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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is suing 34 oil companies for using a gasoline additive that has contaminated groundwater in the state. Democratic Attorney General Peter Kilmartin said Tuesday the state aims to recover money for the cleanup of methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE. He says he's hired outside law firms, including one that worked on similar litigation in New Hampshire and Vermont. New Hampshire sued Exxon Mobil Corp. and other oil companies in 2003 for damages to remediate MTBE contamination, saying Exxon knew it was s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American Indian tribe succeeded Tuesday in getting a federal judge to temporarily stop construction on some, but not all, of a portion of a $3.8 billion four-state oil pipeline, but their broader request still hangs in the balance. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said Tuesday that work will temporarily stop between North Dakota's State Highway 1806 and 20 miles east of Lake Oahe, but will continue west of the highway because he believes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lacks jurisdiction on private land. It wasn't i...
Oscar Martinez, Helena and Jennifer J. Ilarraza, Owensboro, Kentucky: filed for a marriage license ($50). Shawn Daniel Chase, Helena and Stacy Elanie Chase, Oklahoma City: filed for a marriage license....
