
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Obama Debases Trust In Government
The Hartford CourantLast week was amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shock about such government's large capacity for misbehavior. And, entertainingly, the answer to the question "Will Barack Obama's scandals...Tags: Nicaragua, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Mitt Romney, U.S. Senate, Benghazi
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Jimmy Orth: Better plan needed for water conservation
In a recent May 8 op-ed, Colleen Castille said that "today, we're too far down the road of water consumption to turn back, but we can move forward with a better plan." I wholeheartedly agree that Florida needs a better plan, one that aggressively focuses...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Pollution, Water Supply, Tampa, Plant Openings
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Questions Persist For Power Couple; Rep. Esty Returns More Campaign Funds
The Hartford CourantAn unusual cocktail of politics, electricity and matrimony gives a provocative flavor to the story of an environmental group's lawsuit over wind-turbine developers' illegal clear-cutting of 2.5 acres of state forest on Canaan Mountain in 2010. The suit...Tags: Elizabeth Esty, Justice System, Elections, Solar Energy, Republican Party
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Dow, S&P end at records, stocks mark fourth week of gains
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up shares of growth companies. The Dow and the S&P 500 finished...Tags: Theravance Incorporated, Sony Corp., Warren Buffett, Book, GlaxoSmithKline PLC
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'Green' gas plans offer climate-friendly home heating
Guest blogger“Would you like to buy a carbon offset with your purchase today?” That’s a question you hear more often when you rent a car or buy groceries at MOM’S Organic Markets. Now, you also have that option when you buy natural gas to...Tags: Gold Standard Incorporated, Home Heating, Prices, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Petroleum Industry
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Thieves get creative when stealing radiators from Hutch salvage yard
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsMost people cannot pick up a car, but someone found a way to move a Cadillac. Then, they stole what was hiding underneath. Now a Hutchinson business is out thousands of dollars. Silas Manche goes to work with a mission. He pulls valuable parts out of...Tags: Criminals, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Theft
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U.S. Republicans see IRS scandal parallel in EPA info requests
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Friday began an investigation into whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency greatly favored left-leaning environmentalists over conservative groups when granting fee waivers for requests to...Tags: Justice System, Science and Technology, David Vitter, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Public hearing scheduled on proposed budget for Funkstown
holly.shok@herald-mail.comProperty tax rates are expected to increase in the upcoming fiscal year, but Funkstown residents will not pay more because of low property assessments, according to a town official. The town’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year calls...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, The Herald-Mail, Water Supply, Energy Saving
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Oil price probe widens, senator wants Justice Department help
ReutersLONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A European probe into possible oil price manipulation expanded with the investigation of a small niche trading house in the Netherlands, while a key U.S. senator on Friday called for the Justice Department to join the...Tags: Ethanol, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Money and Monetary Policy, Petroleum Industry, Royal Dutch Shell Plc
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