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U.S. / NEWS Tue May 20, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- A mechanical failure or gas likely triggered an explosion that rocked a waterfront hotel under construction, damaging four floors and injuring 14 workers, five critically, a fire official said. The blast occurred around 2 p.m. Monday, ripping off part.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 10:13pm neoform

FOX News -- Deadly methane gas emanating from a dairy farm's manure pit killed five people, including four members of a Mennonite family, authorities said. Emergency workers speculate that after the first victim was overcome Monday, the others climbed into the pit.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 19, 2007 @ 11:43am neoform

FOX News -- A man tried to extort $25,000 from a gas station owner by claiming he was a federal agent who had information linking the businessman to Al Qaeda and threatening to jail him, prosecutors said Friday. George Tabora, 44, was charged with attempted extort.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 14, 2007 @ 9:51am neoform

SF Gate -- It has become almost a regular stop for San Francisco tourists. Once they've seen the Golden Gate Bridge and the Transamerica Pyramid, they can drive down Harrison Street to see the most amazing sight of all. Regular gas for $4 a gallon. Actually, i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 9, 2007 @ 12:17pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A service station that offered discounted gas to senior citizens and people supporting youth sports has been ordered by the state to raise its prices. Center City BP owner Raj Bhandari has been offering senior citizens a 2 cent per gallon price break a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 12, 2007 @ 7:54pm neoform

FOX News -- Officials reported all workers were accounted for and safe after a gas pipeline ruptured and exploded, touching off a spectacular super-heated inferno that ignited several small brush fires and cut power to about 30,000 people in the surrounding area... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 10, 2007 @ 2:51pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A chemical weapons incinerator destroyed the last of nearly 36,000 rockets carrying the deadly nerve agent VX, part of a huge munitions stockpile that dated back to the Cold War. The rockets were considered the most hazardous part of the stockpile beca.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 10, 2007 @ 9:28am mrmdc

Forbes -- President Bush lifted the drilling ban Tuesday for Alaska's Bristol Bay, clearing the way for the Interior Department to open the fish-rich waters to oil and natural gas development... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 6, 2006 @ 8:37am neoform

CBS News -- Almost every time a company drills for oil or gas on federal property, it's supposed to pay a royalty or tax to the government, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports. But CBS News has learned from a Congressional source that t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 11, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

MSNBC -- Transportation experts who have pushed mass transit since the 1970s are getting their wish as soaring gas prices persuade Americans to abandon their cars for buses and trains in record numbers. But as the adage says, be careful what you wish for. Mass.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 20, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- The U.S. Navy plans to take a shot Wednesday at destroying a faltering spy satellite before it can tumble to Earth and -- possibly -- release a cloud of toxic gas. Sailors on the USS Lake Erie plan to fire a missile into space from a spot west of Hawaii a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 6, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- A massive fire erupted at a natural gas pumping station in a rural area, spreading to houses and killing an undetermined number of people, authorities said. Officials weren’t sure what started the fire late Tuesday at the Columbia Gulf Natural Gas pu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 19, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- What we have here is a mandatory conservation bill,” said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas. He argued that the auto fuel efficiency requirements and the huge increase in ethanol use may not prove to be technologically or economically possible. Democrats disa.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 17, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

SF Gate -- An allegedly drunken driver is in critical condition after he crashed his car into a natural gas wellhead in rural Solano County, causing an explosion visible for miles, authorities said today. Michael Bellavia, 34, of Shasta Lake, ran off Binghampton.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 8, 2007 @ 10:37pm neoform

www.insidebayarea.com -- Sprawled on his stomach outside a gas station in Golden Valley, Minn., Al Hixon had a police officer's boot planted on his neck and pepper spray shot deep into his nostrils, scorching his lungs. Moments earlier, Hixon had been pouring oil into his blue Ja.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 5, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

USA Today -- Think gas is expensive? It's even more expensive on hot summer days. Gasoline expands as temperatures rise. That means motorists get less energy from a gallon of so-called "hot fuel" than from a cold one. When Brent Donaldson, a restaurant owner in Kan.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jun 10, 2007 @ 8:44pm neoform

CNN -- Gas prices are down for the first time since January, according to a national survey released Sunday. The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline has dropped more than 7 cents in the past three weeks, to $3.11, the survey found. Dri.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 1, 2007 @ 12:55pm neoform

SF Gate -- Dozens of drivers waited for hours on end today to take advantage of a rare sight: gas in San Francisco for less than $3 a gallon. The going-out-of-business deal -- $2.99 a gallon for regular, a penny more for higher octane -- happened at the Shell sta.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 22, 2007 @ 5:00pm neoform

FOX News -- It's not just drivers who are sick of high gas prices. One station owner in Wisconsin is shutting off the gas pumps on Thursday to take a stand against surging prices. The convenience store will remain open for business as usual. “If we can get ev.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Apr 28, 2007 @ 1:53pm neoform

Washington Post -- The Interior Department will announce a proposal Monday to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters near Virginia that are currently off-limits and permit new exploration in Alaska's Bristol Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, according to people who have see.. Read More