UPDATE 6-ConocoPhillips to split into two; shares rise
* Signals shift away from ‘super-major’ strategy * Split seen completed in first half of 2012 * CEO Mulva to retire upon completion of split * Shares rise as much as 7.5 percent (Adds details about …
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Wins of change on horizon for Nationals?
The Washington Nationals are .500 as the second half begins for the first time since 2005, their first year in D.C. After a first half that featured gut-wrenching losses, an eight-game win streak, the sudden resignation of a manager and 36 one-run games, they open the second half Friday with …
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Congressional Republicans manufactured our default crisis: Frisch
View full sizeAP photoPresident Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, today, regarding the debt ceiling. From left are, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., House Speaker John Boehner of…
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Area Church Notes 07/15/2011
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