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Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTIAssociated Press WEST, Texas (AP) - When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent

UK budget airline to test ash cloud detector

LONDON (AP) - Budget airline easyJet PLC says it has acquired a ton of ash from Icelandic volcanoes for use in an experiment to test ash detection technology. The U.K.-based carrier says the experiment aims to minimize the impact of events like the 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland, when air travel

Adobe shifts to subscriptions for software package

By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Adobe says it is moving to an online subscription-based model for the software package it sells to designers, Web developers, video editors and other creative professionals. Adobe Systems Inc. said Monday that it will not release new versions

Ahead of the Bell: Reports detail BMC buyout

By The Associated Press Shares of BMC Software climbed before the opening bell on new reports that a team of private equity firms may attempt to buy the information technology company as soon as Monday. There were several reports that Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital Group were close to