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Off-Shore Refineries Prepare

GALVESTON, Texas – Hurricane Rita (search) gained power and headed toward a collision with the nation’s biggest concentration of oil refineries along the Texas coast, raising new fears about the nation’s gasoline supply and prices at the pump. Oil companies on Wednesday began closing refineries, including two of the largest …

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Official: Hurricane Rita Victims 'Living Like Cavemen, Sleeping In Cars'

PORT ARTHUR, Texas – Nearly four days after Hurricane Rita (search) hit, many of the storm’s sweltering victims along the Texas Gulf Coast (search) were still waiting for electricity, gasoline, water and other relief Tuesday, prompting one top emergency official to complain that people are “living like cavemen.” In the …

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Congress Considers Endangered Species Act

WASHINGTON – Conservative lawmakers poised to eliminate key provisions of the landmark 32-year-old Endangered Species Act (search) encountered unexpected support Wednesday: some environmentalists and liberal Democrats said they agree with some of the changes. “There is a recognition that the current critical habitat arrangement doesn’t work, for a whole host …

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