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DROUGHT Recent rains lift spirits of SD farmers, ranchers PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State Climatologist Dennis Todey (TAH'dee) says recent rains across much of South Dakota have improved the outlook for farmers and ranchers hurt by a year-long drought....

As the stock market reaches new highs, companies are trying to get in on the action by raising money through initial public offerings of their shares. So far this year, U.S. companies — and their owners — have tapped $16.1 billion through...

Lowell Schimmel and his Little Brother had their first outing at a small table at a fast food restaurant. Last week, their accommodations got quite a bit more stylish. Schimmel, an Anaheim resident, and Brandon, who graduated last month from Edison High...

Agas well leak in Crawford County caused a noticeable odor across Northern Michigan on Christmas Eve. Authorities reported that emergency responders were called to a gas well leak at 6:15 a.m. Saturday in Beaver Creek Township. Responders sealed the leak...

An influential state House committee on Wednesday unveiled plans for more than $125 million a year worth of new tax cuts, ranging from broad business tax cuts sought by Republican Gov. Rick Scott to narrower breaks for everyone from manufacturers,...

Baltimore's Constellation Energy has sold a portion of its minority stake in a gas and oil production company in a revised deal valued at $12.7 million. Oklahoma City-based PostRock Energy Corp. announced late Monday that it had purchased 14.9 percent of...

Baltimore's Constellation Energy Group has divested its minority stake in a gas and oil production company under a deal worth $22.5 million. Under the agreement announced Tuesday, Oklahoma City-based PostRock Energy Corp. agreed to buy all of...

U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman, who abruptly halted President Obama's deep-water drilling moratorium Tuesday, held stock in the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon rig, according to his 2008 disclosure form, the latest available. His...

The New Orleans federal judge who struck down the Obama administration’s six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in the wake of the Gulf oil spill owned shares in at least 17 oil and gas industry companies last year, documents released Friday......

WASHINGTON - Lost luggage, bad weather and now ... no fuel? While fliers haven't yet had to add that problem to the list of headaches associated with air travel, it may not be far away. Airports in Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada recently came...