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Commercial Blvd toll plaza is backed up, especially for drivers exiting the turnpike, coming thru the toll booths and then having to make split second decisions to turn left or right onto Commercial. (Mike Stocker, Sun Sentinel / November 18, 2011)

States looking to new tolls to pay for highways

Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay. With Congress unwilling to contemplate an increase in the federal gas tax, motorists are likely to be paying ever more tolls as the government searches ...

California nuke trouble could prompt rule review

The saga of troubled tubing at California's San Onofre nuclear power plant could prompt a review of federal rules under which equipment is routinely replaced inside the nation's reactors, the country's top nuclear regulator said Wednesday. San Onofre, located on the coast between Los Angeles and San Diego, has been ...

Lawsuit challenges Nebraska's pipeline review law

Opponents of a proposed pipeline designed to carry crude oil from Canada under the Great Plains filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Nebraska's new oil pipeline review law. The lawsuit was filed directly with the state Supreme Court. In it, several Nebraska landowners along TransCanada's proposed pipeline route claim the law ...

OH docs can't reveal drilling chemicals to public

Doctors given new access to the proprietary chemical recipes that oil and gas drillers use to crack into Ohio shale would be prohibited from sharing the information with the public under an energy proposal moving through the Ohio House. Environmentalists liken the restriction to a gag order on medical professionals. ...

FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa. The president is heading to the political battleground state of Iowa this week to prod Congress to act on his agenda. The president will visit TPI Composites, a wind manufacturer in Newton, on Thursday to highlight his push for tax credits to encourage investments in clean energy technologies. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama to push clean energy technologies in Iowa

Anxious to show voters he's working to create jobs, President Barack Obama is putting tax credits to boost clean energy in the spotlight this week as he heads to the political battleground state of Iowa. The president will visit TPI Composites, a wind manufacturer in Newton, on Thursday to highlight ...

Industries oppose making 85 octane gas legal in SD

The automobile and small engine manufacturing industries are among those opposing an effort to make the sale of 85 octane gasoline legal in South Dakota, saying it could harm consumers. Fuel refiners dispute that and many South Dakota residents already have been using the fuel — some without knowing. Fuel ...

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2011 file photo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Gregory Jaczko prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. Jaczko, announced Monday that he will resign as soon as a successor is confirmed to lead the country's nuclear safety agency, a decision that comes after fellow commissioners publicly rebuked Jaczko and accused him of acting like a bully. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Head of US nuclear safety agency to step down

The embattled chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission resigned Monday after a tumultuous three-year tenure in which he pushed for sweeping safety reforms but came under fire for an unyielding management style that fellow commissioners and agency employees described as bullying. Gregory Jaczko stepped down ahead of a potentially blistering ...

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko says he will step down

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko says he will step down.

$In this Feb. 23, 2012 file photo, signs opposing the hydraulic fracturing process of drilling for gas, or "fracking" are posted in Evans City, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)$

Vt. becomes 1st state to ban hydraulic fracturing

Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday signed into law the nation's first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique that involves blasting chemical-laced water deep into the ground. The Democrat, surrounded at a Statehouse ceremony by environmentalists and Twinfield Union School students who pushed for the ban, said the ...

FILE - In a Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 file photo, Walter Lee, right, manager of Nuclear Emergency Preparedness leads the evaluation as the Tennessee Valley Authority conducts an emergency preparedness drill in the Central Emergency Control Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. The drill involved a simulated explosion releasing a small amount of radiation at TVA's Watt's Bar Unit 1 power plant near Spring City, Tenn., between Chattanooga and Knoxville. In changes which went into effect on December 2011, the U.S. government is allowing communities within 50 miles of nuclear power plants to practice less often for major accidents and is recommending that far fewer people who live nearby be evacuated immediately. Under new emergency planning rules, federal regulators also are ending a requirement that emergency personnel always practice for a release of radiation. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dan Henry)

AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away. Nuclear watchdogs voiced surprise and dismay over the quietly adopted revamp — the first ...

