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Hanna's heavier rain, high winds expected later tonight
matthew.chayes@newsday.comTropical Storm Hanna, less pugnacious than forecast but nonetheless wet and windy, will begin its rendezvous with Long Island Saturday, tracking on the South Shore near Fire Island around 11 p.m. and moving north of Riverhead around midnight, the National...Tags: Steve Levy, Sailing, Weather Warnings, Long Island, New York Weather
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Bush: Oil-drilling, hurricanes and storms
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush is trying to change the subject. The subject all week and this coming week: Hurricanes and tropical storms. The ones that have passed and the ones coming. The story line is good: Recovery efforts so......Tags: Local Authority, Hybrid Vehicles, Government, Trade Agreements, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Cars that Jumped the Shark: Mercedes-Benz SL
Edmunds.comThe first Mercedes-Benz SL I ever drove was a 1981 380SL, with the woefully underperforming 3.8-liter, 155 horsepower V8. Even then I knew enough about the model to know that "SL" stood for "Sport Light," so I remember being highly disappointed. "This... -
Diesel: A cleaner option?
Consumer ReportsIn a previous blog, we discussed hybrid vehicles and their pros and cons. Diesel is another alternative fuel that may give you improved fuel economy, plus more diesel vehicles are making their way into the marketplace. Modern diesel engines have come a... -
Cost of an oil change, value of car maintenance
Consumer ReportsThe value of proper car maintenance is priceless, but the costs may be rising. I recently went to my local service station to get an oil change and when I went to pay the bill, I was surprised by the price. Just a few weeks prior, I had brought in my... -
Swamp, Tribune's DC blog, open again
The Swampby Mark Silva Think of it as a week's vacation. It certainly was frustrating for all of us here at The Swamp, which suffered the mother of all technical failures with the collapse of its comments board. A lot of......Tags: John McCain, Wetlands, Sarah Palin, Bill Ayers, Joe Biden
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Radio Sarah!
Spin CycleKnowing a good thing when he sees it, McCain hands over his weekly radio package to Palin. Text, after the jump. Nothing that new, but here's the audio and the text is after the jump if you're interested.......Tags: Energy Resources, Regional Authority, Economic Policy, Petroleum Industry, Sarah Palin
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State braces for Hanna
Marylanders were tying down and tightening up yesterday as they braced for the heavy wind, torrential rain and high water predicted to arrive today with Tropical Storm Hanna, the first such storm to menace the state since Ernesto in 2006.
Forecasters...Tags: House and Home, Natural Resource Industry, Weather Warnings, Local Authority, John R Leopold
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Two dead in Frankfort house explosion
Tribune staff reporterAn elderly couple in far southwest suburban Frankfort died early Saturday when their house violently exploded, officials said. The blast destroyed the house next door, knocked neighbors out of bed and blew open their front doors in the 100 block of...Tags: Frankfort, Energy Resources, Natural Gas, Nicor Incorporated, Explosions
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Town official calls rifle hunt 'a scary thought'
Associated Press WriterA change that allows rifles to be used instead of shotguns to hunt deer in more areas of southern Wisconsin this fall has some local officials fearful that safety is being compromised. "It's a scary thought," said Robert Kwiatkowski, chairman of the...Tags: Energy Resources, Firearms, Natural Resource Industry, Defense, Forestry and Timber
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As costs continue to rise, parents work to stretch food dollars for school meals
The Associated PressKids may be worried about homework, teachers and that pesky bully this school year. But parents? They're leery about lunches. With food prices rising and packages shrinking, parents are wondering how they'll stretch their food budgets. Children are going...Tags: Kraft Foods Inc., Wetlands, Obesity, Hormel Foods Corporation, Illnesses
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UC Berkeley starts cutting controversial grove
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe University of California moved quickly Friday to begin cutting trees in a grove on campus where tree-sitters have staged a protest for the last 21 months in a bid to block construction of an athletic facility. Four tree-sitters perched in a 90-foot...Tags: Memorial Stadium, Forestry and Timber, Forests, Demonstration, Employees
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