California power grid crisis widens with court loss
California faces a multi front energy crisis as SoCal Edison and PG&E warn of bankruptcy, cut thousands of jobs, and struggle against rising wholesale costs. Regulators approved annual rate hikes, while FERC rejected a price cap bid. White House and state officials plan a Washington meeting to craft relief. Oregon and Washington urge reduced use to avert outages.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Clinton
Harvey Rosenfield
The
Foundation For Consumers and Taxpayers Rights
Southern California Edison
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
SoCal Edison
Washington
Energy
Bill Richardson
Treasury
Lawrence Summers
Gene Sperling
National Economic Council
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
White House
Jake Siewert
Steve Maviglio
Gray Davis
Davis
U.S. Court of Appeals
FERC
Rosenfield
Oregon
John Kitzhaber
Gary Locke
Northwest
ISO
Sears to close 89 underperforming stores nationwide
Sears, Roebuck and Co announces quarter plan to shutter 89 underperforming stores with about 2,400 jobs cut including 1,000 hardware workers and 765 tire and battery staff. Ottawa and Lawrence locations safe. Closures affect 4 full-line stores and 2 Auto Centers. sales declined 1.1 percent in holiday period. Lacy emphasizes focusing on productive, profitable locations. Termite and Pest Control unit may be exited.
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Hoffman Estates, Ill
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Voorhees
N.J
Scottsdale, Ariz
Owings Mills
Homestead, Fla
Sears Auto
Sears
Jan Drummond
Salt minessee booming demand as winter bites Kansas
Hutchinson Salt Co and Lyons Salt Co in central Kansas report record salt orders as heavy snow and ice drive road closures and demand for road de icing. Miners work six days a week to fill warehouses before stocks run dry, while transport bottlenecks hamper deliveries to the Midwest and East Coast. Two large national mines suffer shaft problems, raising pressure on remaining suppliers.
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Hutchinson Salt Co
Lyons Salt Co
U.S
Steve Kadel
Max Liby
Hutchinson Salt
Midwest
Mississippi River
IMC Salt Inc
Louisiana
New York
Kadel
Task force to chase computer crooks in Nebraska
Lincoln and Omaha law enforcement agencies join with the FBI and other agencies to form the Cyber Crimes Task Force. The unit will investigate criminals who use computers and those who target them, across Nebraska and Iowa, with 10 members and specialized training.
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Omaha
Neb
Lincoln
FBI
Secret Service
Postal
Nebraska
Iowa
Douglas
Lancaster
Sarpy
U.S
James Bogner
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D.durgense
Aurces
Sandia National
Californi
Ottawa
National Tire and Battery
Lawrence
Peggy Palter
Alan Lacy
Lacy
Arthur Martinez
Sears Tire Group
New York Stock Exchange
Salt Companies
Foot Care
P.A
Mark E. Landry
DPM
Charles A. Hepford, Dpm
S. Main
Anderson Douglas, Franklin and
Johnson Counties
S. Main St
Wal-Mart
Princeton Rd
Alltel
Motorola
Jalltel
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