OryxThe Oryx natural gas processing plant in Qatar, where Sasol is converting natural gas to diesel fuel. RAS LAFFAN INDUSTRIAL CITY, Qatar — The compact assembly of towers, tubes and tanks that make up the Oryx natural gas processing plant is almost lost in a vast petrochemical complex that rises here like a hazy mirage from a vast ocean of sand. A blog about energy and the environment. ...
EU’s Almunia sets deadline for Google antitrust plan
Label: TechnologyBRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union set Google an ultimatum on Tuesday, giving it a month to come up with detailed proposals to resolve a two-year investigation into complaints that it used its power to block rivals, including Microsoft.The EU’s antitrust chief, Joaquin Almunia, delivered the deadline in a meeting with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt in Brussels.If it fails to address the...
'Comfort Dogs' Relieve Emotional Stress in Grieving Newtown
Label: Lifestyle By Amy Jamieson 12/18/2012 at 04:00 PM EST A comfort dog meets with children in Newtown, Conn. Courtesy K-9 Parish Comfort Dogs The call came late on Friday night that Newtown, Conn., needed them.Five specially trained golden retrievers and eight handlers arrived on Saturday to comfort those...
Man kills grandmother with barbeque fork, police say
Label: Business Police are trying to determine a motive after a 22-year-old man allegedly killed his grandmother Sunday using a barbecue fork.Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Paul Vernon called the incident in Mission Hills "especially sad and tragic."The suspect, identified as Joe Calderon, was raised by his grandparents and stabbed his grandmother at their Mission Hills home Sunday morning, police said.Investigators...
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Syria Warns Palestinians Not to Aid Rebels as Camp Residents Flee
Label: WorldBEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria warned its Palestinian refugee population on Monday not to aid the insurgency that is fighting President Bashar al-Assad, as hundreds of Palestinians fled the Yarmouk neighborhood of Damascus, with many heading for relative safety in Lebanon, a day after Syrian forces attacked that neighborhood for the first time in the civil war. The New York TimesFor many Yarmouk...
Massachusetts fines Morgan Stanley over Facebook research
Label: TechnologyBOSTON (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for Facebook Inc’s initial public offering, will pay a $ 5 million fine to Massachusetts to settle charges that its bankers improperly influenced its research analysts when the Internet company went public.Massachusetts’ top securities regulator, William Galvin, charged that Morgan Stanley improperly helped Facebook disclose sensitive financial...
Connecticut Shooting: First Funerals Are Held for Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto
Label: Lifestyle By Dahvi Shira 12/17/2012 at 03:20 PM EST Noah Pozner (left) and Jack Pinto AP; Landov Friends and family said goodbye on Monday to two of the 27 victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Conn.Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto, both 6, were the first laid to rest.
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Grandmother stabbed to death with BBQ fork, LAPD says
Label: Business A 22-year-old man was arrested on murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his grandmother to death, apparently with a barbecue fork, Los Angeles police said.The suspect, identified as Joe Calderon, was raised by his grandparents and stabbed his grandmother at their Mission Hills home Sunday morning, according to Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Paul Vernon, who called the incident "especially...
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Syrian Airstrike Kills Palestinian Refugees
Label: WorldDAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government forces for the first time hit the country’s largest Palestinian refugee neighborhood with airstrikes on Sunday, killing at least eight people in the Yarmouk district of Damascus and reportedly driving dozens of formerly pro-government Palestinian fighters to defect to the rebels. New signs emerged on Sunday of political pressure on President Bashar al-Assad....
Viral Justice: Domestic Abuse Victim Calls Out Attacker on Facebook
Label: Technology Amber Taylor had been living in a Missouri motel with her boyfriend, Austin “Wildboi” McCauley, until this week, when he reportedly beat her unconscious with a baseball bat.Two days later, the 23-year-old took a picture of herself recovering from her injuries and posted it to McCauley’s public Facebook page, calling him out for his abuse and prompting his arrest. Since its...
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