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Blast hits Southern California refinery
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An explosion occurred Wednesday at an Exxon Mobil refinery in Southern California, triggering a very large smokestack flare to burn off flammable product, authorities said.

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The future price of oil? Nobody has a clue
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Fool’s errand: A few forecasters will get the future price of crude oil right, but many will be very, very wrong.

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Japan stocks climb toward 15-year high
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Japan’s benchmark stock-market index rose Thursday toward its highest level since 2000 as traders cheered a round of dovish minutes from the Federal Reserve.

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Stop calling for a Muslim Enlightenment
www.theguardian.com

The pandemic was “from God”, he said; “to try and limit its progress is to oppose Providence”. (The population was duly obliterated.) The Persian crown prince Abbas Mirza, modernising his fiefdom of Tabriz, in north-west Iran, drilled the soldiers of …

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Perpetual Readiness Must to Avert Swiane Flu Threat
www.newindianexpress.com

While WHO has removed the pandemic alert on H1N1 since 2010 on grounds of the virus running its course and assuming contours of seasonal flu, the virus resurgence and high-intensity outbreak in India this year should be a cause of concern. Though …

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IDRI Announces $4M BARDA Cooperative Agreement To Establish Adjuvant Hub
www.prnewswire.com

Adjuvants are an important part of pandemic influenza response, as they can dramatically increase vaccine availability. IDRI's adjuvants can be used to increase the number of available vaccine doses through 'dose sparing,' reducing the amount of …

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Papua New Guinea's rates of violence at 'pandemic' levels, Australian Federal …
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Papua New Guinea's rates of domestic violence have been described as at "pandemic" levels by a member of the Australian Federal Police. Detective Sergeant Michelle Harris – who is attached to the family and sexual violence unit of the Royal PNG …

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Soul on fire
missoulanews.bigskypress.com

Packed shows in clubs like San Francisco's Fillmore and upcoming appearances at festivals like Sasquatch are glamorous to a band that's just hit the tipping point. But it's when they go home, back to Birmingham, to play for fans and friends who knew …

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Jaime Wyatt (courtesy photo)
www.yakimaherald.com

You can see them at the Sasquatch! Music Festival this spring or you can see them here as part of the indie series at The Seasons Performance Hall. The show opens with Seattle ethereal-pop duo Goodbye Heart at 8 p.m. Then it's The Maldives and the roof …

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Sasquatch Is Real, Also Animated
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There's at least one fan at BU hockey games who has earned his own Dog Pound cheer: Sasquatch. Otherwise known as Brian Zive, his nickname comes from the abundant hair on his upper body. At the height of the most dramatic moments in a BU men's …

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