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California gov. declares fiscal emergency
UPI - 2 days agoOutgoing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency Dec. 6 but lawmakers ignored it, preferring to wait for Brown's Budget. Brown was sworn in as Governor Jan. 3. Los Angeles, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Crude Oil Pri…
Read more >>Sean Hannity Wants Iraq, Kuwait To Pay For Their Liberation In Oil
Mediaite - 7 days agoSean Hannity is really not having any of this price increase in Crude Oil coming from the powers-that-be at OPEC. Particularly incensed at Kuwait, the Fox News host criticized that nation’s oil minister Friday night for “lecturing us&…
Read more >>Local Business Briefs
Washington Examiner - 9th Jan 2011The average price for regular Gasoline at U.S. filling stations rose 9.3 cents to $3.08 a gallon, according to a survey. The price covers the three-week period ended Friday and is derived from data provided by 2,500 filling stations nationwide to …
Read more >>7 films qualify for VFX Oscar nods
UPI - 6th Jan 2011BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says seven films qualify for nomination in the Visual Effects category for the 83rd Academy Awards. The list will be whittled down to five and announced…
Read more >>Long-term mortgage rates drop in week
UPI - 6th Jan 2011WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Average Interest Rates for 30-year and 15-year Mortgage contracts dropped in the week ending Jan. 6, the U.S. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. said. The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell from 4…
Read more >>Men shave heads to spite genetics
UPI - 6th Jan 2011Sandy Poirier, the owner of Shag salon, said he started shaving his head five years ago "when no one else was doing it," and he learned there are new obligations that come with the style. "You have to dress well, be more fashionable, or you're goi…
Read more >>FBI investigating body on cargo ship
UPI - 6th Jan 2011HOUSTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it is investigating the death of a Ukrainian man aboard the cargo ship Alexia. The unnamed man, a sailor, was assaulted and died around New Year's Eve, KCRP-TV, Houston, reported. …
Read more >>Glitch leads to double charges
UPI - 5th Jan 2011LONDON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- More than 200,000 people in Britain may have been double-charged on New Year's Eve because of a Glitch in a Lloyds Bank payment system, bank officials said. The bank said the problem was a system error in Lloyds TSB Cardnet…
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