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  • McCain, Obama clash on Va. issues: One big difference is drilling off shores of Va., other states 6 Jul 2008 23:32 GMT
    ... of dollars a year overseas to buy energy," the Arizona senator says on his Web site, ... www.JohnMcCain.com. On www.BarackObama.com, the Democratic senator from Illinois says this is "a gimmick" that will ... alternative sources of energy, such as wind power, solar power and advanced biofuels. He wants ...

  • Town mulls four-day workweek 6 Jul 2008 21:56 GMT
    ... Foster has an idea for battling high energy costs: give town employees at Town Hall and ... save the town about 20 percent on electricity and heat, Foster said. He said the ... USA Today , municipalities in Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Wisconsin have switched to four-day weeks. ...

  • ROMANCE OF THE RAILS As train popularity steams ahead, is it time to give... 6 Jul 2008 15:30 GMT
    ... bank of clouds." For two burly young electricians in T-shirts and baseball caps, the reason ... of Minnesota, to the flat fields of Illinois, to masses of jungle-like Southern greenery as ... than air travel: The U.S. Department of Energy has estimated that Amtrak is 18 percent more ...

  • Power play: Kansas companies compete to upgrade electric power grid 6 Jul 2008 13:13 GMT
    ... An older transmission power track and power line stand tall against ... competing utilities, ITC Great Plains and Westar Energy, are vying to build a new power system ... transmission lines mostly in Michigan but also Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri. In Prairie Wind, ...

  • Bda Advises Molex on the Acquisition of AFlextech Inc in Taiwan 6 Jul 2008 10:13 GMT
    ... flexible circuits and assemblies that provide innovative power and signal interconnect solutions in a unitized package ... is a 70-year-old global manufacturer of electronic, electrical and fiber optic interconnection systems. Based in ... fiber optic interconnection systems. Based in Lisle, Illinois, U.S., the company operates 59 manufacturing facilities ...

  • Ford "Fire Sale": A Crystal Ball for America 6 Jul 2008 09:57 GMT
    ... auto line, perhaps most notably within the electrical system. The assembly line was also streamlined ... for a car of that size and power. Ford made a big mistake in brand strategy ... scale we see similar effects in Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and many other states. In exchange ...

  • discovering how pleasant travel by train is 6 Jul 2008 08:52 GMT
    ... bank of clouds." For two burly young electricians in T-shirts and baseball caps, the reason ... of Minnesota, to the flat fields of Illinois, to masses of jungle-like Southern greenery as ... than air travel: The U.S. Department of Energy has estimated that Amtrak is 18 percent more ...

  • train travel is greener than air travel 6 Jul 2008 08:52 GMT
    ... bank of clouds." For two burly young electricians in T-shirts and baseball caps, the reason ... of Minnesota, to the flat fields of Illinois, to masses of jungle-like Southern greenery as ... than air travel: The U.S. Department of Energy has estimated that Amtrak is 18 percent more ...

  • Business Development Asia LLC ("BDA") Advises Molex Inc on Acquiring AFlextech Inc, Taiwan 6 Jul 2008 08:31 GMT
    ... flexible circuits and assemblies that provide innovative power and signal interconnect solutions. AFlexTech's unitized package helps ... is a 70-year-old global manufacturer of electronic, electrical and fiber optic interconnection systems. Based in ... fiber optic interconnection systems. Based in Lisle, Illinois, U.S., the company operates 59 manufacturing facilities ...

  • Week's editorials in review (Sunday, June 29 - Thursday, July 3) 6 Jul 2008 06:16 GMT
    ... Thumbs Down -- The Illinois Constitution requires a balanced budget. Recently, Illinois ... plan. With a line-item veto in his power, the governor can cut any programs he ... list a bevy of ideas to meet energy needs. Drilling up the remaining oil in Alaska, ...

  • Daniel: McCain can't overlook conservatives 6 Jul 2008 05:32 GMT
    ... his tenure as a U.S. senator from Illinois running for president, so it remains to ... pay for new entitlements with tax increases. Coal taxes, natural gas taxes, income taxes, Social ... to extract domestic oil while developing alternative energy sources. Advocate health care plans enabling individuals to ...

  • McCain, Obama clash on Va. issues 6 Jul 2008 05:14 GMT
    ... of dollars a year overseas to buy energy," the Arizona senator says on his Web site, ... Web site, , the Democratic senator from Illinois says this is "a gimmick" that will ... alternative sources of energy, such as wind power, solar power and advanced biofuels. He wants ...

