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Gas prices projected to be lower than last summer
SOUTH BEND — Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, a season with typically higher gas prices. It’s also a heavy travel weekend. And this Memorial Day weekend, about nine out of ten holiday travelers will take to the nation’...
Tags: Memorial Day, Automotive Equipment, AAA, Washington, DC, Joliet
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Expert: Summer gas costs likely lower than 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A Purdue University economist says he expects this summer's gasoline prices to be lower than last year. Energy economics specialist Wally Tyner projects that prices in the Midwest will be between $3.50 and $3.90 a...
Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Buchanan company expects to add 50 jobs by 2016
South Bend TribuneBUCHANAN -- Vickers Engineering is undergoing a very nice growth spurt. Except it's not really a spurt. It's actually steady growth. And the growth will continue, according to Matt Tyler, CEO and president of Vickers Engineering. He said he expects to...Tags: Science and Technology, Energy Resources, Technology
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Indiana coal-gas bill stalls C02 pipeline project
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Legislation state lawmakers passed last week that the developers of a proposed Indiana coal-gasification plant say effectively kills their project also has dealt a blow to a Texas company's plans for a pipeline that would carry...Tags: Vectren Corp., Conservation, Coal, Science and Technology, Denbury Resources Incorporated
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Home sale market surging 15% across Indiana
SOUTH BEND (AP) — Nissa Ricafort and her husband figured their ranch-style home in northeast Indianapolis would take two to three months to sell, but the weekend it hit the market the couple had 17 showings and accepted an offer for the full $185,...
Tags: Real Estate Sales, Fishing, Homes, Consumer Confidence, Services and Shopping
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Locals react to new EPA regulations
Would you pay more at the pump if it meant a cleaner environment? New regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency are designed to reduce gas emissions resulting in cleaner air. The White House says the change would raise gas prices by about a...
Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health Insurance Cost, Environmental Issues, American Petroleum
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Firm holds out hope for reopening of South Bend ethanol plant
SOUTH BEND (AP) — The president of a company that saw Indiana's oldest ethanol plant sold as part of bankruptcy proceedings say he hopes the liquidators who purchased the facility might reopen it. But a Purdue University professor who follows...
Tags: Biofuels, Economy, Business and Finance, Financially Distressed Companies, Companies and Corporations, Ethanol
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Saban opens up at media day; ND's pair of 5s
MIAMI (AP) — Nick Saban has a charity called Nick's Kids Fund. He and his wife Terry have been running it for 14 years and it raises money for needy children. It's not named after the Alabama coach. It's named after his late father, the...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Brian Kelly, AJ McCarron, Paul Hornung, Sports
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Mich. Gov. Snyder to pitch road plan in State of the State
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder plans to propose a more detailed plan to boost spending to maintain roads in next week's State of the State address. Transportation funding is high on the Republican governor's agenda for 2013. His...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Politics, Rick Snyder, Regional Authority
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Eury Jr. named Stremme's crew chief at Swan Racing
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tony Eury Jr. will return to the Sprint Cup Series as crew chief for David Stremmeat upstart Swan Racing. The Monday hiring was part of new owner Brandon Davis' plan to use the offseason to make the team competitive. "We...
Tags: Michael Waltrip, Auto Racing, Brandon Davis, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Danica Patrick
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Man shoots and kills woman after car, motorized wheelchair bump
JEFF MARTIN,Associated PressATLANTA (AP) — An elderly man opened fire on a woman after her car came into contact with his motorized wheelchair at a central Georgia service station, authorities said Wednesday. She died shortly afterward at a hospital despite the efforts of a...Tags: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low- and...
Tags: Personal Income, Tom Harkin, Xavier Becerra, Market and Exchange, Poverty
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