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A worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, is attempted to be trapped by booms Thursday, July 29, 2010.
(photo: AP / Paul Sancya)
Estimate Rises of Oil Spill in Michigan
The New York Times
| BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — More than one million gallons of oil may have spilled from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River this week, significantly more than the pipeline’s owner initially estimated, federal officials said. Related | The Lede Blog: YouTube Video of Michigan Oil Spill (July 2...
 Poland 2007. Oil Stations in Poland :BP , Statoil,  LOTOS,  Orlen. Oil and gas prices in Poland.  Polish Rafineries in EU. (mb1) WN Photographer
(photo: WN/Marzena Bozek)
Statoil Q2 profits surge on higher oil prices, production
Star Tribune
| OSLO, Norway - Norwegian oil company Statoil ASA said second-quarter net profit surged to 3.6 billion kroner ($584 million) from only 77 million kroner a year earlier, as increased production and rising oil prices offset a weak natural gas market. | Quarterly revenue rose to 129 billion kroner fro...
Small-Business Bill Falters on Senate Partisanship
The New York Times
| WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday rejected a bill to aid small businesses with expanded loan programs and tax breaks, a procedural blockade that underscored how fiercely determined the party’s leaders are to deny Democrats any...
Modern Odysseys
The New York Times
| NEW YORK — Now about to circle back to London after 30 years, I’ve been thinking about my family’s odyssey. We lose sight of the long arc of things in the rapid ricocheting of modern life. | This is just one story among many, with...
US officials discuss new consumer agency
Fresno Bee
| The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/29/2023132/us-officials-discuss-new-consumer.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | Geithner: Choosing consumer chief is up to Obama Geithner:...
For 15th House District, A Complicated Race
Hartford Courant
By DAVID DRURY, Special to The Courant | A spirited, three-way Democratic primary all but certainly will determine who will serve the next two years as representative for the 15th House District. | The seat, covering a large portion of Bloomfield and...
** FILE ** In this March 1, 2004 file photo, motorcyclists fill up their bikes with petrol at a futuristic PetroChina gas station in Wuhai, in China's Inner Mongolia region. PetroChina said Monday April 28, 2008, its first quarter profits fell 31.5 percent due to government price controls. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)hg3
AP Photo / Greg Baker, File
China Dalian adds pipeline, main oil berth still shut
The Times Of India
BEIJING: PetroChina has installed a temporary crude pipeline at its largest oil berth in China's Dalian port, after a blast damaged the pipeline to receiving 300,000-tonne tankers,...
Bottled Mineral Water - Drinking Water
WN / Sweet Radoc
Activists urge state to use less bottled water
The Boston Globe
| State lawmakers and environmental activists yesterday urged Governor Deval Patrick to reduce the amount of money the administration spends on bottled water. | They called on Patr...
McDonald's Fast Food - Customers
WN / Aldrin Leyba
McDonald's Toy Probed After Conn. Safety Complaint
The New York Times
| Filed at 5:28 p.m. ET | HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Federal consumer safety officials are investigating a complaint that a 4-year-old Connecticut boy nearly strangled himself with a ...
On the Call: Goodyear President-CEO Richard Kramer
Fresno Bee
| The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/29/2022946/on-the-call-goodyear-president.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | EPA releases data on local toxics EPA releases data on local ...
Lawmakers Call On Six Firms to Claw Back Bonuses
The New York Times
| More than 40 members of Congress called on six big financial firms on Thursday to halt their executive bonuses and return money to the government from bonuses that were challenged by Kenneth R. Feinberg, the Treasury’s departing special maste...
Minn.'s Pawlenty gazes south at Iowa as 2012 looms
Star Tribune
| ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican Tim Pawlenty lacks Sarah Palin's pizazz, Mitt Romney's bucks, Newt Gingrich's connections and Mike Huckabee's religious pedigree. What Minnesota's governor has to boost his national political aspirations is a shared bor...
USA
Ike Thacker, center, holds a sign as he joins others in protesting the Arizona immigration law outside the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, July 29, 2010.
(photo: AP / Ed Reinke)
Weakened Arizona immigrant rules still draw protests
The Star
| PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona brought in a weakened anti-immigration law on Thursday after a U.S. court blocked its most intrusive provisions and analysts said the court ruling would stall similar tough legislation action in other states. Samuel Aldaraca holds a U.S. flag and a sign outside the Arizona's State Capital after U.S. District Judge Susa...
Business
Some Indonesian families and communities chain up severely mentally ill people
(photo: IRIN / Courtesy Aceh Provincial Health Office)
Mental health advocates ask county to rescind plan
Business Journal
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