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'Blues' for deep blue sea
As a young boy, when Wyland saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time, he felt something shift within him. Moments later, two gray whales peeked out from the surface of the water. A lifelong connection was formed. "I saw two gray whales spouting...
Tags: Festive Events, Oil Spills, Pacific Ocean, Common, Entertainment
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar leaving Obama administration
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Wednesday that he plans to step down and return to Colorado, leaving another opening in President Obama’s Cabinet. “Colorado is and will always be my home. I look forward to...
Tags: Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Ken Salazar, Barack Obama, Washington, DC
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Begich and Murkowski React to Salazar Resigning
Channel 2 NewsA fifth member of the Obama administration will leave in March. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced on Wednesday that he’s resigning. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich reacted to the resignation with news releases and...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Ottawa Senators, Politics, Ken Salazar, Barack Obama
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Heart of Danville hires director
smojica@amnews.comThe Heart of Danville Main Street program started off the New Year with a new executive director. Bethany Rogers, a Danville native and the daughter of Buck and Jan Rogers, stepped into her new role Jan. 3. Brenda Willoughby, interim director, will...Tags: Tulane University, Education, Human Interest, Judges, Architecture
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Must-sea TV
Sailing on his retired U.S. Coast Guard boat "Titan," Ryan Sewell has dealt with hurricanes, sinking ships and deadly fires. But after 10 years on the water, the dangers of the seas don't faze him. For Sewell, who owns the Fort Lauderdale-based Downrite...
Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, U.S. Coast Guard, Fort Lauderdale
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Corporations and execs need penalties that hurt
If you're concerned about corporate crime, 2012 looked like a pretty successful year for the good guys. The Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen paid $762 million in fines and penalties and pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to illegal marketing of...
Tags: Prosecution, HSBC Holdings plc, Judges, Financial Markets, Trials
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BP is not a criminal -- but its executives might be
The Justice Department has entered into the largest criminal settlement in U.S. history with the giant oil company BP, in connection with the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and caused the worst oil spill in American history....Tags: Politics, Arthur Andersen, Elections, Mexico, U.S. House of Representatives
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The Twinkie Offense: On the Death of an Iconic Snack Cake Brand
Union thugs have apparently killed the Twinkie. Last month, Hostess Brands, the makers of Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Ho Hos, Sno Balls, Devil Dogs, Zingers and other varieties of diabetes in a box, announced its closure. In a statement, Hostess said a two-...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Hostess Brands, Inc., Companies and Corporations, Diabetes, East Windsor
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A fair settlement
The damage done by BP's oil spill in 2010 was a devasting blow to the economy and tragically cost 11 oil rig workers their lives. The company has so far set aside $42 billion to pay fines and damages resulting from the spill, and that amount may yet...Tags: Petroleum Industry, BP Plc, Oil Spills, Punishment, Fines
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3 from BP plead not guilty in connection with gulf oil disaster
Two BP employees and a former executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a variety of charges, including manslaughter and concealing information from Congress, in connection with the 2010 explosion of the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of...
Tags: Prosecution, Judges, Lifestyle and Leisure, Environmental Politics, Trials
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BP shut out of U.S. contracts: Feds cite deadly blast, poor response
BP, which has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges in connection with the nation's worst offshore oil spill, was suspended from new government contracts on Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced. In suspending the company, the...
Tags: Prosecution, Judges, Oil Spills, Environmental Politics, Trials
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Two ways to stimulate the economy: Give government our tax dollars to spend its way — on bridges, unions, Solyndra — or let us keep those tax dollars and spend them the way we want. Did the first work? Having been raised in communism makes...Tags: Solyndra LLC, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Barack Obama
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|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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