Unleaded Gas

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake
| WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand's South... Houston Chronicle

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake
| Only two serious injuries were reported from the quake, which shook thousands of people awake when it struck at 4:35 a.m. near the southern city of Christchurch. There were reports of some people tr... The Press Democrat

Abbas represents best chance for peace with Israel.
| President Mahmoud Abbas has been accused of not having the power, or the political platform, or the desire to reach a peace accord with Israel, but, before buying into one these, it wouldn't hurt to... The Examiner

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand's S... The Associated Press

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake
| RAY LILLEY | Associated Press Writer= WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnit... The Guardian

Buildings Collapse, 2 Injured in Powerful NZ Quake
| Filed at 5:08 a.m. ET | WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthqu... The New York Times

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake
| WELLINGTON — Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand's South Island... Newsvine

Be Prepared
| September is National Preparedness Month, and the federal Department of Homeland Security is advising people to be prepared for either a natural or a man-made disaster. | The American Red Cross of C... Syracuse

Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
| WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were s... Herald Tribune

TSX closes up amid encouraging jobs data, major deal making in gold sector
| TORONTO _ The Toronto stock market closed modestly higher Friday with the TSX failing to get much traction from an American jobs report which blew past expectations. | The S&P/TSX composite inde... Insurance Newsnet

Oil platform fire under scrutiny; no injuries
0 0 | (09-04) 04:00 PDT Houston - -- | A day after a Mariner Energy oil platform burst into flames and forced 13 workers into the Gulf of Mexico, the Houston oil and gas firm that owns the facility fo... San Fransisco Chronicle

Gasoline prices keep falling as demand decelerates
| A customer pumps fuel into his truck at a Chevron gas station in San Rafael, Calif. Retail gasoline prices may continue to drop because of a glut of supply and lower consumer demand. (Getty Images f... Denver Post

Gasoline prices expected to head lower as summer wanes
Gasoline prices have been falling for weeks, and they could go even lower as autumn's leaves begin to drop. | The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.681 on Friday, according to A... Tulsa World

Jobs report good news for investors
| NEW YORK: Investors pushed stocks up for the fourth day in a row, sailing into the long weekend on a high note as an encouraging jobs report sent stocks to their best pre-Labor Day week in two decad... Ohio

Spotlight Shifts to Shallow-Water Wells
| For decades, thousands of oil and gas platforms have operated quietly in the shallower waters of the Gulf of Mexico, largely forgotten by the public and government regulators. Lee Celano/Reuters | B... The New York Times

Hawkings' new book says God did not create the universe
| And away we go. Religious talking heads are already picking apart Stephen Hawkings' statement that because of gravity, "the universe can and will create itself from nothing" in order to make a ... The Examiner

Review: "Pageant: The Musical" - Campy Spoof is Lots of Fun
| Remember when beauty pageants were silly contests where baton twirling was considered a talent and “make everybody holds hands� was considered a legitimate answer to the question “how would yo... The Examiner

Calls for answers in platform fire draws scrutiny
| A day after a Mariner Energy oil platform burst into flames and forced 13 workers into the Gulf of Mexico, the Houston oil and gas company that owns it focused on possible causes, while regulators a... Houston Chronicle

'broad-based Job Gains'
| WASHINGTON - Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose beca... Houston Chronicle

Political heat
| Political heat | Death and taxes are universally agreed-upon certainties in life. Based on 50 years as a registered voter, I would like to add two more to that list. Democrat presidents routinely bl... The Miami Herald