Oil drifts below $82 as month-long rally stalls (AP)

Friday, March 19th, 2010 at 6:31 am  
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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2010 file photo, Michael Lerner pumps gas into his car at the Speedway gas station in Cleveland Hts., Ohio. Motorists are paying the highest prices for gas since October 2008. Retail gasoline prices on Thursday, March 18, 2010 rose on an expected increase in demand and as more expensive spring and summer blends of gasoline make their way to the pumps. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)AP – Oil prices drifted below $82 a barrel Friday as a stronger dollar helped pause a monthlong rally fueled by mostly positive news about the U.S. economy.


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Attempt stalls to ban smoking at Calif state parks (AP)

Friday, March 19th, 2010 at 12:39 am  
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Ian Zamora holds his cigarette at the wall separating the parking area from the sand at Surfrider Beach in Malibu, Calif., Wednesday, March 17, 2010. California lawmakers on Thursday will consider what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks as a way to get unsightly cigarette butts off the beach, eliminate second-hand smoke and reduce the threat of wildfires. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP – An attempt by the California Legislature to impose what is believed to be the state’s most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks stalled Thursday over objections it would inappropriately punish smokers.


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