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<title>EIN News: Maine Oil &amp; Gas News</title>
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<title>In bad economy, power cutoffs soar</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192549219</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The number of Americans whose electricity or gas has been shut off for nonpayment of  ...  same time, people who rely on heating oil instead of gas or electricity to warm  ...  with heating costs and weatherization. Officials in Maine want to distribute 2,000 to 3,000 &quot;warm  ...
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<title>Regional energy stocks down, banks up</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192541498</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:04 GMT</pubDate>
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...  loss in the Dow Jones industrials. With oil and gasoline prices on a slide, and  ...  any company tied to energy, starting with petroleum producers. Stone Energy Corp. lost 75 cents,  ...  or 3.7 percent, to $34.23. Egg producer Cal-Maine Foods Inc. was down $1.69, or 6.5  ...
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<title>Greater funding, eligibility for heating help in Maine</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192472323</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:35 GMT</pubDate>
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... Greater funding, eligibility for heating help in Maine PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ The amount of  ...  $49 million and the recent retreat in oil prices give some reason for hope as the  ...
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<title>Can a home cook make it in a restaurant kitchen?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192469710</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The stench of garlic, fish and frying oil rose from my skin, fingernails and hair.  ...  sea urchins, $100-a-pound Japanese Wagyu beef, live Maine lobsters. When he cut open the sea  ...  a home cook&apos;s dream _ Sub-Zero refrigerator, gas range, granite countertops, Williams-Sonoma gadgets, Wusthof knives  ...
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<title>Maine, Shell settle on cigarette sales to minors</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192453415</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 12:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  settle on cigarette sales to minors AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ Maine Attorney General Steve Rowe says Shell Oil has agreed to take steps to reduce  ...  reduce cigarette sales to minors at 13,000 gas stations, including 45 in Maine. Rowe, along  ...
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<title>&apos;Green-Collar&apos; Jobs</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192404471</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 04:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  next boom. The potential is real, and Maine has a chance to get in on  ...  makes peace with the fact that the petroleum economy is in permanent decline, the race  ...  the same amount of money with the oil industry, and 300,000 more jobs than a  ...
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<title>A New Maine University</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192404469</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 04:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  timely help the college received from Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor Hydro and Bangor Saving  ...  bio-fuels resources as well as likely offshore oil and gas reserves. In addition, the region is a  ...
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<title>Regional battering as Dow hits five-year low</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192369405</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 23:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  down 678.91, or 7.3 percent, at 8,579.19. Oil prices, watched closely in both states, also  ...  regional companies sustained new 52-week lows: &amp;bull; Petroleum producers Stone Energy Corp. and rival PetroQuest  ...  percent, and closed at $33. Egg producer Cal-Maine Foods Inc. dropped 44 cents, or 1.7  ...
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<title>Shell signs agreement with 47 AGs to curb underage smoking - 10/8</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192331460</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 20:45 GMT</pubDate>
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... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-Shell Oil Products US has signed a multi-state agreement  ...  CVS, 7-Eleven, Wal-Mart and Walgreens stores, and gas stations and convenience stores operating under the  ...  Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,  ...
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<title>Charlie Summers</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192305392</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 19:45 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  lift its ban on new leases for oil companies to drill, said Republican Charlie Summers,  ...  Congressional seat that represents a stretch of Maine from Camden to Kittery. He will be  ...  the U.S. Senate. The Scarborough Republican said oil prices dropped when President George W. Bush lifted  ...
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<title>Chellie Pingree</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192305389</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 19:45 GMT</pubDate>
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...  be the first Democratic woman to represent Maine in Congress. She would also be the  ...  she said. Pingree said expanding areas where oil companies can drill should not be considered  ...  said the massive subsidies received by the gas, oil and coal companies should be ended  ...
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<title>Historic pistol sells for $800K in Maine</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192263598</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 18:42 GMT</pubDate>
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... Historic pistol sells for $800K in Maine FAIRFIELD, Maine  An anonymous bidder paid  ...  Columbia that secured a pledge from Shell Oil aimed at reducing cigarette sales to minors  ...  and Motiva Enterprises, its partner in a gas station venture, have joined 10 other retailers  ...
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<title>Shell To Curb Teen Tobacco Sales In Pennsylvania</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192252142</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 17:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  October 8, 2008 HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Shell Oil reaches a deal with Pennsylvania to curb  ...  and Motiva supply gasoline through approximately 14,000 gas stations in the U.S., more than 13,000  ...  Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,  ...
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<title>Maine gas prices fall sharply</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192181730</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 11:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  to shift supervisor, Marie Francis, about her gas prices. At $3.19 for a gallon of  ...  in tandem with the decline in crude oil prices. According to AAA, the last time  ...  averaged less than $3 a gallon in Maine was on Nov. 2, 2007, when it  ...
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<title>Shell signs agreement with 47 AGs to curb underage smoking</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192175296</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 09:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-Shell Oil Products US has signed a multi-state agreement  ...  CVS, 7-Eleven, Wal-Mart and Walgreens stores, and gas stations and convenience stores operating under the  ...  Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,  ...
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