STLtoday.comUS stock indexes edge lower in afternoon trading; oil slipsU.S. News & World ReportSLIPPING AND SLIDING: Shares in several oil exploration and production companies moved lower. QEP Resources fell $1.12, or 5.2 percent, to $20.47, while Murphy O …

STLtoday.comUS stock indexes mostly flat in afternoon trading; oil slipsU.S. News & World ReportSLIPPING AND SLIDING: Shares in several oil exploration and production companies moved lower. QEP Resources fell $1.12, or 5.2 percent, to $20.47, while Murphy …

US stock indexes are mostly flat in early trading; oil slipsU.S. News & World ReportOIL DEAL: Noble Energy agreed to buy Rosetta Resources for about $2.1 billion in stock. The deal gives the oil and gas company access to two massive Texas shale formations, …

U.S. News & World ReportUS stocks sink as oil price jumps above $60U.S. News & World ReportWALL STREET: U.S. stock markets closed lower on Tuesday as an increase in oil prices expectations that inflation rates and interest rates would go up. The Standard & …

U.S. News & World ReportMassive fire engulfs Mexican oil rig, 4 deadU.S. News & World ReportThis frame grab of a video from the news station Noticias Ciudad del Carmen shows a fire burning at an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico along the Mexican coast be …

Industrialist donates $2.5M for engineering professorshipMorning Journal NewsYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — The founder of a northeast Ohio steel processing company and his wife are donating $2.5 million to Youngstown State University to create a professorship in …

Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone RiverU.S. News & World ReportBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials said Sunday that an oil pipeline breach spilled up to 50,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana, but they said t …

KSN-TVAlaska faces lean budget times as oil prices plungeKSN-TVJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — After years of being flush with oil money, Alaska now faces drastic budget cuts and having to dip into well-stocked savings to offset unprecedented deficits exacerbated by …

Houston ChronicleAlaska faces lean budget times as oil prices plungeU.S. News & World ReportJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — After years of being flush with oil money, Alaska now faces drastic budget cuts and having to dip into well-stocked savings to offset unpreced …

U.S. News & World ReportS&P 500 falls below 2000; oil extends decline, bonds rallyU.S. News & World ReportOIL SLIDE: U.S. crude continued to fall, dropping $1.84 to $48.19 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The price of oil has fallen by mor …