BOSTON (CBS) — The Cubs haven’t won the World Series since 1908, and they no longer have a loser’s camaraderie with the Red Sox, after Boston won two championships this decade.
That is perhaps why one Cubs fan set out to prank the Red Sox, buying the domain for JetBluePark.com and [...]
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A federal judge has returned to state court a lawsuit by Montana landowners whose property was contaminated with crude oil from a broken Exxon Mobil pipeline.
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AMESBURY (CBS) – Call it a sign of the times.
An Amesbury church is offering ashes to go on this Ash Wednesday.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Kim Tunnicliffe reports.
Rev. Susan Esco Chandler stood outside St. James Episcopal Church for over an hour offering ashes to anyone who wanted them.
It’s a concept that started [...]
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BOSTON (CBS) – With the NHL Trade Deadline just five days away, Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli is dealing with some quiet phones.
“This is the slowest it’s been in my time here,” Chiarelli told 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Johnston and Flynn on Wednesday, adding that things have picked up [...]
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Buddy Trahan, a Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) rig supervisor who survived the disastrous BP Plc. (NYSE: BP) blowup in the Gulf of Mexico in the spring of 2010, has asked a federal judge to free his stalled personal injury lawsuit from the oil-spill litigation slated for trial in New Orleans [...]
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TALLAHASSEE—A bill making it easier to drill for oil and gas on state lands hit the skids Tuesday as it failed to advance from a key Senate Committee that does not intend to meet again.
Facing multiple questions and concerns from environmental groups, state regulators and the governor’s office, the Senate [...]
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Surging oil prices is once again causing pain at the pump and are expected to create a real pain at the airport, too, Portfolio.com reported.
Airlines are disproportionately affected by energy prices and are likely to raise fares on business travelers. That will lead to a slowdown and possible cancellation [...]
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Snyder’s-Lance Inc. plans to construct a 60,000-square-foot research and development center in Hanover, Pa., near one of the company’s largest bakeries. And it was designed from the ground up to be environmentally friendly, according to a company statement.
Charlotte-based Snyder’s-Lance (NASDAQ:LNCE) will seek Silver-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification [...]
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Business news from around the Web:
• Apple has big solar plans in North Carolina (Portfolio)
• Peugeot talking alliance with G.M. (WSJ)
• Bright holidays for higher-end retailers (NYT)
• Artificial hip maker talked of flaws before recall (NYT)
• Surging oil prices slap airlines, and travelers (Portfolio)
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will allocate $700,000 to ENrG and TAM Ceramics for technological developments that generate electricity while reducing fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.
NYSERDA awarded $500,000 to ENrG Inc. for potential expansion of the company’s manufacturing capacity and improving the performance of [...]
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Drivers in Memphis have a new reason to be upset over the city’s emissions testing policies.
Officials there now automatically fail cars at inspection stations if the car’s “check engine” light is on. Officials told members of the Memphis City Council that they cannot do anything to change the policy, The [...]
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3M Co. is developing lighter, durable fuel tanks for natural gas vehicles.
Minnesota Public Radio reports on the effort, which could expand the nation’s current fleet of 140,000 natural-gas-fueled vehicles.
Most of those are big trucks and buses, partly because natural gas fuel tanks are big, expensive things. But Maplewood-based 3M is [...]
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Nine of the local stocks tracked by the San Antonio Business Journal lost value on Tuesday at the close of trading compared to the previous trading day.
Meanwhile, six local stocks gained value at the end of trading on Tuesday, compared to their previous trading day.
Abraxas Petroleum Corp. posted the highest [...]
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BOSTON (CBS) – Rick Santorum is nothing if not consistent.
Listen to Jon’s commentary:
When the Catholic church sex scandal broke open around here in 2002, Santorum blamed it on “cultural liberalism,” and concluded that it was “no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies [...]
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Apple has big solar data center plans
Apple Inc. has plans to power a massive data center in North Carolina with equally massive solar and fuel-cell installations. The company said the solar array, expected to cover much of 100 acres, will be the biggest end-user-owned installation in the country. Solar and data centers are both growing industries [...]
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