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HOUSTON/ SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1- Renewed strength in refining and chemicals led to higher-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings for Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp, the two largest U.S. oil companies.
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Feb 1- Mississippi River barge traffic remained congested on Friday near Vicksburg, Mississippi, where a barge accident and oil spill shuttered the major shipping artery on Sunday, but the backlog of boats was slowly declining.
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Middleby Corp, based near Chicago, said it laid off about 140 of Viking's 700 employees Thursday. Carl had earlier said that he probably would lead the company for several more years and cited Middleby's pattern of leaving managers in place after buying companies.
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The Ohio House passed a similar ban in 2011, but it was sidelined in the Senate last year over concerns that it might be found unconstitutional.
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HOUSTON, Feb 1- As J. Wayne Leonard retires from the ranks of U.S. electric utility executives, the former chairman of New Orleans- based Entergy Corp said he will continue to push the industry and the nation to combat climate change.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-- The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System hopes to invest $60 million in the $1 billion Big River Steel LLC mill planned for Osceola, officials announced Wednesday. The investment would be contingent on the Legislature's approval of a $125 million loan to help finance the mill project, which also would have to clear regulatory hurdles.
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Midwest rains lift Mississippi River water level. Plains states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and Nebraska is expected to continue struggling through the worst drought in over 50 years into early February and perhaps longer, an agricultural meteorologist said on Thursday.
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*River closed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, since Sunday. Jan 30- More than 1,000 barges were backed up on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Wednesday after a weekend barge accident and oil spill forced the closure of the major shipping artery, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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The South Dakota law is based on centuries-old British law. Adelstein had hoped his cause would be helped by a recent trial in Rapid City that attracted a lot of attention in South Dakota. Former county prosecutor Glenn Brenner was sued by his wife's ex-husband, businessman Douglas Rumpca, claiming Brenner stole Kellie Rumpca from a loving marriage.
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JACKSON, Miss.-- As Mississippi Power Co. draws closer to collecting for the $3 billion- plus Kemper County plant it's building, a customer of the company wants the state Supreme Court to rule utilities can't raise rates for power plants before they start making electricity.
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*Barges strike bridge near Vicksburg on Sunday, spill oil. Jan 28- More than 300 barges were awaiting passage through a closed section of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Monday, a day after two tanker barges struck a railroad bridge and one leaked an unknown amount of oil into the river.
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Jan 25- PepsiCo Inc is removing a controversial chemical from its Gatorade drinks following concerns from consumers and an online petition by a Mississippi teenager. Molly Carter, a spokeswoman for Gatorade, said BVO-free versions of those drinks will roll out across the United States in the next couple of months.
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JACKSON, Miss.-- The Mississippi House voted Thursday to let payday lending businesses keep operating in the state beyond 2015, despite objections by some lawmakers that the shops congregate in poor neighborhoods and take advantage of people who might not be financially savvy. The bill passed 89-21. It goes to the Senate for more debate.
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JACKSON, Miss.-- The Mississippi Public Service Commission and Mississippi Power Co. have reached a settlement in the company's lawsuit over a PSC decision to turn down construction charges for a coal-fired power plant in east Mississippi's Kemper County.
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JACKSON, Miss.-- Mississippi defied the union during the Civil War and civil rights era, and at least two lawmakers think it is time to do so again. Gary Chism and Jeff Smith, both of Columbus, filed a bill this month to form the Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of Federal Laws.
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TUPELO, Miss.-- BancorpSouth Inc. says profit in 2012' s fourth quarter rose 28 percent from the same three months of 2011, as mortgage fees remained high and the bank set aside less money for future loan losses. BancorpSouth said it set aside $6 million to cover future bad loans, compared to $19.3 million in the same three months of 2011..
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MONTPELIER, Vt.-- Vermont can boast the country's highest high school graduation rate, 91.4 percent, edging out Wisconsin by three-tenths of a point, according to a report released by U.S. Education Department on Tuesday. Vermont has traditionally been among the states with the highest graduation rates so being at the top this year wasn't a surprise.
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JACKSON, Miss.-- Regional bank Trustmark Corp. said profit in 2012' s fourth quarter rose 14 percent from the same three months of 2011, as bad loans fell and the bank made more from writing new mortgages. Trustmark said Tuesday it made a quarterly profit of $27.7 million, or 43 cents per share, up from $24.3 million, or 38 cents per share, in 2011' s fourth quarter.
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WASHINGTON-- The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of students are still failing to get their diploma in four years, the Education Department said in a study released Tuesday. That wasn't true 10 or 15 years ago, "Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in an interview with The Associated Press.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of Goodrich Petroleum Corp. rose Tuesday, after a BMO Capital Markets analyst upgraded the stock, saying that the shares could rise on any good news about some of the company's current exploration activities.