Stone Energy boost 3Q earnings 49 percent
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Independent energy producer Stone Energy Corp. stepped up production to post a 49 percent gain in third-quarter profit that handily beat analysts' forecasts....
Allis-Chalmers Energy lost $10.3M in 3Q
HOUSTON (AP) -- Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. said on Tuesday that it lost $10.3 million in the third quarter as the oilfield services provider dealt with a drop in rig count, falling equipment usage, and pricing....
Consumers Energy ordered to partially refund money
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Consumers Energy has been ordered to give electric customers a partial refund six months after Michigan's second-biggest utility was allowed to increase power bills....
Chesapeake 3Q profit down on lower gas prices
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Chesapeake Energy says its third quarter earnings fell compared with last year when skyrocketing natural gas prices sent profit soaring....
Kan., feds to meet on power lines construction
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas and federal energy policymakers will gather this week to discuss ways to remove barriers to the construction of electric transmission lines....
Tropical depression forms in southwest Caribbean
MIAMI (AP) -- A tropical depression has formed in the southwestern Caribbean, prompting storm warnings for the coast of Nicaragua and two Colombian islands....
Vietnam storm death toll rises to 91
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 91 in Vietnam on Wednesday as authorities stepped up rescue and relief operations in the country's central region....
Northeast learns lessons from '08 ice storm
JAFFREY, N.H. (AP) -- One of the huge pine trees that surrounded Sieglinde Poegel's home of 42 years crashed through the roof and landed in her living room during the ice storm that crippled much of the Northeast last December....
Corps starts $1B barrier for western New Orleans
HARVEY, La. (AP) -- Mindful that the suburban West Bank of New Orleans has regained its pre-Hurricane Katrina population and is primed for growth, the Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion effort to keep the next storm at bay....
Stormtrooper battle returns to British courts
LONDON (AP) -- The George Lucas empire struck back Tuesday against a British prop designer who sold replicas of the iconic Stormtrooper uniforms from the "Star Wars" movies....
NASA's Ares I-X rocket gets a cloud and a dent, astronomers peek into a cosmic jewel box, sunlight sparkles on a Saturn moon's plume, and more in the week's best space pictures.
Hawaii moves ahead with undersea power cable plans
HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaii is moving forward with plans to build an undersea cable to carry wind-generated electricity from Maui County to power-hungry Honolulu....
Hyper-real animation?think movies like The Polar Express or Beowulf?can get too realistic for comfort, psychologists say. And according to a new study, monkeys might agree.
Ernest Hemingway must be reaching for a bottle of grappa in his grave. The snows of Kilimanjaro?inspirations for a Hemingway story of the same name?could be gone by 2022, a new study confirms.
Star explosions accelerate high-energy particles called cosmic rays, sending them darting across space, according to a new study of gamma ray-filled galaxies.
Want to meet a Martian or spark lunar conflict? Two former NASA specialists give tips for making the most of Google's 3-D space offerings?and offer hints for finding some little-known gems.Video
"Absolutely sensational" new pictures are rare proof that the world's largest toothed whales feed on elusive giant squid. And if researchers are right, the photos may also show a baby whale's hunting lessons.
Coated with a foamy slime, hundreds of seabirds are washing up on the shores of the U.S. Pacific Northwest as an explosion in algae fills the ocean, experts say.
Researchers may have found a way to induce molting in blue crabs, which could increase the availability of soft-shell crabs, considered a delicacy. Video.
From AquaPenguin to Charlie the Robo-Tuna, underwater robots are going wild as scientists find nature has often already conquered their engineering challenges.
In time for Halloween, archaeologists have unearthed a witch bottle?a stone jug that may have contained toenails, hair, and other bodily bits to deter witches and other evildoers.
