DOE to Release 30 Million Barrels From SPR Amid Oil Spike
The Department of Energy will swap 30 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as crude prices near a decade high. Energy Secretary Richardson says the move could add heating oil supplies this winter and notes inventories are far below year-ago levels, while prices on the NYMEX dipped after the announcement.
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Department of Energy
Energy
Bill Richardson
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
New England
Richardson
DOE
New York Mercantile Exchange
SPR
al Gore
Clinton
Vision restores for another year in Aiken County
More than 1,200 volunteers braved rain to finish over 100 Project Vision tasks for United Way agencies and low income homes. Michael Williamson said turnout was strong and efforts profitable though some projects were postponed due to weather with completion planned in coming weeks.
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Aiken County
United Way
Michael Williamson
United Way of
Dous
Williamson
Tri-Development
DuPont Drive
Site Utilities Department
Savannah River
Rain slows roads as floods trigger accidents and debris
Rainfall brings relief from heat but causes traffic incidents in the area. District reports 28 calls for crashes by 10 pm with 15 verified by highway patrol and eight settled between drivers. One fallen tree on Mustang Drive and debris on Langley Dam Road and Ascauga Lake Road noted. Departments assist cleanup and puddles form at several intersections.
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Lance Cpl. R. K. Hughes
District 1 Public Information Office
Highway Patrol
Hughes
Mustang Drive
Langley Dam Road
Ascauga Lake Road
S.C Department of Transportation
Whiskey Road
Pine Log Road
Trailwood Road
Aiken County Department of Public Safety
Highway Department
S.C. Dept. of Transportation
Ford to Raise Explorer Tire Pressure to 30 PSI
Ford Motor Co will recommend Explorer owners inflate tires to 30 psi after Bridgestone/Firestone criticized the 26 psi level in congressional testimony. Ford cites confusion and notes Firestone and Goodyear tires on Explorers at 26 psi have shown good performance. applies to Firestone P235/75R15 tires.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford Explorer
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc
Automaker
Restone
Carlos Mazzorin
Ford
South
Firestone
Bridgestone
Congress
John Lampe
Barbecue baron asks customers to push sauce return
Columbia restaurant owner Maurice Bessinger faces store pullout as six major chains drop his mustard sauce over literature from his eateries. He pleads freedom of speech and Christianity supporters to demand restocking, while Kroger Publix Walmart Food Lion Bi-Lo and Harris Teeter criticize his activities. Located at West Columbia headquarters he sells religious tracts including one titled The Biblical View of Slavery.
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Columbia
Maurice Bessinger
Bessinger
Kroger Co
Publix Super Markets Inc
Wal Mart Stores Inc
Food Lion
Bi-Lo
Harris Teeter
West Columbia
Obituary notices list several deaths and funeral homes
Obituary notices list individuals including Vernell Wilson Cordell in Granteville with Hatcher Funeral Home Julia Phillips Deese Camden Kenegay Funeral Home and others Gloria Davenport Hayes Lani Luther Hicks Aken Dorothee Giddens Howe Aiken Shellhouse Funeral Home Daniel H Johnson Windsor Folk Funeral Home Ann Speake Russell Spartanburg Marie Hill Wright North Augusta Stephen C Posey Funeral Home with the acronym BA noted for obituary notice
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Vernell Wilson Cordell
Grantevile
Hatcher Funeral
Julia Phillips Deese
Camden
Kenegay Funeral
Weatherford Gross
New Albany
Seabrook
Gloria Joan Davenport Hayes
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Kevin Smith
SmithKline Beecham
Bow Falls Road
Scott Webster
Ginny Southworth
Aiken High
America
Randy Jackson
Wagener
Aiken
Noti
Saarrow
Bill Shepherd
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