Gasoline, oil prices continue to drop Knox News | Pump prices continue to fall in the Knoxville area. | The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded dropped nearly a penny overnight to $3.455 on Wednesday, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report. | Prices have plunged in recent weeks. This time a month ago the average in metropolitan Kn...
Putin's first week sees wave of challenges Tulsa World MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin appeared to shed tears of joy the night he won back the presidency in March. After less than a week in office, he may be tempted to shed some in frustration. | Since his inauguration on Monday, the man whose 2000-2008 presidency was characterized by steely control and a cow...
Welcome to a different type of jungle Nate Farrow The Examiner | From 2004-2007, when Nate Farrow was an offensive lineman at Auburn University, one of the pre-game songs that blasted over the stadium speakers immediately before kickoff on game day was 1987’s “Welcome to the Jungle” by the band Guns N’ R...
Bill Clinton, Boehner, and Some Other Rich White Guys Had a "Summit" and Guess What? ... Huffington Post | Today a bunch of rich white guys held a "Fiscal Summit" and concluded that: | 1. Despite the fact that unemployment is causing untold suffering for millions of people, it's not very important. | 2. Despite the fact that wage stagnation is destroyin...
New Jersey airport security supervisor accused of using dead man's ID Austin American Statesman | NEWARK, N.J. — A Newark Liberty Airport security supervisor pleaded not guilty to identity theft Tuesday as new details emerged about his alleged 20-year odyssey of deception, including that the Nigerian man might have assumed the identity of...
Proposal would put parking meters on South Congress Avenue Austin American Statesman | Austin City Council Member Chris Riley, looking to mediate a lingering parking dispute between South Congress Avenue merchants and the neighborhoods alongside, has proposed putting parking meters on the bustling avenue and the east-west streets tha...
Eye from the Aisle: 16Th Annual BEST OF PLAYGROUND--good reason to cross Bridge The Examiner | 16th Annual BEST OF PLAYGROUND is a good reason to cross the bridge on these warm nights. Playground has become the “feeder” for new plays for an increasing number of major Bay Area theatres, and once a year puts on its own show, this time wi...
Special Report: Chesapeake's deepest well: Wall Street Reuters | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Far from the drilling rigs of Oklahoma, America's second-largest natural gas producer is having to dig ever deeper into the well that really fueled its growth: Wall Street. | In a Times Square office building, a team tapped by ...
Drought Eases (first nice Saturday in a month; 70s and 80s next week) Star Tribune | Sunscreen Alert. I don't think I've ever started out a weather blog focusing on sunburn risk. "There goes the weather terrorist again - always hyping the weather!" Tell that to the 2 million Americans who will be diagnosed with ski...
World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries The Boston Globe | BANGKOK-World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency union. | The fall in European shares followed a sharp downturn in Asia where markets were also rattled by weak U.S. manufacturing figures. | The nervousness about Spain's banks co...
