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<title>EIN News: Minnesota Oil &amp; Gas News</title>
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<title>Wetlands Festival just one facet of Houma guitarist&apos;s Tab Benoit commitment to coastal restoration</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192518852</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 19:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the fate of south Louisiana -- politicians, oil companies, environmentalists, the Army Corps of Engineers  ...  by canals cut by the oil and gas industry, he said. The twist to Benoit&apos;s  ...  Louisiana as Benoit traveled from Colorado to Minnesota for the GOP convention. By the time  ...
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<title>AMT Relief, Other Tax Breaks Get New Life</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192504131</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin. For example, folks  ...  income cap on percentage depletion from marginal oil wells. 15-year write-offs for restaurant renovations and  ...  domestic production at 6% for oil and gas companies. For other companies, the deduction is  ...
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<title>As utility rates increase in Duluth, Minn., so do number of shut-offs</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192493730</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The number of people whose electricity or gas has been shut off for nonpayment of  ...  with higher prices and a shaky economy. Minnesota Power reports a 9.7 percent jump in  ...  with home heating costs, whether they use oil, gas or electricity. But advocates say the  ...
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<title>Walz, Davis wrangle over energy, economy</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192470390</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  that a decade ago the price of oil was $10 a barrel but rose to  ...  Walz has done nothing to bring down gas prices, voting 12 times against off-shore drilling  ...  last two years. Referring to the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad project, Walz said &quot;we  ...
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<title>Hope for a hot, flat, crowded world</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192451677</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 12:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  with climate change. The enemy is a gas called carbon dioxide that you can&apos;t see,  ...  Because if you don&apos;t think what OPEC oil cartel is doing to the real price  ...  hot, flat and crowded. Friedman: I&apos;m from Minnesota. I&apos;m optimistic. I mean, that&apos;s just who  ...
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<title>Airline competition ramps up at MSP</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192406627</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 04:38 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the Twin Cities. After years of effort, Minnesota air travelers may soon benefit from more  ...  with challenges like this year&apos;s hike in oil prices. So Southwest is likely to commit to  ...
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<title>Poll shows Minnesotans fear economic outlook</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192404693</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 04:36 GMT</pubDate>
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... A Minnesota Public Radio News and University of Minnesota  ...  of Minnesotans are scared because of the turmoil in the financial markets. The survey finds  ...  candidates weigh in on Wall St. bailout Oil prices spike $25 a barrel on anxiety over  ...
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<title>Gas prices in Madison among the state&apos;s highest</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192341624</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 21:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Erin Roth, executive director of the Wisconsin Petroleum Council. &quot;Virtually all of our gas (in  ...  $3.05 in St. Croix Falls, on the Wisconsin-Minnesota border, to $3.69 in Osseo, southeast of  ...  in recent weeks, the price of crude oil, which had been trading in July at  ...
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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  ...  Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,  ...
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<title>Week 6 - Will NFC East Bloodbath Produce Super Bowl Winner?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192321933</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 20:38 GMT</pubDate>
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...  ouster, but it won&apos;t be enough. 2. Minnesota (vs. Detroit) - Vikings generally find a  ...  Storylines: Colts seeking first win at Lucas Oil Field after losing their first two games  ...  (325.8 yards per game)...Oakland running back Justin Fargas (groin) expected to return to the lineup,  ...
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<title>He sees energy&apos;s future: it&apos;s nuclear</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192269075</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 18:55 GMT</pubDate>
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... Moments after Texas oil kingpin T. Boone Pickens touted his plan  ...  a new nuclear plant since the 1970s. Minnesota slapped a moratorium on new plants in  ...  in about 30 years, out of natural gas in less than 50 and out of  ...
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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  ...  Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,  ...
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<title>Economic crisis changes tone of race in Sixth District</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192242364</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 17:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  emphasis. Bachmann stresses lifting federal restrictions on oil drilling. &quot;We sit on the answer to  ...  bring &quot;immediate and lasting relief&quot; and cut gas prices to $2 a gallon. The U.S.  ...  in Washington. &quot;She&apos;s a lightning rod in Minnesota politics. To the extent that Elwyn Tinklenberg  ...
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<title>Are Americans Really Open to Obama&apos;s New Ideas?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192233642</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 16:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  certain outcomes. (For example, Amiable states, like Minnesota, tend to be lower in crime.) My  ...  wind generated electricity to free up natural gas for powering vehicles, thereby building a bridge  ...  idea - deny royalties to states for oil and gas pumped from new offshore wells.  ...
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<title>Delta CEO promises smooth merger</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192199453</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  percent in September Airfares may not join oil in soaring to the heavens NWA pilots&apos;  ...  agreement with pilots unions NWA CEO: Rising oil prices are a &quot;budget-breaker&quot; Delta-NWA merger could come  ...
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