Oil settles above $78 on sliding dollar
AP - Tue Dec 1, 3:44 pm ETAP - Oil prices climbed Tuesday as the dollar weakened and new figures showed energy demand for crude may be growing in China.
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Obama orders 30,000-troop increase for Afghanistan
Houston Chronicle - 52 minutes agoWEST POINT, N.Y. — President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, and told an impatient American public he hopes a gradual withdrawal can begin within 18 months.
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Talk of Tiger buzzing at tournament
AP via Yahoo! Sports - 52 minutes agoHis interview over, Padraig Harrington was leaving the media center at the Chevron World Challenge when he passed Lee Westwood and offered some tips. "Would you like to know what questions are being asked?" Harrington said. Westwood smiled and said, "I imagine there's only one." Tiger Woods' presence is larger than ever, even if he isn't coming to his own tournament.
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Golf-Turnberry blow became a major boost for Westwood
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - 53 minutes agoLessons learned from the bitterest disappointment of his career at this year's British Open helped Lee Westwood win his second European Tour order of merit title, the Briton said on Tuesday.
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Australia’s Stevens to Keep Leading World in Increasing Rates
Bloomberg - 56 minutes agoDec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s Glenn Stevens will continue leading the world in raising interest rates , with economists predicting a record fourth straight increase at the central bank’s next meeting in February.
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Obama: Afghanistan not lost, remains challenge
AP via Yahoo! News - 58 minutes agoPresident Barack Obama says the war in Afghanistan is not lost as he announces he will send another 30,000 U.S. troops to fight it.
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Ethanol Blend
KX TV North Dakota - 59 minutes agoIs 10 percent in your tank enough or should there be more? The Environmental Protection Agency was expected to rule this week on a petition to increase the limit of ethanol blends from ten to 15 percent. EPA has now decided to post pone that decision til
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Business Combination of Kristina Capital and Black Marlin Energy Limited and Subscription Receipt Financing
Marketwire - 1 hour 2 minutes agoCALGARY, ALBERTA AND DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES--(Marketwire - Dec. 1, 2009) - Kristina Capital Corp. (the "Corporation" or "Kristina") (TSX VENTURE:KCA), and Black Marlin Energy Limited ("Black Marlin") are pleased to provide an update on the previously announced arm's length business combination (the "Proposed Transaction") that was subject to announcements made on August 10, 2009, October 21 ...
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Gazprom, Statoil seek to widen U.S. market for gas, LNG
UPI - 1 hour 6 minutes agoHOUSTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A subsidiary of Russian energy giant Gazprom and a Statoil affiliate have signed wide-ranging agreements to increase their gas and liquefied natural gas distribution footprint in the United States, the companies said Tuesday.
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Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. Provides Preliminary Unaudited 2009 Fiscal Year-End Balance Sheet Information and Asset ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 7 minutes agoLEAWOOD, Kan.----Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2009, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $558.5 million and its unaudited net asset value was $356.0 million, or $19.90 per share.
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President Obama vows Afghanistan will be no Vietnam
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - 1 hour 7 minutes agoPresident Barack Obama is vowing that the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan will not turn into another Vietnam
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Obama to announce 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan
The Tampa Tribune - 1 hour 9 minutes agoPresident Barack Obama is dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan , accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assures the nation that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011. The first new Marines will join the fight by Christmas .
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Europe Bypassed on Climate Summit
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour 9 minutes agoJust days before the start of the U.N. conference on climate change, the European Union has been largely sidelined as China and the United States seek to set the rules of the game.
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Tiger Woods faces $164 fine, four points on license
CNN - 1 hour 10 minutes agoGolfer Tiger Woods will be issued a careless driving citation for the crash outside his home last week, Florida Highway Patrol said Tuesday.
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Tiger Woods to be cited for SUV crash outside his home
CNN - 1 hour 10 minutes agoGolfer Tiger Woods will be issued a careless driving citation for the crash outside his home last week, but he will not face criminal charges, the Florida Highway Patrol said Tuesday.
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Obama orders 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 1 hour 10 minutes agoPresident Barack Obama speaks at the U.S. Military Academy.
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Tiger Woods's absence a hot topic at Sherwood
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 13 minutes agoThe conspicuous absence of tournament host Tiger Woods from this week's Chevron World Challenge was a major talking point for the players as they prepared for Thursday's opening round.
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30,000-troop boost ordered by Obama in Afghanistan
The Gainesville Sun - 1 hour 15 minutes agoThe Associated Press Declaring "our security is at stake," President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, but balanced the buildup with a pledge to an impatient nation to begin withdrawing American forces in 18 months.
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Obama announces 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by summer
Pocono Record - 1 hour 17 minutes agoWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he is dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assured the nation that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011.
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Natural gas company charged with Mercer County pollution
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 1 hour 17 minutes agoEnergy Exploration & Development LLC of Cortland, Ohio, has been charged with illegally discharging oil and other waste along a natural gas pipeline it operates in Mercer County.
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President Obama to give strategy speech on Afghanistan tonight
The Post-Standard - 1 hour 18 minutes agoCharles Dharapak / AP President Barack Obama arrives at Stewart Air Force Base in Newburgh on Tuesday before heading to the United States Military Academy at West Point to speak about the war in Afghanistan.
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