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Just How Much Oil Is In Washington 2008 News
A top Romney adviser on oil, Oklahoma billionaire and Obama critic gave Washington Post WASHINGTON — Oklahoma oil billionaire Harold Hamm didn't wait long to make a nearly $1 million donation to a group supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney after he became one of Romney's top energy advisers in March. Just weeks after |
 KATU | Our love of driving is decelerating MiamiHerald.com The GOP is skewering Obama during his reelection campaign, just as Democrats — then-candidate Barack Obama very much included — blamed President George W. Bush for a 2008 price spike. What actually has been moving the price of fuel in recent months? Memorial Day: Good News on Gasoline Prices, and It May Get Better Charles Lane: Don't blame politicians for gas prices |
Competitive Senate race shaping up in North Dakota CBS News The state is in the midst of an oil boom. Production has increased fivefold over the past five years and North Dakota now accounts for 9.1 percent of the nation's oil production, up from 2.3 percent just five years ago. |
Iran face-off drives new naval small ship focus Reuters In response, the US Navy has sent almost its entire fleet of small patrol boats and minesweepers to the region, hastily refitting some to dramatically increase their firepower Concerns over the Gulf, a key oil conduit, play into a much wider debate US fears Hormuz swarm; refits, deploys patrol craft |
 Wall Street Journal | The Market-Driven Energy Revolution Wall Street Journal Four years ago, oil prices climbed to about $145 a barrel world-wide. The impact on the US economy was devastating. Consumers who paid between $2.50 and $3 for a gallon of gas in 2007 paid as much as $5 a gallon in 2008. For many Americans, the high America's Market-Driven Energy Revolution |