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PPL first quarter profit falls
PPL Corp.'s first-quarter profit dropped 24 percent, largely because of the effect of special items, the Allentown electric company announced Thursday. PPL posted earnings of $413 million, or 65 cents a share, for the three-month period that ended...Tags: Natural Gas, United Kingdom, Companies and Corporations, Petroleum Industry, Energy
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Volunteers help veterans, and others, get their house in order
The first troops showed up on a Saturday morning at the four-bedroom house in Columbia heavily armed: saws, hammers, crowbars, drills. They've returned three times since and are expected back again next week in hopes of making repairs upstairs and down,...Tags: Takoma Park (Montgomery, Maryland), Finance, U.S. Army, Renovation, Mining
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Study: Gulf oil spill is sickening fish vital to seafood industry
The seafood is safe to eat and the Gulf of Mexico tourism industry is recovering three years after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the waters off Louisiana. But despite that BP-sponsored...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Seafood, Louisiana State University, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Consumer Goods Industries
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Heavy metals found in soil beneath marina: Dredging could become complicated
BOYNE CITY -- Dredging the Boyne City Municipal Marina this summer may cost more than originally expected after soil sample tests came back showing higher than normal levels of heavy metals. Because of the contamination, the dredging process itself...
Tags: Metal, Public Officials, Government, Environmental Issues, Politics
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Lipstick's allure may come with heavy metal price
The quest for lusher, ruby-red lips may be exposing women to dangerous metals, including cadmium, a highly toxic element linked with renal failure, a UC Berkeley study suggests. Researchers found trace amounts of nine metals, some benign, some...
Tags: Metal, Food and Drug Administration
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Bishop Guilfoyle sweeps Somerset
SOMERSET — Somerset concluded its boys varsity tennis season Wednesday with a 5-0 loss to Bishop Guilfoyle. Lennert Temur lost 6-3, 6-4. Madison Onstead lost 6-2, 6-0. Zechariah Sines lost 6-4, 6-3. Doubles teams of John Critchfield and Andy...
Tags: Track and Field, Bowling, Baseball, Mining, Tool (music group)
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New fiber line to help local businesses
Businesses in Somerset County that send and receive large data files now have another Internet option thanks to a partnership between PBS Coals and Comcast. Comcast Business, a division of Comcast Cable, reports PBS Coals, Friedens, is using Comcast...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Friedens, Business, Mining, PBS (tv network)
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Potted hydrangea may thrive outdoors – or not
I was given a potted hydrangea flower as an Easter gift. Can I plant that outdoors? Mophead (Grandiflora) hydrangeas are hardy outdoors, but yours was bred for greenhouse culture and forced into bloom for the holidays, so its chances are less certain....
Tags: Mining, Lyme Disease, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Work continues in Wisconsin Caterpillar plant after contract rejected
Tribune reporterUnited Steelworkers Local 1343 on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would have frozen wages, increased contributions to health care costs and offered senior union employees fewer protections....Tags: United Steelworkers, Bucyrus International Inc., Career and Workplace, Health Insurance Cost, Mining
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Arizona legislature votes to make gold, silver legal tender
ReutersArizona lawmakers on Tuesday voted to make silver and gold coins and bullion legal currency in the state, citing concerns about the stability of the world's monetary system. If signed into law, Arizona would become the second state in the nation to...Tags: Gold Standard Incorporated, Metal, Bankruptcy, Money and Monetary Policy, Justice System
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Wisconsin workers reject proposed Caterpillar contract
— United Steelworkers Local 1343 on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would have frozen wages, increased contributions to health care costs and offered senior union employees fewer protections....
Tags: United Steelworkers, Bucyrus International Inc., Career and Workplace, Health Insurance Cost, Mining
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Steelworkers to vote on proposed 6-year contract with Caterpillar
— The United Steelworkers union will vote Tuesday on a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would freeze wages, increase contributions to health care costs and offer senior employees fewer protections. The proposed agreement covers...Tags: United Auto Workers, Unemployment, United Steelworkers, Health and Safety at Work, Health Insurance Cost
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