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"WALKER, LA - The frustrated mayor of Walker, Louisiana said Tuesday that the flooding event in his city was "man-made" and announced plans to file suit against the state of Louisiana and federal government. Walker Mayor Rick Ramsey said a six-foot tall concrete barrier that was put along I-12 when the interstate was expanded last year essentially put the city of Walker "into a bowl" because he said the barrier prevents water from draining out of Walker. "When the Amite River went up, it hit that wall," Ramsey said. "We have video evidence that shows the concrete barrier and...

I know what she is trying to do. She wants to channel Jackie O, but she comes across as a Walmart wannabe. Is this the best her staff of 20+ clucking hens can come up with? Her every outfit is progressively worse and her "Jackie O on the Shortbus" look is not catching on. Is America rushing to imitate the trends of the first lady? NO. Are women's fashions showing up with belts worn under the bosom? NO. Are trendy stores introducing a line of Fabulous Fall MO clothing? NO. Its time to come out and say it. Michelle, your...

just heard on the radio that Sen.Coleman wants to be notified about price gouging for gas. the site to let him know is http://gaswatch.energy.gov/ I think I'll let him know his decision to not drill in ANWR is gouging what I'll pay in the future . taxing gas at high rates doesn't help either. Feel free to add to the list of stupid things our gubmint does to make our lives more entertwined with their sense of self importance with regards to energy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he is "concerned" about high gasoline prices, and pledged that the U.S. government will keep a close watch out for profiteering. "I'm concerned about higher gasoline prices," Bush said at a Rose Garden news conference to name new staff appointments. "The government has the responsibility to make sure that we watch very carefully and investigate possible price-gouging, and we will do just that," Bush said in unprompted remarks about energy prices. U.S. crude oil futures hit a record of $70.88 a barrel on Tuesday on fears of supply disruptions in...

Go to Morrison's RX pharmacy in Plantation for 30 Nexium gastric reflux pills, and the list price is $202. Drive two miles to Costco in Davie, and it's $131. Unlike most products, the cost of medicine can vary sharply from store to store -- sometimes double or triple the lowest price -- as a result of the nation's complex and loosely regulated drug-selling system. LocalLinks Pharmacy industry experts say many people do not realize they can save money by comparison shopping, and that they can check a state Internet site that now posts prices of the most popular drugs from...

Posted by Baja Cactus, owner of the Pemex station and motel in El Rosario. The Mexican government sets the price each month. As you all may already know, the last of every month, Pemex changes the fuel prices...usually only a couple of cents. So, here you go the prices for October 2005... Magna............$ 6.12 pesos per liter Premium..........$ 7.23 pesos per liter Diesel.............$ 5.06 pesos per liter These prices are in liters, and 1 gallon = 3.7854 liters. Today (october 4th) 1 dollar = $ 10.70 pesos (+/-) Using the previous information, this is what we have.... Magna............$ 2.165 dollars...

Eight U.S. companies have filed applications with the federal government to lease land in Colorado for oil-shale development, a sign that oil producers again are ready to gamble some 23 years after the last boom went bust. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the arm of the Interior Department that manages federal lands, has received 10 drilling applications, including three from Shell and one each from Exxon Mobil and Chevron. The companies want to develop technologies to extract oil from shale on 160-acre federal tracts in Rio Blanco County in northwestern Colorado.

"It takes about 2 weeks for changes in the spot price of gasoline to begin to show up at the pump and it is mostly passed through after 4 weeks," the EIA said. "This implies more price increases lie ahead for the next few weeks."

The Mozilla Foundation has released the first version of Sunbird, its standalone calendar application, for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Sunbird 0.2 offers various features, including the ability to create scheduled events and to see an overview of events on a particular day, week or month. The calendar can be shared by publishing it to a WebDAV (World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning)-capable server. WebDAV is a set of extensions to the basic HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) underlying the Web, enabling people to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote Web servers. The Sunbird application is available for...

"R&B singer Houston has reportedly attempted suicide by gouging out his eye while on tour in London. According to reports, Houston tried to jump off a balcony, but was stopped by his security detail. After he was prevented from leaping, he then was locked in a bathroom, where he gouged out one of his eyes. Last year, the Hip-Hop oriented singer scored a major hit in 'I Like That' with Nate Dogg and Chingy. Earlier this month, Houston was nominated for 'Best New R&B Artist' by the 2004 T M H Honors. Winners were supposed to be announced on Jan....

Just noticed yet another news story on CBS morning program reflecting on the "reasons" for rising gasoline prices. Upon reflecting, I realize that local prices have gone up 10 cents per gallin in the last week and a half. So, I must ask: What in the world is going on? I know that I recently read that OPEC has cut production several times in the last few months. I am also hearing that refining capacity is streached thin. What's going on? You would think with the profits waiting to be grabbed, that capacity would be up, not down. Furthermore, what...