FILE - In this June 30, 2011 file photo, beach-goers walk on the sand near the San Onofre nuclear power plant in San Clemente, Calif. A report commissioned by an environmental group warned Tuesday, May 15, 2012 that running California's San Onofre nuclear plant at reduced power would not resolve problems with badly worn tubing that have kept its twin reactors offline for more than three months, and might make it worse. (AP Photo, Lenny Ignelzi, File)

New scrutiny for CA nuke plant, as restart looms

The idled San Onofre nuclear power plant is facing new scrutiny from Congress as the utility that operates it moves closer to proposing a fix to get the twin reactors back in service. The chair of the U.S. Senate's environment committee pressed federal regulators Tuesday to disclose details about the ...

NY anti-fracking movement gets star-studded boost

The anti-fracking movement in New York state turned up the star power Tuesday with a rally in the Capitol and concert at the Empire State Plaza. New Yorkers Against Fracking held a rally at the grand stone staircase inside the Capitol before a concert at The Egg, a 982-seat performing ...

Gas drillers wrangle over NY limitations, bans

With all the restrictions in proposed state regulations and local bans, gas companies say about half of their lease holdings in the lucrative Marcellus Shale region in New York state will be off-limits or inaccessible to drilling if the state gives the green light to developers this year. A coalition ...

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2012 file photo, A man stands next to a government owned armored SUV in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's lawmakers have hightailed it out of town for a six-week vacation without following through on promises to cancel a pricey perk of free armored cars that they approved for themselves in the annual budget. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

In Iraq, car perk overrides promises to public

Iraq's lawmakers have hightailed it out of town for a six-week vacation without following through on promises to cancel a pricey perk for free armored cars that they approved for themselves in the annual budget. It is the sort of move that is fueling resentments among the struggling Iraqi public, ...

News from around Wisconsin at 6:28 a.m. CDT

Video: Walker explains divide, conquer strategy MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Video shot by a filmmaker captures Gov. Scott Walker explaining a "divide and conquer" strategy against unions to a top campaign donor. The video shows Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks asking Walker in January 2011 whether he could make Wisconsin a ...

Wis. court upholds state's minimum gas markup law

A Wisconsin appeals court upheld the state's minimum gas markup law as constitutional on Thursday, determining that it helps achieve the Legislature's goal of creating fair and robust competition at the pump. The 4th District Court of Appeals' ruling stemmed from a lawsuit filed nearly five years ago by Merrill ...

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: OBAMA: Abortion and birth control: Supports abortion rights. Health care law requires contraceptives to be available for free for women enrolled in workplace health plans, including access to morning-after pill, ...

Correction: Nuclear Costs story

In a May 9 story about an effort to build a nuclear reactor near Augusta, The Associated Press misstated the value of the loan guarantees conditionally offered by the U.S. Department of Energy to Southern Co. Federal officials have offered the utility $3.4 billion in guarantees for the utility's share ...

FILE - In this June 23, 1989 file photo, the Exxon Valdez is towed out of Prince William Sound in Alaska by a tug boat and a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter. India's Supreme Court on May 3, 2012 banned the Exxon Valdez from entering India, saying the ship involved in one of the worst U.S. oil spills will not be allowed in for dismantling until it has been decontaminated. The ship, now known as the "Oriental Nicety," entered Indian waters last week and was headed for the western Indian state of Gujarat for dismantling, when the Supreme Court gave its order, environmental activist Gopal Krishna said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

India's top court refuses entry to Exxon Valdez

India's Supreme Court has banned the Exxon Valdez from entering India, saying the ship involved in one of the worst U.S. oil spills will not be allowed in for dismantling until it has been decontaminated. The ship, now known as the "Oriental Nicety," entered Indian waters last week and was ...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton disembarks from a plane upon arrival in Kolkata, India, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Urging India to reduce the oil it imports from Iran tops U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's agenda as she starts two days of talks with Indian officials. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

US eyes more cuts in Indian imports of Iranian oil

Hoping to wean India from Iranian oil imports, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging Indian leaders to explore alternative suppliers as she opens a three-day visit to the energy-starved South Asian giant that will also focus on regional security and easing trade restrictions. Clinton arrived in the ...