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Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida

At the same time, oil companies, driven by the record energy price, are more willing to risk $100 million or more to begin exploring new regions.

U.S. cites 'rapid changes' in Arctic

Scientists have expected polar regions to feel the first impacts of global warming and the 2006 State of the Arctic report provided a benchmark for tracking changes. Red and yellow marks Wednesday's follow-up was the first update, marking the ...

NATO chief predicts Afghanistan stability

But they have complained that, in the past, battlefield successes were not followed up by reconstruction aid to help rebuild regions devastated by the fighting. Earlier this month, the EU Commission proposed a new $780 million package for Afghanistan ...

Why interns are good for business

TOMS Shoes, the company he launched in 2006 as a hybrid between a for- and a non-profit business, has since distributed more than 60,000 pairs of shoes to children in remote, poverty-stricken regions of Argentina and South Africa, while getting his ...

8 big regions for cross-country skiing

In the west, Lake Tahoe, Calif., boasts the most extensive trail systems when it comes to XC ski resorts with many different choices surrounding the lake. With 800 km. of groomed trails, the region has the greatest concentration of large XC ski areas ...