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The boom in new oil and natural gas flowing through U.S. pipelines is beginning to ripple through the wider American economy.
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BISMARCK, N.D.-- North Dakota is requiring brucellosis testing for cattle and bison brought into the state from Idaho, to help keep North Dakota's livestock industry free of the disease.
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TYUMEN, Russia, April 3- Forty-five years after its accidental discovery deep under the swamps of West Siberia, the race is now on to develop the world's largest shale oil resource, Russia's Bazhenov.
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CHICAGO, April 2- U.S. farmers who tasted record-high prices for corn during last summer's historic drought are abandoning long-held selling strategies in hopes that the market serves up another rally.
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Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said the increase is encouraging because any score above 50 suggests growth. The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
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NEW YORK, March 29- Unemployment rates in most U.S. states in February were flat to somewhat lower compared with January, according to Labor Department data released on Friday. In contrast, posting the highest unemployment rates were California, Mississippi, and Nevada, all at 9.6 percent.
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*Total and Suncor re-evaluating Fort Hills, Joslyn projects.
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NEW YORK, March 28- Amazon.com Inc and other out-of-state online retailers must collect state tax on New York state customers, the state's highest court ruled on Thursday, a decision at odds with other courts that could set the stage for a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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March 28- Amazon and other out-of-state online retailers must collect state tax on New York State customers, the state's highest court ruled on Thursday, a decision at odds with other courts that could set the stage for a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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CONCORD, N.H.-- New Hampshire's House voted Wednesday to phase in a 12- cent hike in the gas and diesel tax to fix deteriorating roads and bridges, setting the stage for a budget battle with the Senate, which proposes instead to legalize a casino to pay for infrastructure improvements.
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*Another cold snap expected in the Plains wheat next week. CHICAGO, March 28- A cold snap early on Thursday may have harmed some of the soft red winter wheat crop in the Carolinas and Virginia while another round of cold air is posing a threat to the Plains hard red winter wheat crop next week, an agricultural meteorologist said.
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NEW YORK-- Suncor Energy Inc. said Wednesday that it won't move forward with its troubled Voyageur oilsands upgrader project. Suncor CEO Steve Williams said market conditions have changed significantly, challenging the economics of the project, the Canadian Press reported.
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NEW YORK/ CALGARY March 27- A mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed and leaked 30,000 gallons of crude in western Minnesota on Wednesday, as debate rages over the environmental risks of transporting tar sands across the border.
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By David Sheppard and Jeffrey Jones. NEW YORK/ CALGARY March 27- A mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed and leaked 30,000 gallons of crude in western Minnesota on Wednesday, as debate rages over the environmental risks of transporting tar sands across the border.
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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga.- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks before a dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Financial Markets Conference, 1915 EDT/ 2315 GMT.
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CHICAGO, March 27- Scattered showers are likely late Thursday into the weekend in the central and southeastern U.S. This will continue to add moisture for about two-thirds of the Plains, but the southwest third will remain under drought stress, "said Commodity Weather Group meteorologist Joel Widenor.
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CALGARY, Alberta, March 27- A combination of surging production from low-cost Alberta bitumen projects and stubbornly tight export pipeline capacity will keep Canadian crude oil prices volatile for the rest of the decade, energy researcher Wood Mackenzie said on Wednesday.
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DICKINSON, North Dakota, March 26- MDU Resources Group Inc and Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP. Only 22,000 barrels are produced in state daily, at Tesoro Corp's small Mandan plant near the state capital. "The market area for this oil is right in our own back yard," said Dave Goodin, chief executive of MDU Resources.
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DICKINSON, North Dakota, March 26- MDU Resources Group Inc and Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP. Only 22,000 barrels are produced in state daily, at Tesoro Corp's small Mandan plant near the state capital. "The market area for this oil is right in our own back yard," said Dave Goodin, chief executive of MDU Resources.
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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga.- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks before a dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Financial Markets Conference, 1915 EDT/ 2315 GMT.
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PORTLAND, Maine-- Millions of gallons of crude oil from the nation's heartland are crossing Maine in railroad tank cars bound for a Canadian oil refinery, raising concern among environmentalists and state officials about the threat of an accident and spill.