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Gas nears record high in Wichita, refinery shut downs to blame
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsGas prices in Wichita hit their highest price since July of 2008, when the city set a record. Tuesday morning, the price of regular unleaded jumped 10 cents at most stations around Wichita to $3.89 a gallon. Jim Hanni with AAA Kansas says the last time...Tags: AAA, Automotive Equipment, Joliet, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Tesoro gets state and federal clearance to buy BP's Arco assets
State and federal authorities cleared the way Friday for Tesoro Corp. to buy BP's Carson refinery, the Arco brand and other assets, and the Texas oil giant agreed to California restrictions on prices, jobs and retrofits to protect the environment. The...
Tags: Kamala D. Harris, Environmental Issues, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Global Warming, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Tesoro is cleared to buy BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations
Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players — Tesoro and...
Tags: AAA, Gasoline Industry, Environmental Issues, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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As Memorial Day nears, California gasoline prices rise above $4
Summer is coming. The long Memorial Day weekend is just two weeks away and, of course, average gasoline prices in California are back up above $4 a gallon. On Friday, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in California was $4.062, up 7.6...
Tags: AAA, Gasoline Industry, Memorial Day, Petroleum Industry, Auto Trends
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Cops: Man lost fingers in homemade bomb blast
FloriDUHA worker at a BP gas station in Tampa dialed 911 Tuesday afternoon to report a man in the parking lot who had injured his hand with fireworks, according to a news release from the Tampa Police Department. Officers who arrived immediately transported...Tags: FBI, Tampa, Bombings, Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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Study: Gulf oil spill is sickening fish vital to seafood industry
The seafood is safe to eat and the Gulf of Mexico tourism industry is recovering three years after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the waters off Louisiana. But despite that BP-sponsored...
Tags: Oil Spills, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Aquaculture
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Police fatally shoot boy they say fired at pedestrians in Lawndale
Tribune reporterA teenaged gunman on a bicycle who officials said was firing shots at pedestrians and police officers was fatally shot by police this afternoon on the West Side, according to authorities. The gunman, who is 15 or 16, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Shootings, Chicago Fire Department, Firearms
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2 shot on South Side
Tribune reporterA 36-year-old woman buying food from a street vendor on Kedzie Avenue was one of two people shot Saturday night. She sustained a wound to the arm about 10:35 p.m. just north of the intersection with 60th Street in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, police...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Automotive Equipment, Shootings, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Problem Solver: Tainted BP gas damages van but repair claim rejected
Paul Goss had barely driven his van out of the gas station's lot before it started riding rough and making jerking movements. The Roseland resident had purchased gas at the same BP station in Hammond before, and it had been fine. But he knew immediately...
Tags: Jon Yates, Roseland, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Meet Frankie Jupiter
Frankie Jupiter joined WDBJ7 in April of 2013, as a reporter. He’s no stranger to the commonwealth, joining the team from the CBS affiliate in Charlottesville. Originally from New Orleans, Frankie graduated from Columbia College Chicago. That&...
Tags: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Lake Worth woman carjacked after date in Boynton
The date started as an evening stroll on the beach, but ended in an armed carjacking in a Wendy's parking lot. Donald Bernard McGee Jr., 19, of Hollywood, courted a Lake Worth woman after the two exchanged text messages and photos and agreed to meet...Tags: Lake Worth, Firearms, Police Arrests, Boynton Beach
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More casinos in Florida? Bet on it
An old gambling joke says the difference between a prayer in church and a prayer in a casino is that, in a casino, you really mean it. But when it comes to gambling in Florida, the Legislature isn't wasting time on prayers. It's buying the results...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Florida Gaming Corporation, Sheldon Adelson, Rick Scott, Tampa
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