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'); document.write(''); document.write('The dollar\'s sway over energy markets was on full display Wednesday, with oil and gasoline futures rising sharply as the U.S. currency tumbled to 15-month lows.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposed Monsanto Co. phosphate mine slated to produce ingredients for Roundup weedkiller generated nearly 7,000 public comments, including from a former U.S. Interior secretary who urges its approval and the Environmental Protection Agency, which wants additional pollution safeguards.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The University of Oklahoma\'s plan to power its Norman campus with wind energy was approved Wednesday by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CHICAGO (AP) — The jobless rate rose in most Illinois metropolitan areas in October.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('FRANKLIN, Va. (AP) — About 120 workers who lost their jobs when a lumber mill in Franklin closed are eligible for federal assistance.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Canadian biotechnology company QLT Inc. said Wednesday it will pay Massachusetts General Hospital $20 million to settle a lawsuit over product royalties.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — The nation\'s stores usher in the traditional start of the holiday shopping season Friday with extended hours, freebies and deep discounts on everything from toys to flat-panel TVs.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Computer Sciences Corp. said Wednesday that it signed a new data center and information technology infrastructure management service agreement with Zurich Financial Services Group.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('HOUSTON (AP) — AmREIT, a real estate investment trust, said Wednesday that its shareholders and those of its affiliate, REITPlus Inc., have approved a plan to combine the two.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Post will close its remaining U.S. bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago at the end of the year to save money and will focus news efforts on covering the nation\'s capital.
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