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Gas prices projected to be lower than last summer
SOUTH BEND — Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, a season with typically higher gas prices. It’s also a heavy travel weekend. And this Memorial Day weekend, about nine out of ten holiday travelers will take to the nation’...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Holidays, Washington, DC, Automotive Equipment, AAA
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CP Railway sets its sights on buying regional lines
ReutersTORONTO, May 22 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway will become a "more aggressive" buyer of short-line regional railroads as it improves its financial performance and operating efficiency, Canada's second-largest railway said on Wednesday. In a sign of...Tags: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, Cerebral Palsy, Railway Transportation, Transportation, Toronto Stock Exchange
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U.S. Midwest gasoline prices expected to cool after spike
ReutersBy Sabina Zawadzki May 22 (Reuters) - Gasoline prices in the U.S. Midwest should fall in the coming days after hitting record highs in several cities last week in the run up to Memorial Day, the traditional start to the summer driving season, traders and...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Gasoline Industry, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Memorial Day, New York Mercantile Exchange
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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: BP Plc, Automotive Equipment, AAA, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Support group for clergy sex-abuse victims asks Lexington bishop to investigate priest
The Lexington Herald-LeaderA support group for clergy sex abuse victims is urging the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington to investigate and punish a priest suspended over sex abuse allegations. The priest is living in McCreary County. David Clohessy, executive director of the...Tags: Christianity, Chicago Tribune, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism
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US Midwest gasoline pump prices surge on tight refinery supplies
ReutersBy Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE, Wis. May 17 (Reuters) - Retail gasoline prices hit all-time highs on Friday in several U.S. Midwestern cities due to maintenance and outages at refineries in the region resulting in a tightening of supplies, according to...Tags: Petroleum Industry, BP Plc, Automotive Equipment, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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Former pastor who ran off with 16-year-old girl gets 5 years in prison
St. Paul Pioneer PressA former pastor who was having sexual relations with a 16-year-old girl and tried to take her to Mexico was sentenced this week to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Two gross misdemeanor...Tags: Prisons, Mexico, Punishment, Trials
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Officials demand more information about proposed immigration detention center
Special to the TribuneJoliet City Councilman Jim McFarland wants to hear firsthand – and publicly – what Corrections Corp. of America plans to do if it builds an immigration detention center in Joliet. McFarland, who called for a public meeting to learn about...Tags: Corrections Corporation of America, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Prisons, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano
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US Cash Products-Midwest gasoline differentials soar on supply crunch
Reuters* Lower inventories, refinery outages, arbitrage trades weigh * Gulf gasoline up on pipeline scheduling, refinery upsets * New York Harbor differentials mixed and little changed HOUSTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Gasoline differentials in the U.S. Midwest...Tags: Securities, Kerosene, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Exxon Mobil Corporation
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Frankfort mayor, clerk, trustees back in fold
Mayor Jim Holland, Village Clerk Robert Kennedy and Trustees Todd Morgan, Dick Trevarthan and Douglas Morgan are back for four more years. They were sworn in for new terms May 6 during the Village Board meeting, with state Rep. Renee Kosel, R-New Lenox,...
Tags: Elections, Frankfort, Netherlands, Renee Kosel, Politics
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Oak Park teacher receives Golden Apple
John Paulett leads almost all of his classes at Fenwick High School while the students sit in chairs formed in a circle. It's a way that provokes discussion and critical thinking for some of the tough topics he tackles in his theology classes at the...
Tags: Students, Frankfort, Chicago Heights, Niles, Teachers
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