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Heavy sea ice could mean slight delay in offshore Arctic drilling
SEATTLE -- The heaviest polar ice in more than a decade is clinging to the northern coast of Alaska and could postpone the commencement of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic until the beginning of August — a delay of up to two weeks, Shell Alaska...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Inventories, BP Plc
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A political debate plays out among Louisiana oil rigs
LAFAYETTE, La. — Visitors to this oil town might be forgiven for wondering whether the BP oil spill and subsequent drilling moratorium ever happened. "Now hiring" signs are plastered on billboards around town, and hotels such as the Crowne Plaza are...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Republican Party, Companies and Corporations, Credit and Debt, Energy Saving
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BP sponsorship of World Shakespeare Festival draws protest
BP's financial sponsorship of a cultural institution is once again provoking heated words in the arts community. This time, the World Shakespeare Festival has become the center of attention after a group of British actors launched a protest against the...
Tags: Festive Events, United Kingdom, London (England), Arts and Culture, Oil Spills
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Counterprogramming: Alternatives to regular summer movie fare
Summer brings no shortage of popcorn movies but some films this season are more like a fully satisfying meal. Consider these offerings — with casts young and old, settings foreign and home-grown, stories contemporary and period — which will...
Tags: Michelle Williams, Hugh Dancy, Mark Duplass, Bruce Willis, Literature
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Stephen King wants to tax the rich -- including himself
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Congress falls short on oil spill safety, panel says
WASHINGTON — Two years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion unleashed the worst oil spill in American history, Congress has failed to take meaningful action to prevent a similar disaster, according to a new report from members of a presidential...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Ken Salazar, Natural Resources, Lisa Murkowski
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Halliburton reports record revenue amid natural gas-to-oil shift
Halliburton Co., one of the world’s largest oil services businesses, pulled in record revenue in North America as the energy industry shied from natural gas production and boosted oil field exploration instead. The Houston firm’s revenue in...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Judges, Natural Resources, Justice System, BP Plc
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First BP oil spill arrest: Ex-engineer allegedly destroyed evidence
WASHINGTON -- In the first criminal charges to emerge from the federal probe of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a former engineer for BP was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal authorities who were...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Science and Technology, FBI, BP Plc, Punishment
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Federal charges filed against ex-BP engineer in spill
HOUSTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday unveiled the first criminal charges in its investigation of the 2010 BP oil spill: two counts of obstruction of justice filed against a former BP engineer accused of destroying records describing the...Tags: Lawyers, Companies and Corporations, Apple iPhone, Judges, Natural Resources
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Bird strikes: Second New York flight in six days is aborted
NEW YORK -- A Jet Blue flight headed for Florida made an emergency landing minutes after takeoff from a New York-area airport when it collided with birds in the air, the second such incident in six days in a region where birds forced a jet to ditch into...
Tags: U.S. Airways, JetBlue Airways, Injuries and Wounds, Health, West Palm Beach
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Perchance on BP, the actors doth protest too much
The British, it seems, are not enamored of British Petroleum, even when it shells out big bucks to support the nation's greatest literary treasure. A group of actors staged their own protest play Monday night before a performance of "The Tempest" at...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Literature, Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Newt Gingrich takes his turn with Etch-A-Sketch remarks
It was Newt Gingrich’s turn Thursday to mock Mitt Romney, brandishing a pink Etch-A-Sketch with “No Romney” printed on the back at a glorified photo op at Big Al’s Seafood Restaurant in Houma, La. The toy, handed to him by...
Tags: Politics, Ron Paul, Energy Saving, Energy, Mitt Romney
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