Killer Ike hits Cuba after lashing Bahamas, Haiti
AP - Mon Sep 8, 1:46 am EDTHurricane Ike roared onto Cuba Sunday after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.
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Russia aims to corner energy market: U.S. official
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 14 minutes agoRussia aims to extend its control over energy deliveries to the West and it is important that European countries push forward on efforts to diversify routes for oil and gas supplies, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.
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Eni to buy First Calgary in C$923 million deal
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 16 minutes agoItaly's Eni SpA has agreed to buy Canada's First Calgary Petroleums Ltd in a cash deal worth C$923 million ($865 million), the latest in a series of acquisitions aimed at boosting its oil reserves worldwide.
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Iran oil, gas revenues top $80bln in 2007-8
AFP via Yahoo! News - 29 minutes agoIran's income from oil and gas exports topped 81 billion dollars in the year to March, a 31 percent jump on the previous year thanks to soaring prices, a central bank report released on Monday said.
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Oil prices rebound on eve of OPEC meet
AFP via Yahoo! News - 38 minutes agoOil prices rallied Monday on expectations that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would begin cutting crude output as prices trade close to the 100 dollar-a-barrel mark, traders said.
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Oil rises in Asia as Ike threatens Gulf of Mexico
AP via Yahoo! News - 50 minutes agoOil prices rose Monday in Asia as Hurricane Ike looked poised to slam into the Gulf of Mexico later this week, delaying efforts to bring oil and gas production back online in a region still recovering from Hurricane Gustav.
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National parks: special program for ruins in ruins
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 1 minute agoInside the dark, cliffside cave last occupied by the people of Frijoles Canyon some 500 years ago is evidence of more recent human activity: graffiti proclaiming "2008" and "I love you" carved into a wall.
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Origin eyes $8 billion joint venture with Conoco to fend off BG
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 27 minutes agoOrigin Energy Ltd , fending off an $11 billion hostile bid from Britain's BG Group Plc , is to spin off its coalbed methane assets into a joint venture with U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips .
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ConocoPhillips to pay $8 bln for stake in Origin gas scheme
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 46 minutes agoUS oil giant ConocoPhillips will pay up to 9.6 billion dollars (8.0 billion US dollars) for a half share of a coal seam gas (CSG) venture with Australia's Origin Energy in a deal that could thwart a hostile bid by Britain's BG Group.
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The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 12 minutes agoHelp telecommuters, encourage fuel conservationRegarding the Aug. 18 article, "Congress to vote on drilling ban": Any comprehensive energy legislation Congress ultimately approves must include significant measures to promote telecommuting.
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A new approach to Iran's nukes
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 12 minutes agoThe United States has reached an impasse in trying to stop Iran from proceeding with its nuclear program. Iran has repeatedly ignored UN Security Council resolutions calling on it to suspend its uranium enrichment activities that could either fuel peaceful nuclear reactors or military nuclear bombs.
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Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 35 minutes agoWhen reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.
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Cheney renews call for U.S., Europe unity on Georgia
CNN.com - 2 hours, 34 minutes agoCERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney renewed his call for cooperation between Europe and Washington over the Georgia crisis, Italy's foreign minister said Sunday.
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Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba
AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Sep 7, 9:55 pm EDTHurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.
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Conoco to pay up to $8 billion for Origin venture
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 53 minutes agoOrigin Energy Ltd , fending off an $11 billion hostile bid from Britain's BG Group Plc , has partnered U.S. major ConocoPhillips to help develop its coal seam gas through a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
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Oil jumps in Asia as Ike threatens Gulf of Mexico
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Sep 8, 2:17 am EDTOil prices jumped Monday in Asia as Hurricane Ike looked poised to slam into the Gulf of Mexico later this week, delaying efforts to bring oil and gas production back online in a region still recovering from Hurricane Gustav.
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Cruise lines change course to cut fuel
CNN.com - Mon Sep 8, 1:33 am EDTPORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- When the 1,020-foot Explorer of the Seas cruises through North Atlantic waters next year, it'll spend more time off the coast of New England and less time near Canadian shores, and it's not because of better vistas.
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An Angry Son of Privilege: Look Out! He?s Revolting!
New York Times - Mon Sep 8, 12:59 am EDTStuart Archer Cohen?s chilling vision of a not-too-distant future is compromised by a case of schoolboy swagger.
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Astroland Closes, This Time, It Appears, for Good
New York Times - Mon Sep 8, 12:54 am EDTOn the last day of Astroland, an amusement park that has been a fixture on Coney Island?s Boardwalk since 1962, visitors reminisced while trying to soak up a last bit of fun.
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Oil Rises From Five-Month Low as Hurricane Nears Gulf of Mexico
Bloomberg.com - 32 minutes agoSept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose from a five-month low as the approach of Hurricane Ike delayed the resumption of production in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Taiwan "hero" said to have sordid past in Reunion
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Sep 8, 12:14 am EDTA Taiwanese fisherman who claimed to have been stranded on an Indian Ocean island for 27 years turned out to be a convicted killer and sex offender instead of a skillful survivor, a Taiwanese newspaper reported Monday.
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