COURT Ex-Homestore CEO receives 15 years LOS ANGELES - The founder and former CEO of online real estate listings company Homestore was sentenced Thursday to a 15-year prison term and ordered to pay a $5 million fine for his part in a scheme to defraud investors.
Opening day is what it's all about. Short kids running through the kiddie section seeking Dr. Seuss, middle-sized kids tucked in a corner with Mark Twain and tall kids slouched in overstuffed chairs eyeing Shakespeare.
WASHINGTON–The retired judge who presided over Chuck Hamel’s lawsuit against Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. more than a decade ago will appear Friday at a discussion of BP’s handling of pipeline corrosion at Prudhoe Bay.
This is the second ad in a trio of new Knowles' commercials that stress his experience as a two-term governor and either allude to or directly question whether Palin is ready to lead the state and negotiate a natural gas pipeline deal.
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department gave its unconditional approval to AT&T Inc.'s buyout of BellSouth Corp. on Wednesday, a coast-to-coast behemoth that would be the largest U.S. provider of telephone, wireless and broadband Internet services.
The nation's largest oil field and the trans-Alaska oil pipeline were shut down Tuesday. BP PLC said high winds were to blame for a power failure that shut down Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska. Production fell to about 20,000 barrels Tuesday from about 350,000 barrels Monday. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. shut down the trans-Alaska pipeline as a safety precaution after fiber-optic communication
S1 Duo split time between home in Kansas and work in Alaska oil field /S2 By Clara Kilbourn The Hutchinson News ckilbourn@hutchnews.com P1 TURON - Tanned and rested, Briant Hacking tacked siding to a garage restoration project Monday while he savored the final days of fall in Kansas.
The reduced flow of oil through the trans-Alaska pipeline in August set the huge 48-inch pipe rattling over several miles south of 3,420-foot Isabel Pass in the Alaska Range, creating a new area of concern for pipeline managers.
If Alaska voters approve the natural gas reserves tax on the state's Nov. 7 ballot, they could be providing a strong incentive for Prudhoe Bay's owners to violate a conservation commission ruling.
Who should a die-hard port authority fan vote for this November? Democratic candidate for governor Tony Knowles said Sunday he’d do the best job negotiating a pipeline deal with the Alaska Gasline Port Authority or any other potential developer.
