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Shell asks for more time to resolve Corrib gas issues

<ul><li>SHELL EP Ireland has asked An Bord Pleanala for more time to resolve issues relating to the Corrib gas pipeline.</li><li>The lead Corrib gas developer was given a deadline of next Friday for revised information, followin…

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Oil drops in Asia as stock markets extend slide

<ul><li>BANGKOK – Oil prices extended losses Monday in Asia as stock markets fell and hopes faded for a sudden revival in energy demand.</li><li>Benchmark crude for March delivery was down 23 cents at $72.66 a barrel by early af…

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jim Gallagher column: Now may be the time to buy a house

<ul><li>Jan. 31–If you have a good job and good credit, the next few months might be a sweet time to go house hunting. </li><li>Fence-sitters take the risk that Congress may let a rich tax credit expire, and that interest rates…

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Nicklaus column: Lost decade for jobs raises troubling questions about the St. Louis economy

<ul><li>Jan. 31–St. Louis has been losing factory jobs for a long time, but the first decade of the 21st century is when our industrial age really drew to a close. </li><li>The cold, hard fact, though, is that St. Louis lost on…

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Fed $timulus creates 4,722 Bay State jobs

<ul><li>Federal stimulus money in the last three months of 2009 created or saved the equivalent of 4,722 full-time jobs in Massachusetts, the vast majority of them school teachers and others in education, according to new data released yest…

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CITY OF TONAWANDA: Court looks for room to grow

<ul><li>Jan. 31–The City of Tonawanda court will begin handling more cases in the next month or two, and that has meant shuffling staff to make due with limited space inside City Hall. </li><li>City Court Judge Joseph Cassata s…

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EDITORIAL: A political chill for a power company: Cold weather and hot politicians could spell trouble for Appalachian Power.

<ul><li>Jan. 31–Appalachian Power couldn’t have chosen a worse time to implement a double-digit interim rate increase. </li><li>The 12.5 percent raise comes when electric customers are confronting bills for a frigid winter snap…

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Federal stimulus creates 4,722 Bay State jobs: Education gets 3,004 in Oct.- Dec. ‘09

<ul><li>Jan. 31–Federal stimulus money in the last three months of 2009 created or saved the equivalent of 4,722 full-time jobs in Massachusetts, the vast majority of them school teachers and others in education, according to new data rele…

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Calif. water managers rejoice in snowpack

<ul><li>A snowy winter has been good news for California water managers, although they warn the snow pack in the Sierras has not solved the state’s problems.</li><li>The most recent measurements, released Friday, put the snow pa…

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Electricity to return: Sewage/Water Treatment experience difficulties

<ul><li>Jan. 30–Mother Nature: 2; Stephens County: 0. </li><li>For the second time in five weeks Stephens County and Southwest Oklahoma took a pummeling from Mother Nature. </li><li>The most recent storm resulted in…

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