U.S. Senate tells Bush: Halt oil shipments to government reserve
WASHINGTON — The Senate is directing President Bush to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day to the government’s emergency reserve.
Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oil is costing more than $120 a barrel and could better be used to add supplies to a tight market and possibly lower prices. Senators voted 97-1 Tuesday to suspend the shipments until the end of the year.
Bush has said the 70,000 barrels of oil being diverted to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is such a small amount that it does not affect energy markets. Many senators disagreed.
Emerson picks Marshalltown
A new data center to backup information from Emerson operations and development across the globe will soon be built in Marshalltown, the company has announced.
Colorado man chosen to lead Marshalltown schools
By a unanimous vote of 7-0, the Marshalltown Community School District Board of Education has selected the next superintendent for the school district.
Dr. Marvin Wade, 51, of Keenesburg, Colo.
Superdelegates put Obama within mathematical reach of nomination
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama’s wave of superdelegate endorsements puts him within reach of the Democratic presidential nomination by the end of the primary season on June 3 — even if he loses half of the remaining six contests.
Families make case for vaccine link to autism
WASHINGTON — Parents claiming that childhood vaccines cause autism should not be rewarded by the courts when the scientific community has already rejected any link, government lawyers argued Monday on the first day of a hearing in federa
Hundreds arrested in immigration raid at kosher meatpacking plant in Postville
POSTVILLE — Federal immigration agents on Monday arrested more than 300 people in Postville during a raid at the nation’s largest kosher meatpacking plant.
The raid by agents from U.S.
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