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Oil falls to near $73 as stock markets retreat (AP)

Labourers work at a construction site of a gas pipeline in Noida, northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh August 19, 2010. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP – Oil prices eased in Asia on Friday after two straight days of gains, taking a cue from regional stock markets which retreated amid expectations of slower U.S. economic growth.


Judge: LA Port’s clean trucks program can proceed (AP)

AP – A federal judge has ruled that the Port of Los Angeles can regulate trucks that haul goods in and out of its property to reduce air pollution around the country’s busiest port complex.

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Cracked wheat: Scientists publish key grain genome (AFP)

AFP – A consortium of scientists on Friday published the first genome for wheat, an achievement that should benefit food security challenged by Earth’s surging population, climate change and an emerging plant pest.

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Texas company to build 3 biofuel plants in Miss. (AP)

AP – Texas-based KiOR, a company with plans to produce a crude oil substitute from wood chips and other biomass, will locate its first three facilities in Mississippi.

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Judge orders EPA not to destroy records UP wants (AP)

AP – A federal judge ordered the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to stop destroying records Union Pacific requested about lead contamination in Omaha, and an expert was appointed to make sure the agency complies.

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Panhandle firm sues Gulf oil well fluids company (AP)

AP – The Panhandle’s largest private landowner on Thursday sued a Houston-based company responsible for the drilling fluids including mud that should have controlled the pressure in the well and prevented the blowout of BP’s failed Gulf of Mexico oil well.

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Panhandle company sues Gulf oil well cementer (AP)

AP – The Panhandle’s largest private landowner on Thursday sued a Houston-based company responsible for the drilling fluids that should have cemented BP’s failed Gulf of Mexico oil well.

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