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Sunoco Inc agreed to pay a $148,315 penalty to settle allegations it violated federal hazardous waste regulations at its 178,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday.

Car-less camping isn't for sissies. You can experience situations that range from annoying to scary. Maybe you'll carry a heavy backpack on a long walk from a bus stop to your campsite. An electrical

The arrest of a New Yorker for using Twitter to alert protesters to police movements at a meeting of world leaders in Pittsburgh last month would be deemed a human rights violation if it happened in Iran or China, rights activists charge.

U.S. marketers and consumer advocates are preparing for battle over the rules governing online advertising tailored to individual browsing habits, often tracked and collected without notice or permission.

Vaccination against the H1N1 swine flu is off to a slow start in the United States, but states have ordered more than 2 million doses of mostly nasal spray for the first patients, a top health official said on Tuesday.

Rich countries should make more vaccine available to poorer nations where the H1N1 virus is starting to hit, U.N. health officials said on Sunday.

Gasps and tears greeted the announcement on Friday that Chicago had lost its bid to host the 2016 Summer Games, as the city went from favorite to also-ran in the multibillion-dollar Olympics sweepstakes.

Queensland will get an extra $36 million to support older people living independently in their own homes under the Commonwealth-State Home and Community Care (HACC) program.

The very first doses of swine flu vaccine will start arriving in states and cities that ordered it on Tuesday, and might be sprayed up the first patients' noses by the end of the week, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.

More unemployed workers filed for temporary government insurance protection last week, with the total initial claims rising by 17,000 to 551,000, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

Louis Meeks, a burly 59-year-old alfalfa farmer, fills a metal trough with water from his well and watches an oily sheen form on the surface which gives off a faint odor of paint.

Duke Energy said on Thursday it brought two new wind power projects on line and said it would use Siemens Energy wind turbines as well as General Electric turbines at a planned Wyoming wind farm.

Penn National Gaming Inc is considering acquiring the unfinished Fontainebleau resort, which sits toward the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip, the U.S. casino and racetrack operator's chief financial officer said on Wednesday.

Exelon Corp's 1,043-megawatt Clinton nuclear power station in Illinois shut by early Wednesday from 96 percent early Tuesday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report. Clinton, which entered service in 1987, is located in Clinton in DeWitt County about 160 miles southwest of Chicago.

The Federal Reserve will have to act quickly, and perhaps aggressively when the time comes to pull back its extraordinary support for markets in order to avoid stoking inflation, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said on Tuesday.

U.S. house prices rose for a third month in July, but consumer confidence fell unexpectedly in September as the worst job market in 26 years fueled worries about personal finances, private reports showed on Tuesday.

Here are his six steps to getting the most out of Craigslist as a low-no-cost marketing tool.

U.S. stocks rallied on Monday after three straight days of losses as several mergers lifted investor confidence.

The rally in U.S. stocks, which stumbled in recent days on worries about the economic recovery and continued government stimulus, will be tested this week by crucial data on growth and jobs.

Pennsylvania regulators said on Friday they ordered Cabot Oil & Gas Corp (COG.N) to stop all hydraulic fracturing operations at company natural gas wells in Susquehanna County following three recent chemical spills.

Vanguard Group Inc wants to help investors watch their money while they're on the go, even as it wonders how much interest its long-term oriented customers have in minute-by-minute updates.