Speculation Limits Could Ease Pump Price Pain
National oil prices rise due to Middle East tensions and strong demand from India China and Brazil. Wall Street speculation fuels higher crude and gasoline costs with estimates of a 56 cent per gallon premium. advocate limits on excessive speculation and a broader energy policy.
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Bart
Chilton
Middle East
Iran
India
China
Brazil
Wall Street
Barack Obama
Letters to the Editor Policy for Submissions
The policy outlines that letters must be 250 words or fewer, typed or emailed, address issues of current interest, be signed with the, author name and hometown published, and include a telephone number for verification. It notes rights to edit and provides contact numbers for reporters in various areas, plus editor emails.
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Thesouthern
Gary
Metro
Thesouthern.com
Officials contact lines for Kirk and Shimkus
U S Senator Mark Kirk and U S Representative John Shimkus provide office phone numbers and website links for constituent inquiries. Kirk lists 312 886 3500 and 202 224 2854 with 217 492 5089. Shimkus lists 618 252 8271 and 202 225 5271 with a House site.
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U.S
Mark Kirk
Kirk
Senate
John Shimkus
House.gov
Shimkus
Syria and the West's shifting view of Assad regime
MONA CHAREN argues the Obama team and Western leaders once lauded Bashar al Assad as reformer while praising his regime. The piece traces historical praise from Clinton to Kerry, Vogue coverage of Asma, and later recognition of Assad as a brutal dictator amid Syria's deadly crackdown.
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Bashar al-Assad
Dreakes Counse
Ling Llaws
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Dara
Clinton
Assad
Germany
Guido Westerwelle
Middle East
Foreign Ministry
West
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
Sean Penn
Hugo Chavez
Robert Scheer
Kim Il-Sung
Kremlin
Yuri Andropov
Chivas Regal
KAL
Hafez al-Assad
Hama
Bashar
New York Times
the Times
Syria
Hezbollah
Rafik al-Hariri
Iran
North Korea
Iraq
Hollywood
Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie
Assads
Sting
Vogue Magazine
Asma al-Assad
Vogue
Asma
Nancy Pelosi
Bush Administration
James A. Baker
Sen
John Kerry
Damascus
Kerry
United States
Voice of the Reader: Religion Protected by Constitution
A letter from a reader argues that government oversteps constitutional protections by dictating church operations while defending religion. worries about a shift from religious to socialist or communist direction, citing gun control and religion as encroachments.
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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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de Soto
Williamson County
Voice of the
Southern Illinoisan PO
Gary Metro
Dick Durbin
Durbin
Jerry Costello
Costello
House
Gary Forby
Yahoo.com
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Sendavel
Midwest
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Gmail
Mike Bost
Mike
Bost
Hotmail
John Bradley
Jerry F. Costello
USPS
Evansville
Ind
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Mona Charen
Monacharen
Creators Syndicate
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