Plans finalized for Gulf lease sale off Tex. coast
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal regulators have firmed up plans to put more than 20 million acres off the coast of Texas up for bid to offshore energy producers next month.
The Obama administration says the lease sale will be held Nov. 28 in New Orleans.
The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/R5Xd1o ) the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which
...Fighting mars Syria holiday truce; protests resume
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BEIRUT (AP) - Syrians took to the streets for the largest anti-regime protests in months in several cities Friday, taking advantage a lull in fighting as a cease-fire took effect at the start of a Muslim holiday. But scattered violence including battles over a northern military base and a
...State officials hope job fairs will help veterans
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - State officials are hoping that job fairs in about a dozen cities across the state will help some of Tennessee's 31,000 unemployed veterans to find work.
On Thursday, the Paychecks for Patriots event in Memphis attracted hundreds of people.
Army veteran Christopher Wells told The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/S0aDwC) that he
...2 teens charged in Garland Co. livestock deaths
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Prosecutors have filed misdemeanor charges against two teenagers accused of killing two horses, a donkey and a cow.
The juveniles were charged last week with misdemeanor animal cruelty. The Sentinel-Record reports (http://is.gd/4l2abL ) that a Pearcy man filed a complaint with sheriff's investigators on Oct. 8, saying that
...UT students study radiation in downtown Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A white pickup truck with government tags trailing nuclear testing devices and a weather vane has drawn the attention of Knoxville residents recently.
But the Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/QJJGhK) it is only students conducting research.
The students are monitoring ambient radiation in downtown Knoxville.
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