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Alaska ice tested as possible new energy source

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 11th

By DAN JOLINGAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A half mile below the ground at Prudhoe Bay, above the vast oil field that helped trigger construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline, a drill rig has tapped what might one day be the next big energy source. The U.S. Department of Energy and

Lakers fire coach Mike Brown after 1-4 start

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By GREG BEACHAMAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mike Brown followed an 11-time NBA champion coach with the Los Angeles Lakers, taking charge of a roster packed with aging talent and a franchise anticipating more titles. And after just 71 regular-season games, the Lakers decided Brown wasn

Alaska village facing water woes gets outside help

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 8th

By RACHEL D'OROAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Residents of a small Alaska Native village facing a severe water shortage are monitoring every precious drop they use as they struggle to stretch their reserves as far into winter as possible, with help coming from as far away as

Lower oil prices weigh on Shell in Q3

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By TOBY STERLINGAssociated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) - Royal Dutch Shell PLC saw its core earnings fall 15 percent in the third quarter on the back of lower oil and gas prices and insisted that its strategy to boost production was on track despite failing to strike oil in Alaska before the onset of

Cyprus: offshore drilling license talks begin

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus' commerce minister says the government will open negotiations with oil and gas companies including Italy's ENI, South Korean KOGAS, France's Total and Russia's Novatek on granting them licenses to drill for gas deposits off the island's south coast

Power out at NYC hospital; 200 patients evacuate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

NEW YORK (AP) - A backup generator failed at a New York City hospital Monday night, forcing it to move out more than 200 patients, including 20 babies from neonatal intensive care. Dozens of ambulances lined up around the block outside New York University Tisch Hospital as doctors and nurses began

BP caps dome believed to be source of oil sheen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP PLC said Thursday it has capped and plugged an abandoned piece of equipment that is believed to be the source of a sheen spotted near the site of its massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The London-based oil giant said it