Local investors weary of market woes in oil city
Don Wood retires in his 40s after selling a convenience chain and avoids stocks preferring control over investments. Kirk Edwards, a petroleum engineer, shares caution about market hype and missed opportunities. Odessa investors note mutual fund hits amid Wall Street accounting scandals, panning the see MARKET on page 2A.
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Don Wood
Kirk Edwards
Edwards
Dick Saulsbury
Odessa
Wall Street
Dow tumbles nearly 400 points as investors fret profits and probes
The Dow Jones average plunged 390.23 points to 8019.26, its lowest since October 1998, in a seventh biggest point drop amid nine straight weeks of losses. The Nasdaq fell 37.80 to 1319.15 and the S&P 500 dropped 33.80 to 847.76 as earnings worries and a Johnson & Johnson probe spooked traders.
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Dan Walsh
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Johnson & Johnson
New York
Dow
Bryan Piskorowski
Prudential
Standard & Poor
White House
Police ID body as missing man in Midland County
Authorities tentatively identified skeletal remains found Wednesday afternoon in southwest Midland County as Paul John Ceniceros, 29, missing since May 26. Fingerprints were sent to Dallas for positive ID while investigators consider transferring the case to the Midland County Sheriff's Office if confirmed.
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Midland County
Paul John Ceniceros
Ceniceros
Odessa
Harold Thomas
Midland County Sheriff’s Office
Metro Homicide
Paul Shepherd
Shepherd
Monahans
Travis James Harris
Police arrest plant worker in death of 5 year old girl
Stanton California police arrest Alejandro Avila 27 a plant worker in the death of Samantha Rugnion five year old abducted near her home Avila tied to prior molestation charges acquitted two years ago Across Orange County investigators say the probe continues with no charges announced yet and his mother’s apartment searched for evidence
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Stanton
Calif
Samantha Rugnion
California
Alejandro Avila
Lake Elsinore
Avila
Samantha
Runnions
Orange County
Michael Carona
Los Angeles Times
Adelina Avila
Riverside
Beef recall won’t hit Odessa shoppers say officials
A nationwide recall of 19 million pounds of contaminated hamburger linked to possible E. coli illnesses was announced by the Agriculture Department. The recall covers meat sold nationwide, with 22 illnesses reported, and involves Beef Co. of Greeley, Colo. Odessa representatives from Wal-Mart HEB commented on the impact.
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Odessa
Agriculture Department
People Beef Co
Greeley
Colo
Wal-Mart
HEB
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Jude Labastida
Samantha Runnion
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