Gas prices chugging up for the holidays
NEW YORK (AP) Americans are paying more for gasoline than they did last year as the holidays approached billions of dollars that could go to books, clothes and Barbie dolls instead being spent at the pump. Gas averaged nearly $2.70 a gallon ...
 3.8K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 242.0 Government slept as rich gutted nation
The deregulation and privatization of the economic structure of America has led to our current fiscal dysfunctional imbalance. How is it we continue to allow a wealthy 3 percent minority of corporate profiteers and investors to manipulate the system ...
2.2K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 89.0 Globalism versus Americanism
Down at the Chinese outlet store in Albany known as Wal-Mart, Chinese tires have so successfully undercut U.S.-made tires that the Cooper Tire factory in that south Georgia town had to shut down. Twenty-one hundred Georgians lost their jobs. The tale...
4.9K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 103.0 For flavor and value use whole spices
When fat is cut from recipes, flavor can follow. That s when spices become the key to making lighter foods taste great. And if you want to get the most out of your spices, it s best to follow a few simple tips. Whenever possible, buy whole spices, sa...
3.5K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 138.0 Eugene firm launching electric vehicle
Tim Christie, The (Eugene) Register-Guard EUGENE Tucked away in a nondescript garage off an unpaved alley in Eugene s Whiteaker neighborhood, a group of young entrepreneurs is trying to catch the next wave of human transport by building an affordab...
6.1K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 124.0 Keep your eyes on the prize
Jill Cataldo I'm sure you know by now that I love getting groceries for free with coupons whenever possible. But we can't get everything for free all of the time. Here's a fun way to maximize coupon savings and get items very inexpensively, even when...
3.5K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 114.0 Crocodiles, wildlife key to Cuba's tourism
BOCA DE GUAMA, Cuba ” Crocodile 0383 is too tiny to be menacing. Three weeks old and barely the length of a candy bar, the gray and brownish-yellow beast already has all 64 jagged teeth, which glint like crushed glass in the tropical sun. ...
5.8K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 89.0 Inflation expected to have remained in check
WASHINGTON (AP) ” A report due out today is expected to show that inflation remained in check last month, as the weak economy prevents retailers and manufacturers from raising prices. The report comes after the Commerce Department said Tue...
0.9K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 114.0 Trade deficit climbs
WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. trade deficit shot up in July to the highest level in six months as a surge in shipments of foreign oil and autos pushed imports up by a record amount. The Commerce Department said today that the trade deficit rose 16.3 per...
4.2K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 183.0 OPEC committee recommends no cuts
VIENNA (AP) OPEC appeared poised to hold oil production quotas unchanged today, with its ministers voicing satisfaction with current global crude prices. Instead, the focus at the organization s meeting in Vienna was to be on persuading members not...
5.2K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 239.0 The Windkeepers
TOWNSHIP 8, RANGE 3, Maine Silent surroundings almost tease the ears as clouds skitter across the top of this eastern corner of Maine. The wind, barely audible, swishes through beech and fir trees crowding the hills of an area so remote it s part o...
7.7K - Aug. 12, 2009; scored 89.0 Reliance on locally made biodiesel increases
PORTLAND Pulling up to the pump in a diesel car or rig? In Oregon from now on, a small portion of the fill-up will be soybean squeezings or recycled cooking grease. Biodiesel production has reached a level in Oregon that triggered a mandate from th...
4.5K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 144.0 Bison is back, now it's time to learn to cook it
The American bison is back, and not just on the Great Plains. Thanks to two Teds President Teddy Roosevelt and media mogul Ted Turner the bison has traveled an unlikely path from ubiquity to near extinction to rising star of culinary scene. The p...
4.8K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 69.0 Oil jumps above $70 on optimistic outlook
LONDON (AP) Oil prices leapt above $71 a barrel Monday on mounting investor hopes that a recovering global economy will boost crude demand. Benchmark crude for September delivery was up $1.86 to $71.31 a barrel by late mo...
0.6K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 109.0 Bison is back, now it s time to learn to cook it
The American bison is back, and not just on the Great Plains. Thanks to two Teds President Teddy Roosevelt and media mogul Ted Turner the bison has traveled an unlikely path from ubiquity to near extinction to rising star of culinary scene. The p...
4.8K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 69.0 California sprouts marijuana green rush
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon. Erick Alvaro hands over a white paper bag to his 58-year-old customer, who inspec...
15.8K - Jul. 19, 2009; scored 89.0 Congress could stabilize oil prices
Not everyone agrees that increased speculation was a major cause of last year s oil pricing bubble and the price volatility of the past few years. But an increasing number of politicians, market analysts and oil companies are seeing it that way. Gary...
1.1K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 414.0 Iraqi Cabinet approves BP's offer on Rumaila
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's government today approved a BP-led consortium's offer to develop a giant oil field in the south, moving forward with the only deal struck during a much-hyped but ultimately disappointing international oil auction. Iraq, which is...
2.8K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 174.0 Low-carbon fuel bill wins Oregon Senate's OK
SALEM - Gov. Ted Kulongoski's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks by forcing oil companies to reduce carbon in gasoline and diesel fuel was approved Wednesday night by the Oregon Senate. It would give state environmental regulat...
3.0K - Jun. 25, 2009; scored 89.0 Iacocca urges quick repayment of gov't loans
DETROIT - Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has some advice for the people who are running his old company, and those who will lead the new General Motors: Get the government out of your business as soon as possible. Iacocca, a slick pitchman who beca...
6.2K - Jun. 22, 2009; scored 89.0 | 
