Vetoes prompt threats in Calif.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a revised $85 billion budget and targeted welfare for deeper cuts, prompting threats from Democratic lawmakers to block his political agenda during his final months in office. T...
5.1K - Jul. 29, 2009; scored 154.0

Falling fuel demand idles oil supertankers
NEW YORK Supertankers that once raced around the world to satisfy an unquenchable thirst for oil are now parked offshore, fully loaded, anchors down, their crews killing time. In the United States, vast storage farms for oil are almost out of room...
4.9K - Mar. 4, 2009; scored 119.0

Oil execs urge offshore drilling
WASHINGTON (AP) Executives of the biggest oil companies are taking their case for expanded offshore drilling to Congress, even as Democratic congressional leaders and the Obama administration promise to put some limits on energy development along t...
3.4K - Feb. 25, 2009; scored 1000.0

U.S. needs to do more oil drilling
The Obama administration is heading in the wrong direction on oil drilling and exploration. America needs to use the resources it has in this country while it pursues the development of alternative energy sources. President Obama says we need to purs...
0.8K - Feb. 23, 2009; scored 178.0

Obama must move briskly on problems
WASHINGTON Barack Obama will inherit two wars and the worst economic conditions in three generations when he takes the oath of office on Jan. 20. Ironically, that challenge might be a blessing for the president-elect unemployment is so high and c...
5.4K - Dec. 26, 2008; scored 119.0