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By Peter Nicholas and Christi Parsons, Los Angeles Times

November 16, 2011, 6:50 p.m.

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Oil has moved up strongly to almost $100 per barrel.  There have been rumors regarding a potential attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and Israeli President Shimon Peres has even hinted at it.

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Caterpillar Inc. said it plans to shift production of small construction machinery from Japan to a new plant in North America that is expected to employ more than 1,000 people.

The new plant, whose location wasn’t identified, will become the company’s global source for small bulldozers and mini-hydraulic excavators. [...]

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The demonstrators congregated outside Penn State’s administration building before stampeding into the tight grid of downtown streets. They turned their ire on a news van, a symbolic gesture that expressed a view held by many that the media exaggerated Mr. Paterno’s role in the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal. [...]

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JIM CONRAD’S NATURALIST NEWSLETTERIssued from Hacienda Chichen Resort adjoining ChichénItzá Ruin in Yucatán, MÉXICONovember 6, 2011*****JUVENILE BLACK HAWK AT AGE 4½ MONTHSIn mid June beside the white sand road near MayanBeach Garden on the Quintana Roo Caribbean coast wefirst saw a fuzzy little head peep over a nest oftwigs placed in a snag by a [...]

SPARKS, Okla. –  A 5.6 magnitude quake rocked Oklahoma late Saturday after a day of smaller quakes, leaving cracked buildings and a buckled highway but no major damage.

Another 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit the state at 3:39 a.m. Sunday, and was centered about 36 miles east of Oklahoma City.

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ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is so upset by the dismissal of his airport security lawsuit that he threatened Friday to apply for dual citizenship so he can spend more time in his beloved Mexico — or run for president of what he labeled “the Fascist States of America.”

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Andy Rooney, the “60 Minutes” commentator known to generations for his wry, humorous and contentious television essays – a unique genre he is credited with inventing – died Friday night in a hospital in New York City of complications following minor surgery. He was 92, and had homes in New York City, Rensselaerville, [...]

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