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September 20, 2016

Pipeline will soon reopen, carrying gasoline to 5 states

Gasoline should begin flowing again Wednesday — through a temporary bypass on a critical pipeline — after a major leak in ...

September 20, 2016

L'Oreal building solar projects at Arkansas, Kentucky plants

Cosmetics maker L'Oreal USA announced Tuesday it is building thousands of solar panels at its manufacturing facilities in ...

September 20, 2016

AAA research finds people waste money on premium gas

There is no sense paying a premium for premium gasoline if your car is designed to run on regular, according to research by ...

September 19, 2016

California governor backs rules on cow, landfill emissions

California will begin regulating greenhouse-gas emissions tied to dairy cows and landfills under legislation signed Monday ...

September 19, 2016

The Latest: QuikTrip: Charlotte, Atlanta hit by gas shortage

The Latest on the gas shortage caused by a pipeline spill (all times local): 6:30 p.m. A QuikTrip spokesman says 21 of the ...

September 19, 2016

Congress struggles to finish Zika aid, prevent shutdown

Congressional negotiators on Monday pressed to wrap up a must-do spending bill to prevent an election-season government ...

September 19, 2016

With some gas stations dry, pipeline works to send more fuel

Gas prices spiked and drivers found "out of service" bags covering pumps as the gas shortage in the South rolled into the ...

September 19, 2016

America's first wave-produced power goes online in Hawaii

Off the coast of Hawaii, a tall buoy bobs and sways in the water, using the rise and fall of the waves to generate ...

September 19, 2016

Study estimates 100,000 deaths from Indonesia haze

Indonesian forest fires that choked a swath of Southeast Asia with a smoky haze for weeks last year may have caused more than ...

September 18, 2016

20th anniversary of Utah monument stirs strong emotions

As Utah waits to see if President Barack Obama will designate a new national monument in the state, this weekend's 20th ...

September 18, 2016

Mining town emerging from Superfund cleanup with optimism

For decades, a creek in the mountains west of Denver sometimes ran yellow from toxic waste gurgling out of abandoned mines ...

September 18, 2016

World leaders to focus on refugee crisis and Syria at UN

World leaders meeting at the United Nations starting Monday will be trying to make progress on two intractable problems at ...

September 17, 2016

World Leaders to focus on refugee crisis and Syria at UN

World leaders meeting at the United Nations starting Monday will be trying to make progress on two intractable problems at ...

September 17, 2016

Pipe bomb explodes before Marines charity run; no injuries

A pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey shore town Saturday shortly before thousands of runners were to participate in a charity ...

September 17, 2016

Gas prices up, stations running out after pipeline spill

Lines formed at gas stations across the South on Saturday and drivers who were able to find fuel had to pay more for it in ...

September 17, 2016

Native American candidates hope for pipeline protest boost

Henry Red Cloud's recent trip to the Dakota Access pipeline protest camp near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation filled him ...

September 17, 2016

Historic recognition: Washington's family tree is biracial

George Washington's adopted son was a bit of a ne'er-do-well by most accounts, including those of Washington himself, who ...

September 16, 2016

Daredevil successfully powers rocket over Snake River Canyon

Professional stuntman Eddie Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon Friday afternoon in an ode to his boyhood ...

September 16, 2016

Oklahoma Geological Survey hires new state seismologist

The Oklahoma Geological Survey has announced the hiring of a new state seismologist to help study the increase in earthquakes ...