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The number of stores feeling the effects of a bad gas recall has tripled in the last day. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission now says 107 gas stations and distributors have so far been identified as possibly receiving high ethanol gas. Nearly 450,000 gallons of fuel from Magellan Midstream Partners may have as much as 30-percent ethanol. The fuel was distributed between Aug. 23 and Aug. 29 to dozens of stations across the state. FOX 25 checked in with several stores affected by the recall, all of which said their fuel had been recycled out either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning....

Now we know what is really causing global warming. It's not caused by man, it's caused by penguins farting underwater. We better get Al Gore out there to put meters on their derrieres so we can check the rate of global warming gasses emanating from these birds before the polar caps completely melt. This is a funny video of a penguin that farts in the face of another penguin who does an about face and heads the other way. Follow the link below to see the video of a Penguin Farting in Another Penguins Face.

Scientists, environmental campaigners and opposition politicians yesterday issued a scathing response to the government's admission that it will fail to meet a key target to cut greenhouse gas pollution. They called the results of an 18-month review of climate change policies "pitiful" and accused ministers of lacking the political will to tackle global warming. Margaret Beckett, the environment secretary, confirmed that measures to reduce emissions are now projected to cut UK carbon dioxide pollution by 15%-18% below 1990 levels by 2010. The government had pledged to reduce it by 20%. ... Peter Ainsworth, the shadow environment secretary, said: "The review...

LANCASTER - The Texaco gas station on Challenger Way and Avenue K is back open and customers are slowly returning to the pumps, but no one has figured out just what contaminated the regular unleaded four weeks ago. More than 100 people have reported problems arising from bad gas, according to the station's StarMart manager, Bob O'Kelley. The station closed on Sept. 27 and reopened on Oct. 10. "It's picking up slowly," O'Kelley said. "We're getting our regulars back. We have the same customers every day because we're in the neighborhood. It's not like we're on the freeway, a car...

LANCASTER - Can you trust your car to the gasoline with the star? An unknown contaminant in the gasoline at the Texaco Starmart on Challenger Way and Avenue K caused at least 45 cars to break down in the past week, puzzling drivers and mechanics. Mike Aubrey, owner of Mike's Performance Automotive in Lancaster, first heard about the problem Sept. 29. A week later, he was dealing with the third car to break down after getting gasoline from the Starmart. "What we're having to do is take the manifold out and replace all the injectors," Aubrey said, taking a fuel...