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Dr. Ernest Moniz speaks after being sworn in as Energy Secretary, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during a ceremony at the Energy Department in Washington. Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's first term. Moniz served as an energy undersecretary in the Clinton administration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Moniz: LNG exports on hold until data reviewed

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and prices. Moniz, who was sworn in Tuesday ...

Dozen arrests at mine worker rally

Another round of protests involving United Mine Workers of America and their supporters results in about a dozen arrests in downtown St. Louis. Several hundred protesters gathered again Tuesday near the federal courthouse, the site of a recent bankruptcy case involving St. Louis-based Patriot Coal. The protesters were peacefully arrested ...

Oil slips as traders wait for Fed, supply data

The price of oil fell Tuesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy. Benchmark crude for June delivery dropped 55 cents to $96.16 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Wednesday, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will appear before Congress and the central ...

Kohler ordered to pay $9.6 million in patent suit

The Kohler Co. has been ordered in federal court to pay $9.6 million to a Massachusetts manufacturer for infringing on two of its patents for components that reduce exhaust emissions in marine generators. Jurors in U.S. District Court in Boston last week found Kohler willfully infringed on the patents issued ...

Oil price down to near $96 as traders wait for Fed

The price of oil fell to near $96 per barrel Tuesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for June delivery was down 60 cents to $96.11 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile ...

FILE - In this May 15, 2013 file photo, a service person works on sign at BP station at 35E and County Road E in Vadnais Heights, Minn. The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday, May 19, 2013 says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.66. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Marlin Levison, File)

Expert: Summer gas costs likely lower than 2012

A Purdue University economist says he expects this summer's gasoline prices to be lower than last year. Energy economics specialist Wally Tyner projects that prices in the Midwest will be between $3.50 and $3.90 a gallon, with prices in the South and Southeast between $3.15 and $3.55. He doesn't expect ...

News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT

Kentucky teen dies with dog lead on neck LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky teenager known as a "jokester" was strangled by a dog lead he put around his neck while playing with friends at the start of summer vacation, just hours after finishing his freshman year in high school. ...

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___ Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer's boldest move since ...

Gold breaks a losing streak; other metals rise

The price of gold rose Monday for the first time in nearly two weeks. Gold for June delivery rose $19.40 to settle at $1,384.10 an ounce Monday, an increase of 1.4 percent. It was the first gain since May 8. The price of gold has been falling since last autumn. ...

Gold breaks a losing streak; other metals rise

The price of gold rose Monday for the first time in nearly two weeks. Gold for June delivery rose $19.40 to settle at $1,384.10 an ounce Monday, an increase of 1.4 percent. It was the first gain since May 8. The price of gold has been falling since last autumn. ...

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