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Feds pull plug on Ky. uranium plant and 1,000 jobs FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The operator of a Cold War-era plant in western Kentucky that supplies enriched uranium to nuclear power plants said Friday it planned to cease production after federal energy officials decided to end its work, putting more ...
San Onofre execs made 'Star Trek'-themed video
Managers at the San Onofre nuclear generating plant made a "Star Trek"-themed video stressing safety two years before the plant was shut down in the wake of a radiation leak, officials said. A two-minute video segment with managers in costumes resembling those in the original "Trek" series was filmed in ...
Expert: Summer gas costs likely lower than 2012
A Purdue University economist says he expects this summer's gasoline prices to be lower than last year. Energy economics specialist Wally Tyner projects that prices in the Midwest will be between $3.50 and $3.90 a gallon, with prices in the South and Southeast between $3.15 and $3.55. He doesn't expect ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Acting IRS commissioner repeatedly failed to tell Congress that tea party groups were targeted WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress was not told tea party groups were being inappropriately targeted by the Internal Revenue Service, even after acting agency Chief Steven Miller had been briefed on the matter. Miller was first informed ...
Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers
Globe Gazette. May 13, 2013. Iowa's good fortune is blowing in the wind If you were outdoors over the weekend, you're well aware that Iowa has plenty of something MidAmerican Energy Co. wants to harness: The wind. Iowa's largest utility company made big headlines last week when it announced it ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Police: Trenton hostage situation resolved, 3 children safe TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A standoff with an armed man who took multiple hostages inside a Trenton home has ended and three children are safe, police said early Sunday. Word of the confrontation's conclusion came a short while after the standoff, which ...
Van maker backed by Energy Dept. loans shuts down
A Michigan company that received a $50 million federal loan to make vans for the disabled has stopped production and laid off its 100 workers. Vehicle Production Group, or VPG, suspended operations in February after its finances dipped below a minimum level required as a condition of the federal loan. ...
West Liberty screens pro-gas drilling film Monday
West Liberty University is hosting a free public screening of the documentary "FrackNation," a film targeting environmental activists concerned about natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The screening is 6 p.m. Monday at the Highlands Center. It's sponsored by the school's Center for Economic Philosophy and will be followed by ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Newlywed bride among 5 killed in limousine fire on California bridge; 4 others escaped SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When one of the nine women in his limousine complained about smoke, Orville Brown pulled to the side of a San Francisco Bay bridge to check. As he got out, the back ...
What's happening at Buffett's annual meeting
Dubbed "Woodstock for Capitalists," Saturday's annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders revolves around Warren Buffett, the company's chairman and CEO and a billionaire investor. Here's a rundown of what's happening at the day-long event in Omaha, Nebraska: ___ BUFFETT'S SUCCESSOR: Berkshire's board knows who it would pick as CEO if ...
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