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Four California high school students used a complex mathematical function called a Maclaurin series to come up with the correct answer _ “two-thirds” _ Monday to win the Energy Department’s annual National Science Bowl.
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The nation’s two satellite radio companies say they are negotiating a $19 million payment for violating Federal Communications rules.
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The government reports that the number of newly laid off people filing claims for unemployment benefits bolted past 400,000 last week as companies trimmed their work...
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Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of chips that run cell phones, issued revised earning estimates Thursday that fall short of Wall Street targets.
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Widespread flooding was expected Thursday from Hurricane Dolly that has loitered as a tropical storm overnight, soaking deep south Texas and northeastern Mexico with...
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AutoNation says its second-quarter profit tumbled 33 percent as its sales fell on a drop in vehicle demand.
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Two friends of former police officer Drew Peterson told a newspaper he made incriminating statements during secretly taped conversations following the disappearance of...
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Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of chips that run cell phones, issued revised earning estimates Thursday that fall short of Wall Street targets.
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Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a huge loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous...
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Some 90 million barrels of oil and nearly a third of the world’s undiscovered natural gas remain untapped under an area north of the Arctic Circle, government...
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Oil producer Occidental Petroleum Corp. says its second-quarter profit rose 62 percent as record crude prices and higher production propelled results.
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E.W. Scripps says second-quarter profit fell 48 percent on a sharp revenue decline at its newspaper properties and costs related to splitting off its digital...
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E.W. Scripps says second-quarter profit fell 48 percent on a sharp revenue decline at its newspaper properties and costs related to splitting off its digital...
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AP, Dearborn
Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it lost $8.67 billion in the second quarter largely because of a reduction in the value of assets.
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Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions said Thursday its second-quarter profit climbed 22 percent as it won new clients and prices for brand-name drugs...
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AP, Indianapolis
Drug and medical device maker Eli Lilly says its earnings rose 44 percent in the second quarter as sales growth was helped in part by the weaker dollar.
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AP, Helena
In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call, and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer...
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AP, San Francisco
Xerox Corp. says second-quarter profit skidded 19 percent but matched Wall Street’s forecasts.
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AP, Dearborn
Ford Motor Co. says it lost $8.7 billion in the second quarter largely because of a reduction in the value of assets.
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Wall Street headed for a mixed open Thursday as investors awaited a report on the troubled housing market and watched oil prices edged higher.
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AP, Minneapolis
Borrowing from a European model, Minneapolis and St. Paul police hope to quell any disruptions at this summer’s Republican National Convention by exchanging cell...
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The Energy Department frowned on relaxing federal requirements to boost the use of ethanol in gasoline.
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Oil futures fell sharply Wednesday after the Energy Department said the nation’s supplies of fuel and oil were larger than expected last week _ evidence that the...
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Oil prices slid Wednesday after the Energy Department said crude oil supplies fell less than expected last week while demand for gasoline dropped nearly 2 percent.
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Oil prices fluctuated Wednesday after the Energy Department offered a mixed picture of the nation’s oil and fuel inventories.
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The U.S. government is not doing enough to buy uranium and plutonium on the black market and keep it out of the hands of terrorists, criminals and rogue states, the...
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Oil prices soared Wednesday as the dollar fell and the Energy Department said oil inventories fell much more than expected last week. At the pump, gas prices rose to a...
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The Energy Department says motorists can expect gasoline prices to remain close to $4 a gallon through next year.
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Oil prices fell Tuesday, giving up an earlier advance as the dollar held its gains against the euro and the Energy Department slashed its oil consumption projections....
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Russia has shut down the second of its three plutonium-producing reactors as part of a nuclear nonproliferation program with the United States, the Energy Department...
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Oil prices fell sharply Thursday after the Energy Department reported unexpected declines in crude oil supplies last week but said the drop was due to temporary delays...
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Oil prices fell sharply Thursday after the Energy Department reported unexpected declines in crude oil and gasoline supplies last week, but said the drop in crude...
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Oil prices fell Thursday after the Energy Department reported sharp and unexpected declines in crude oil and gasoline supplies last week, but said the drop in crude...
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Oil prices fluctuated Thursday after the Energy Department reported sharp and unexpected declines in crude oil and gasoline supplies last week, but said the drop in...
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The Energy Department reports that carbon dioxide emissions increased by 1.6 percent last year with most coming from residential and commercial energy use. Emissions...
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The Energy Department says it has canceled oil shipments into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning in July when the current purchase contract expires.
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The Energy Department says it has canceled oil shipments into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning in July when the current purchase contract expires.
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Gas prices roared above $3.75 a gallon Wednesday, while oil prices fell after an Energy Department report gave a mixed picture of the nation’s petroleum...
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Gas prices roared above $3.75 a gallon Wednesday, while oil prices fell as an Energy Department report painted a mixed picture of the nation’s petroleum...
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An Energy Department report concludes that wind turbines can produce a fifth of the nation’s annual electricity needs within about two decades. That is about the...
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Oil futures rose to a new record above $123 a barrel Wednesday after the Energy Department reported an unexpected drop in diesel and heating oil supplies last week. At...
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