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Explosion reminds La. that plants not always safe
By some measures, chemical plants like the one where a fatal explosion happened Thursday in Louisiana are among the safest manufacturing workplaces in America. But in the "chemical corridor" that lines the Mississippi River from New Orleans north to...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Heavy Engineering, Chemical Industry
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Enviros: New Ind. BP refinery permit falls short of protecting Lake Michigan
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An environmental group that helped push BP PLC to a multimillion-dollar settlement last year over air emissions at its northwestern Indiana oil refinery says the sprawling complex's revised wastewater permit falls short of what's...
Tags: Natural Resources, BP Plc, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Natural Resource Industry
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Hail storm impacts car dealerships, a sheriff's department and others
WSBT-TVWINAMAC-- The storms Wednesday affected people all over our area. In some parts the system blew through with 60 mile per hour winds and heavy rain but in the town of Winamac the big problem was hail. Several cars and trucks at two dealerships in...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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US investigates Honda minivans for air bag trouble
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are trying to figure out if Honda needs to recall some older Odyssey minivans because the air bags can inflate without a crash. The investigation covers 320,000 vans from the 2003 and 2004 model years. The...Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Honda, Toyota Recalls, Toyota, Automotive Equipment
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Buchanan awards tax abatement to C&S Machine
South Bend TribuneBUCHANAN — A longtime Buchanan manufacturer has been awarded tax breaks on more than $3.5 million in new investment. The Buchanan Commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a 12-year Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate for C&S Machine...Tags: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Defense Equipment
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Loose metal crashes through windshield, killing Knox man
WSBT-TVMARSHALL COUNTY – A Knox man was killed Tuesday afternoon when a piece of metal flew through his truck’s windshield south of Plymouth. The Marshall County coroner’s office says 57-year-old Manis Stacy, Jr. had just left work and was...Tags: Automotive Equipment
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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: Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Human Interest, Memorial Day, Washington, DC
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RAW VIDEO: Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus. The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat newspaper (http://bit.ly/14nGOx0) reports the white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus being driven Tuesday evening...
Tags: Automotive Equipment
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Upton urges Palisades to stay closed for now
Stay offline until a permanent fix is found. That's the advice Michigan Congressman Fred Upton has for a troubled southwest Michigan nuclear power plant. Last weekend, a leak at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant In Van Buren County sent radioactive...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power, Defense Equipment, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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Upton, NRC to visit Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Monday
VAN BUREN COUNTY -- Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R- St. Joseph, along with a commissioner from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will head to southwest Michigan today, to get a first-hand look at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, Fred Upton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power, Defense Equipment
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Chrysler US sales up 11 percent in April
DETROIT (AP) — Strong demand for the Ram pickup truck helped drive Chrysler's sales up 11 percent last month as the company posted its best April in six years. The increase is another sign that Americans continue to buy cars and trucks despite...Tags: Unemployment, Kelley Blue Book LLC, Business, Career and Workplace, Nissan Motor Co.
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Netherlands company buys Hess Industries in Niles
WSBT has learned a company in the Netherlands has purchased Hess Industries. Fontijne Formitt bought the intellectual property of the Niles company. The company's sales and marketing assistant who tells us this will mean new jobs in the area, but...
Tags: Buffalo Grove, Niles, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Netherlands, Automotive Equipment
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