Interior Dept. Halts Ala. Oil Lease Sale
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By H.JOSEF HEBERT  WASHINGTON - The Interior Department has agreed to temporarily abandon the sale of oil leases in an environmentally sensitive area surrounding Lake Teshekpuk on Alaska's North Slope.
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A Senate Democrat is aiming to halt expansion of the country's oil reserves for one year, saying it makes no sense when oil prices are high.
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A Michigan court ordered a temporary halt on Thursday to the $4.9 billion sale of Manor Care Inc  to private equity firm Carlyle Group , according to an Ingham County Circuit Court order.
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Alcoa Inc. AA.N on Tuesday said it  plans to declare force majeure to its customers due to a  temporary shutdown at its Jamalco refinery in Jamaica and  damage to the port from which the plant ships its alumina  caused by Hurricane Ivan.
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House and Senate conferees agreed  late on Thursday to ban the leasing of aerial refueling  aircraft as part of a final deal on a $422 billion defense  authorization bill, killing a proposed $23.5 billion Air Force  plan to lease and buy 100 Boeing Co. BA.N tankers,  congressional sources said.
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-- State Farm Insurance Cos. is suspending sales of any new commercial or homeowner policies in Mississippi starting Friday, citing in part a wave of litigation it has faced since Hurricane Katrina, a company official said Wednesday.
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The Interior Department said Monday it will begin delaying some new oil and gas drilling projects until the effects on wildlife are studied more thoroughly.
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Demolition of three public housing complexes, slated to start this weekend, was halted Friday amid complaints about the scarcity of housing for the poor after Hurricane Katrina.
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Oil exports from southern Iraq have been brought to a complete halt, a senior oil official said Monday, following a spate of pipeline attacks launched by insurgents trying to undermine the nation's interim government.
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The Bush administration is moving toward releasing oil from the nation&#39;s emergency stockpiles as a result of disruptions to production and imports caused by Hurricane Ivan.
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The state attorney general's office yesterday stopped four mortgage and real estate companies from doing business, alleging they used deceptive practices such as preying on families about to lose their homes, falsifying income and asset information to lenders, and steering consumers toward homes they could not afford.
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MOSCOW -- Russian regulators could cancel Total SA's license to extract oil in an Arctic region, a government ministry said Wednesday, a move that comes just days after a Shell project led by Shell had a key permit pulled.
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Two major oil companies and a small  Louisiana refiner are negotiating with the U.S. Department of  Energy to borrow crude from national emergency reserves as  crude producers in the Gulf of Mexico slowly recover from  Hurricane Ivan, sources said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - The Energy Department said last week it has approved another emergency oil loan to a refining company to make up for crude supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.
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Alabama State postponed Saturday's game with Arkansas-Pine Bluff because of power outages at the stadium due to Hurricane Ivan.
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Crude oil in New York fell from a one-month high after the White House said the US may loan oil to refineries from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to make up for supply disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.
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By Dittrick, Paula  Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco said attorneys for the state have negotiated a settlement in a lawsuit against the US Minerals Management Service, and the settlement would delay Lease Sale 201.