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What's Your New Ride Worth to You?
Paying attention to long-term ownership costs when shopping for a new car or truck can pay off in the long run. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features As new cars continue to sell at a record pace, many browsers are turning into shoppers and shoppers into...Tags: Trucks, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Automotive Equipment, Luxury Vehicles, Kelley Blue Book LLC
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About Specs
By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Most new-car brochures and web pages feature a list of various numbers and measurements, usually called “specifications,” which can be cryptic at best for all but the most knowledgeable auto enthusiasts. Still,...Tags: Services and Shopping, Highway Transportation, Vehicles, Car Engine Repair, Environmental Issues
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Gas Busters
There's a secret weapon to fight the rising cost of gas. Look in the mirror. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features No matter what kind of vehicle you own, the best way to minimize pain at the pump is to maximize your car's fuel efficiency. You can do this...Tags: Phil McGraw, Politics, Car Engine Repair, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health
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Illinois Chamber, AFL-CIO agree on compromise over fracking rules
It's no secret our two organizations, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, don't always see eye to eye on issues. However, we're proud that the issue of hydraulic fracturing is one where our voices have united as part of a broader coalition...Tags: Politics, Pat Quinn, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Career and Workplace, Petroleum Industry
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Jackson wins GOP Lt. Gov. nomination, Obenshain gets A.G. nod
RICHMOND – Chesapeake-based minister E.W. Jackson won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor and state Sen. Mark Obenshain won the nomination for attorney general at the state party convention Saturday. Jackson won the nomination in the...Tags: Politics, Ken Cuccinelli, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Mark D. Obenshain, Lawyers
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Proposals seek to reduce power plant water pollution
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla.Federal environmental regulators have proposed a range of options designed to reduce toxic pollutants discharged by certain power plants close to waterways. The proposals were made in accordance with a consent order issued in a lawsuit filed by...Tags: Bodies of Water, Electricity Production and Distribution, Environmental Issues, Metal and Mineral, Water Pollution
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Obenshain wins GOP attorney general nomination
RICHMOND – State Sen. Mark Obenshain beat out Del. Rob Bell for the Republican nomination for attorney general at the party convention Saturday. As of press time delegates were on their fourth vote to determine the GOP lieutenant governor nominee,...Tags: Conservation, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Ken Cuccinelli, Mark D. Obenshain
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Vanquish Worldwide gets multimillion-dollar EPA contract
Knoxville News SentinelMaryville-based Vanquish Worldwide, has landed a multimillion-dollar contract to store and manage equipment for the Environmental Protection Agency in the northwestern U.S. Vanquish will provide equipment management and warehouse services for...Tags: Iraq, U.S. Military, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of State, Afghanistan
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Plans beginning to gel for north Salina
The Salina Journal, Kan.North Salina supporters, whose hopes over the years for redevelopment have risen and fallen in step with the various proposals and who probably feel like Charlie Brown when Lucy offers to hold the football, might be encouraged to take another run at the...Tags: Students, Environmental Issues, Financial Aid, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Teaching and Learning
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Robert Keller, editor
Robert Keller, The Evening Sun's first metropolitan editor and later executive director of the Greater Baltimore Committee, died May 12 of complications from Crohn's disease at Harbor Hospital. He was 71. The son of a banker and a bookkeeper, Robert...
Tags: Federal Hill, Harbor Hospital, Crohn's Disease, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Gulf Consortium stresses cooperation at Key Largo meeting
The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.Coordination was the theme Friday during a meeting of the Gulf Consortium, an organization tasked with handling the cash coming from the federal RESTORE Act. Comprised of representatives from the 23 Florida counties affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil...Tags: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Panama, Key Largo, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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U.S. Republicans see IRS scandal parallel in EPA info requests
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Friday began an investigation into whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency greatly favored left-leaning environmentalists over conservative groups when granting fee waivers for requests to...Tags: Politics, Gina McCarthy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology, David Vitter
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