Retail gas prices highest in a year (AP)

AP – Retail gasoline prices chugged higher Friday to a new peak for the year, forcing consumers to dig deeper into already-thin wallets to pay for fuel.
OSHA fines BP a record $87M for Texas refinery fix (AP)
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OSHA fines BP a record $87M for Texas refinery fix (AP)

AP – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday imposed a record $87 million fine against oil giant BP PLC for failing to correct safety hazards after a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers at its Texas City refinery.

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Cheney told FBI he didn’t know about leaker

Then-vice president Dick Cheney told the FBI that he had no idea who leaked the CIA identity of Valerie Plame to the news media.

Dennis Hopper has Prostate Cancer

And he’s focusing on recovery. Screen legend Dennis Hopper is facing an uphill battle — the 73 year-old actor has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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A-Rod’s clutch hit in 9th puts Yanks on brink of Series title

Alex Rodriguez delivered the biggest hit of his life, a go-ahead, two-out double in the ninth inning off Brad Lidge and the New York Yankees took advantage of Johnny Damon’s alert dash to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in the World Series.

Philly paper gets ahead of itself on World Series

A Philadelphia newspaper has apologized to readers for mistakenly running an ad congratulating the Philadelphia Phillies on winning back-to-back World Series titles. The Yankees held a commanding 3-1 lead in the championship as of Monday, the day the ad was printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The three-quarter-page Macy’s ad is on the back of the front section and features a T-shirt with the…

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Limbaugh calls Obama ‘immature, inexperienced’ (AP)

AP – From his home and on a friendly network, Rush Limbaugh lobbed pot shots across the airwaves Sunday at President Barack Obama — “immature, inexperienced, in over his head,” offering the country “radical leadership” and laying siege to the economy.

Thinking negatively can boost your memory, study finds

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Bad moods can actually be good for you, with an Australian study finding that being sad makes people less gullible, improves their ability to judge others and also boosts memory.

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And apparently, Rush Limbaugh is still fat.