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Companies bid millions to tap Western Gulf

AP - 38 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Energy companies have placed $487.3 million in winning bids for the right to drill in the western Gulf of Mexico, knowing that they may get a chance later to also explore in other areas that have been off limits for decades. More »

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  • Mexico starts campaign to save endangered porpoise

    AP - 1 hour 56 minutes ago

    ENSENADA, Mexico - Mexico is investing 163 million pesos (US$16 million) to save a highly endangered type of porpoise from fishing nets in the upper Gulf of California. More »

  • States allowing corporal punishment

    AP - Wednesday, August 20

    States where corporal punishment is allowed in schools: State Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Lousiana Mississippi Missouri New Mexico North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Wyoming ___ Source. More »

  • Virtual fence construction in Arizona put on hold

    AP - Wednesday, August 20

    TUCSON, Ariz. - Construction on "virtual fence" projects scheduled along Arizona's border with Mexico is on hold indefinitely because the Interior Department hasn't signed off on use of its lands, federal officials said Tuesday. More »

  • Puerto Rico governor indicted on 5 new charges

    AP - Wednesday, August 20

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A U.S. federal grand jury handed down a new indictment against Puerto Rico Gov. More »

  • Paraguayan president installs new police chief

    AP - Wednesday, August 20

    ASUNCION, Paraguay - Paraguay's new president is replacing the nation's police commander four days into the new administration. More »

  • Argentina opens trial in deadly nightclub fire

    AP - Wednesday, August 20

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - An Argentine nightclub owner, six rock musicians and three low-level public officials went on trial Tuesday for a 2004 discotheque blaze that killed 194 concertgoers in the country's deadliest fire. More »

  • 47 companies bid on Gulf offshore oil leases

    AP - Wednesday, August 20

    WASHINGTON - Dozens of energy companies bid Tuesday to explore nearly two million acres of the western Gulf of Mexico for oil and natural gas, but no offers were made for 90 percent of the acreage on the auction block. More »

  • Anti-Morales strike grips Bolivia

    Anti-Morales strike grips Bolivia

    AFP - Wednesday, August 20

    LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) - - A massive strike against President Evo Morales was held in Bolivia's wealthier lowlands Tuesday, backed by rebel governors trying to wrest control of revenues from all-important gas fields there. More »

  • Clashes erupt as Morales foes strike in Bolivia

    Reuters - Wednesday, August 20

    By Eduardo Garcia More »