BP To Keep Oil Flowing From Prudhoe Bay

BP To Keep Oil Flowing From Prudhoe Bay 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Oil producer BP said it will keep one side of the nation's largest oil field open as it replaces 16 miles of pipes. The decision will allow BP to keep funneling up to 200,000 barrels of oil and natural gas from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska.
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Trading lipstick for security 
Early morning travelers must part with their toiletries because of new security measures after a terror alert.
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Collect call 
The origin of souvenirs is lost in history, but it could be argued that the first really big wave of keepsake collectors were Christian pilgrims wandering the Holy Land during the Crusades. They brought back everything from hastily manufactured crowns of thorns to exotic breeds of dogs, inspiring cottage industries that morphed, over the centuries, into the factories churning out reams of
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The last word on personal columns 
I a little tired of everyone griping about what the Rolla Daily News staff chooses to print on the newspapers opinion page! Lately, people seem to be complaining about the personal subject matter of many of our columns.
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Crackdown Costs Travelers Water, Lipstick and Time 
The most mundane, comforting things joined the list of items banned from carry-on baggage for travelers in the United States.
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Alaska cruise canceled

Alaska cruise canceled 

Celebrity Cruises has canceled a September 13th sailing to Alaska by the cruise ship Infinity. Company officials say the September 13th sailing is a no-go because one of the ship's two propulsion pods has to be replaced.
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PB plans to keep part of Alaska oil field running 
ANCHORAGE, Alaska BP PLC said Friday it would keep one side of the nation's largest oil field open as it replaces 16 miles of pipeline, averting a total shutdown that could have put a larger crimp in the nation's oil supply.
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Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air to Lift All Pet Restrictions Aug. 12 
SEATTLE, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air will again allow pets to travel as checked baggage starting Aug. 12. The carriers previously banned unaccompanied minor and pet travel Aug.
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Alaska pipeline leak will leave wide mark 
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The leak that is causing the shutdown of the nation's largest oil field this week could have a ripple effect on everyone from steel pipe makers to oil industry workers -- and even perhaps the price Americans pay at the pump.
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Alaska closer to natural gas pipeline 
After months of wrangling with pipeline backer Gov. Frank Murkowski, Alaska lawmakers late Thursday finally passed what amounts to the biggest tax law rewrite in decades.
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