  • Gillespie district to sell bonds for facility upgrades 6 Jul 2008 03:50 GMT
    ... to meet building codes set by the Illinois State Board of Education. The funds will ... bleachers were lacking, and the lights and electric were needing some work," Superintendent Paul D. ... by improving the bleacher seating and redistributing energy to the football stadium's overhead lights, locker rooms, ...

  • 'Lesser of 2 evils' 6 Jul 2008 02:14 GMT
    ... voters interviewed, however, are much more hesitant. Electrician Oscar Brown, 42, said he's disappointed with ... been forced to find work on a power plant in Kentucky. He's had to rent a ... she's hesitant about the Democratic senator from Illinois. "I have several reasons," Parker said. "I'm ...

  • New Lebanon voters eye 'lesser of 2 evils' 6 Jul 2008 00:23 GMT
    ... voters interviewed, however, are much more hesitant. Electrician Oscar Brown, 42, said he's disappointed with ... been forced to find work on a power plant in Kentucky. He's had to rent a ... she's hesitant about the Democratic senator from Illinois. "I have several reasons," Parker said. "I'm ...

  • Oak Cliff demolition cuts electricity to light-rail stations 5 Jul 2008 22:51 GMT
    ... on Saturday afternoon fell onto DART rail power lines, cutting off electricity to some light-rail stations south of downtown ... line: Cedars, 8th and Corinth, Morrell and Illinois stations. Power could be out for at least ...

  • Americans reveal concerns, solutions 5 Jul 2008 21:30 GMT
    ... years ago about fuel efficiency and ending nuclear power that are hurting us now,” she said. ... a little of in this country: Unity.” ILLINOIS: A teenager imagines 'a new world' tomorrow ...

  • Congressmen from South Carolina, Georgia addressing energy issue 5 Jul 2008 21:30 GMT
    ... the co-sponsors of the Main Street U.S.A. Energy Security Act of 2008 to help people, he ... gas exploration and remove barriers to nuclear power.” The two Republican candidates for the 10th ... including offshore drilling. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the presumptive Democratic nominee, called McCain’s switch ...

  • The mushy middle 5 Jul 2008 15:15 GMT
    ... foreign oil through domestic drilling and champion energy alternatives." Obama, for his part, broke from ... reacting to North Korea's latest agreement on nuclear weapons. His leadoff campaign commercial cast him ... 39 and a left-leaning moderate from Springfield, Illinois. Conversely, Susan Carroll, 43, a moderate Democrat ...

  • ROMANCE OF THE RAILS 5 Jul 2008 13:31 GMT
    ... bank of clouds." For two burly young electricians in T-shirts and baseball caps, the reason ... of Minnesota, to the flat fields of Illinois, to masses of jungle-like Southern greenery as ... than air travel: The U.S. Department of Energy has estimated that Amtrak is 18 percent more ...

  • Young, wild and free 5 Jul 2008 09:08 GMT
    ... wife Janice, fellow entomologist and ex-University of Illinois colleague Mike Irwin and his wife Bonnie. ... bug hunting for science, was bubbling with energy, and declared on his arrival that he hoped ... Golden Oriole, Great Tit, European Crested Tit, Coal Tit, House Sparrow, European Green Woodpecker, Firecrest, ...

  • 'I beat this thing like a rented mule' 5 Jul 2008 05:23 GMT
    ... Texas to Nebraska, including Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. "Hondas are so incredibly ... crack. "Luckily I happened to have a power drill with me. I had to go ... suspicious behaviour. "Once we stopped by a nuclear weapons dismantling facility. We had no idea ...

  • Media Advisory: Biggert to Tour Local Green Building Sites in Orland Park, Plainfield 5 Jul 2008 04:29 GMT
    ... Davis , Architect, SRBL Architects Ltd., Deerfield, Illinois - Laureen Blissard , Chicago Chapter Chair, ... technology and design elements to reduce long-term energy consumption. The first stop on the tour will ... the primary energy and 70% of the electricity in the nation annually. They also account ...

  • McCain Reward For Innovation 4 Jul 2008 20:56 GMT
    ... Mr. President? about the types of renewable energy that are used in the U.S. and the ... hybrid technology, in terms of size, capacity, power, and cost. The aim is a battery ... but Obama seems committed to it. The Illinois senator and his campaign have strong ties ...

  • Letters 7/4 4 Jul 2008 20:56 GMT
    ... you can do; something you must do. Illinois law protects and supports victims, and it ... Bush's supply-side economics but an incoherent U.S. energy policy. It is Democrats with their special ... source other than fossil fuels, and going nuclear, for them, is out of the question. ...


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