Federal royalty plan eyed for oil on federal lands
Oil firms would pay royalties based on monthly futures prices rather than posted prices, under an Interior Department plan. Analysts warn the measure would inflate obligations, hitting Permian Basin and Gulf Coast producers and possibly closing marginal wells. The change aims to curb past royalty losses thought to total billions.
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Permian Basin
Dennis Elam
Compass Financial
Odessa
New York Mercantile Exchange
Elam
Eeee Eee
Danielle Brian
Brian
Interior Department
Packers Fans In Odessa Weigh Cheesehead Traditions
Area football fans discuss loyal yet varied devotion to Green Bay with some avoiding cheesehead headgear. Odessa residents and a Boston transplant describe their stance on wearing the orange foam cheese block for the New England Patriots game in New Orleans. A local sportscaster adds a blunt view on embracing the symbol of fandom.
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Green Bay
Sample
Packers
Ew Engl
Patriots
New Orleans
Patriot
Joanna Hadjiostandi
Odessa
Boston
Texas
Walworth
Wis
Kosa-Tv Channel 7
Chris Dietz
Bungee Jumper Dies During Super Bowl Rehearsal
Laura Patterson 43 of Sarasota Florida died after her head struck the Superdome during a rehearsal for a halftime stunt. The accident halted the show as 750 people watched and nine jumpers performed from the upper terrace more than 100 feet above the field.
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New Orleans
Laura Patterson
Sarasota
Fla
Patterson
Eddie Chelette
AIDS deaths fall in New York amid new treatments
New York City, home to 3 percent of the U S population yet 16 percent of AIDS cases, reports a 30 percent drop in AIDS deaths last year. Experts credit protease inhibitors and other factors, including state programs, for improved survival and a likely national trend in 1996. The disease remains a top killer for ages 25 to 44 in the city.
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New York
Washington
U.S
Harold Jaffee
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
United States
New York City
Jaffee
Los Angeles
Puerto Rico faces 400000 jobs risk from tax change
In Manati, DuPont and other 936 companies boosted Puerto Rico from a poor town to an industrial hub. Now phase-out of tax exemptions by 2006 sparks debate among politicians and economists over island viability, with 400000 jobs at stake and mixed signals from leaders.
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Manati
Puerto Rico
Romelio Olivera
Olivera
DuPont Inc
U.S
Saihd Meee Tekst
Latin America
DuPont
Etree
Tobacco sniff test governs Kimball visitor policy
Wilton New Hampshire AP reports Kimball Physics enforces a three year rule banning visitors who smoke or smell of tobacco within two hours. Receptionist Jennifer Walsh conducts a sniff test to protect employees from airborne tobacco residues in lab areas housing ion and electron guns for electron microscopes. President Chuck Crawford says the measure guards health, noting residues can affect sensitive experimental work. See smoking on page 2A.
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Kimball
Chuck Crawford
Crawford
Vatican broadens case against women ordination in new book
The Vatican released a comprehensive volume from the Doctrine of the Faith arguing the Roman Catholic Church will not ordain women. The volume, tied to a series of documents, compiles church writings and bolsters the stance amid recent debates and Anglican developments. Bishop Scola described the book as a reference point on the issue.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Docniea
Amanoate
John Paul
Joseph Ratzinger
Joseph L. Bernardin
Scola
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Gulf Coast
Steve Melzer
Petroleum Industry Alliance
UTPB
Associated Press
Darwin Weigel
Kosa-Tv
Chris Deitz
O.A
Merrick McGillivray
Jesus
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