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EPA adopts water pollution rules for Florida

By By BILL KACZORAssociated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a combination of state and federal water pollution rules for Florida after a lengthy court fight with environmental groups that favored the federal version, agency officials said late

Fire suppression systems urged in all cargo planes

By By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The government should require fire suppression systems in all cargo containers or compartments of planes to prevent the kind of ferocious in-flight blazes that have killed four cargo pilots over the past six years, federal accident investigators

Oil below $87 after OECD cuts growth forecasts

By PABLO GORONDIAssociated Press The price of oil fell below $87 a barrel Wednesday after the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its growth outlook for the U.S. and the 17 European Union countries that use the euro currency. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for

Italian steel plant to close amid health scandal

MILAN (AP) - A steel plant in southern Italy at the center of an environmental scandal announced Monday that it plans to close after police acting on prosecutors' warrants sequestered recent steel products bound for the market. Any closure would be a blow to the Italian government, which has