Oil prices fuel push for alternatives (Denver Post) The consensus of more than 400 scientists, oil-industry analysts, energy investors, environmentalists and public officials in Denver last week was anything but alarmist. The world is not running out of oil, they said. No way. In fact, there's oil in rock right here in Colorado. There's oil in environmentally sensitive places.
Saudi Arabia wins admission to WTO (The Charlotte Observer) Saudi Arabia, the globe's biggest oil producer, won permission to join the World Trade Organization after more than 12 years of negotiations. By approving the kingdom's accession, WTO members "have taken not only a major step toward better international economic cooperation, but they have allowed the World Trade Organization to become more universal," Kenyan Ambassador Amina Chawahir Mohamed, who
Keys seek 2,000 FEMA trailers (Miami Herald) Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Wilma sent saltwater surging into homes and cars up and down the Lower and Middle Keys, relief and emergency officials in Monroe County are still grappling with an aftermath that left more than 4,100 homes with major damage or worse, flung hundreds of boats from their moorings and rendered thousands of vehicles useless.
Frankfurt Motor Show FavoritesPublic days for this huge auto show run through September 25, and concept cars continue to be a big draw. Our editors pick their ten favorites.
Editors of MSN Autos
NASCAR: Driven to Extremes (CNN.com) Set your VCR to record the CNN Special Classroom Edition: NASCAR: Driven to Extremes when it airs commercial-free on Monday, November 21, 2005, from 4:00 -- 5:00 a.m. ET on CNN.
Top Sport Utilities on MSN AutosThe most popular sport-utility vehicles on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle research pages during the third quarter of 2005.
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ANXIOUS WORKING CLASS IS LARGELY OVERLOOKED BY CONGRESS (Cynthia Tucker via Yahoo! News) Reeling from last week's off-year elections, Republicans are binding their wounds and analyzing their defeats, hoping to recover by next year when congressional seats are in play. Even Virginia, usually a GOP stronghold, picked Democrats for several key posts. For their part, jubilant Democrats think it's a political D-Day: They're on the beach and ready to move inland.
He is one wild & crazy guy (Toledo Blade) TORONTO - And so Steve Martin is holding forth and telling a story, speaking in that confident, cosmopolitan cool of Serious Steve the Art Connoisseur, Wry Steve the New Yorker Contributor, and Poignant Steve the Playwright.
In the business of getting businesses supplies fast (Rhinelander Daily News) There was a time when railroad transportation brought both people and goods into and out of the Northwoods region. All that changed, of course, with the advent of motorized vehicles. People bought automobiles and gained a new found sense of freedom.
Hybrids Are HotAutomakers that used to downplay the viability of gasoline-electric hybrids are now embracing them.
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