Oil prices settle below US$83 as U.S. dollar rises and - Stockhouse
dollar makes it less attractive to overseas buyers. Oil prices also are being pushed down by growing crude inventories, which may have gained an additional 1.5 million barrels last week, according to a survey of analysts by Platts, the energy

Out There: Residents on Long Beach island live in fear - Los Angeles Times
It's a trade-off, living on Naples. In exchange for inhabiting an island with quaint canals where kayakers, paddlers and opera-singing gondoliers float past million-dollar homes, residents of this Long Beach neighborhood live with the anxiety of