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  • 10 highlights of the week

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    Published: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

    Drill, baby, drill 1| Gulf oil and gas lease sale pulls in $1.2b in bids The details: A nearly 39 million-acre oil and gas lease sale yesterday for the central Gulf of Mexico drew $1.2 billion in bids by offshore energy producers. Fifty-two companies submitted 407 bids on 320 tracts, three...

  • 10 lowlights of the week

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    Published: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

    Death on the home front 1| Tragic week for Marines The details: Ten Marines died this week in the United States -- seven in a training accident in Nevada, and then three when one Marine murdered two others at Quantico before taking his own life. 'Third World experience' 2| Obamacare boss...

  • 10 lowlights of the week

    Commentary Writer

    Published: Sat, Mar 2, 2013

    Another broken promise 1| Feds: Obamacare adds $6.2 trillion to deficit The details: President Obama vowed in 2009 not to sign a health care bill that would add "one dime to our deficits," but the Government Accountability Office reports that Obamacare adds $6.2 trillion to the long-term...

  • 10 highlights of the week

    Commentary Writer

    Published: Sat, Mar 2, 2013

    Rocketeers 1| SpaceX successfully launches private rocket The details: The private SpaceX company successfully launched an unmanned rocket from Cape Canaveral on Friday. The rocket's payload included more than a ton of station equipment and experiments for the International Space Station....