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Jessica Heeringa, 25, apparently was abducted Friday, April 26, 2013, from the Exxon Mobil gas station where she worked as a clerk in Norton Shores.

Wichita Business Journal employee Gary Nickel received this photo from his son, Justin Nickel, who was in the Moore, Okla., area Monday afternoon.

The firm currently has a market perform rating on the stock. Shares of Carrizo Oil & Gas opened at 27.20 on Thursday.

Nursing homes owner ALEXANDRIA - Services for former Louisiana Nursing Home Association president Finley C. Matthews, Jr.

Despite serving as the "all-point-west" for many Metro-North Railroad commuters Monday morning, the scene at Westport's Saugtauck station appeared to running smoothly in the wake of the Friday train collision.

's stock had its "corporate" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Northland Capital Partners in a report released on Monday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports.

Chesapeake Energy Corp has hired Robert Douglas Lawler of rival Anadarko Petroleum Corp as chief executive, filling the post vacated by co-founder Aubrey McClendon, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. remains unchanged this week, at 1,769. The Houston-based company said Friday in its weekly report that 1,408 rigs were exploring for oil and another 354 for gas.

Enbridge Energy Co. is preparing to construct a 600-mile pipeline that will carry crude oil from Illinois to Cushing, and the project promises to bring several hundred jobs.

While flipping through an industry trade magazine, representatives of the American Heart/American Stroke Association discovered Nashville's new convention lure.

's stock had its "buy" rating restated by equities researchers at Westhouse Securities in a report issued on Monday, AnalystRatings.Net reports.

China Petroleum and Chemical traded up 0.56% on Monday, hitting $110.40. China Petroleum and Chemical has a 52-week low of $82.51 and a 52-week high of $122.81. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $111.0. The company has a market cap of $97.415 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.30. Other equities research analysts have also ... (more)

Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve.

An annual rite of spring in Seattle - the arrival of the first planeload of Copper River salmon from Alaska - is scheduled Friday morning at Sea-Tac Airport.

Northwest Territories Industry Minister David Ramsay has reopened debate on an option for moving crude from the Alberta oil sands and Canadian Arctic to Asia by way of Valdez.

As energy producers continue their balancing act between oil and natural gas production, price swings have left two of the industry's biggest producers scratching their heads.

Friday is the proverbial "take out the trash day" for the release of bad news among public relations practioners and this Friday was no different.

The explosive growth of oil and gas production in the U.S. is enough to pique the interest of any investor.

Transocean Ltd. shareholders voted in favor of one of billionaire investor Carl Icahn 's three board nominees, while rejecting his dividend plan in favor of a lower payout supported by the company.

'The difference in price also depends on the distance between the oilfields and refineries in three locations: Oklahoma, the North Sea and Dubai, as well as other factors.' Photograph: Getty The bankers have finally got their revenge.