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• Oil inflation clobbers Alaskans - 8/7/2008
  

  BARROW, Alaska — A gallon of unleaded gasoline: $10. Heating fuel: $9.10 a gallon. Electricity: $1.

• No rooms at Inn at Eagle Point - 8/7/2008
  

  EAGLE POINT — Save for a few months' infrastructure work, there's not much to show for all the grandiose plans announced in fall 2005 for The...

• Local firm's instruments track Beijing pollution - 8/7/2008
  

  PORTLAND — A Grants Pass company is helping the U.S. Embassy monitor air quality at the Beijing Olympics.

• Hyatt cabins a hit with buyers - 8/6/2008
  

  When Medford hairdresser Linda Dyer heard about cabins for sale on Hyatt Lake two years ago, she made a quick dash up the hill.

• Ashland rental market rises as sales fall - 8/6/2008
  

  ASHLAND — Though real estate agents always seem to say it's a good time to buy, many people are deciding it's the perfect moment to rent.

• 11 charged in credit card frauds - 8/6/2008
  

  BOSTON — Eleven people, including a U.S.

• Slowdown in ads hits the Web - 8/6/2008
  

  The slowing economy is starting to hurt an unexpected segment of the advertising world: the Web, which has been growing fast for a half-decade.

• Rogue Federal gets into the repo'ed car business - 8/5/2008
  

  The trickle of returned and repossessed vehicles turned into a steady flow earlier this year at Rogue Federal Credit Union.

• Gas prices fall with general decline in commodities - 8/5/2008
  

  Gasoline prices fell again during the past week, the government reported Monday, while a steep drop in crude oil prices in New York futures trading...

• Rising prices stifle impact of stimulus payments - 8/5/2008
  

  WASHINGTON — Rising prices, falling home values, stagnant wages and tight credit.

• The business of smoothing things over - 8/4/2008
  

  Editor's note: This is one in a weekly series of profiles on locally owned and operated businesses in Southern Oregon.

• Interest in golf car rises with gas prices - 8/4/2008
  

  BEND — Midmorning sunlight radiates on the candy apple red paint, and bounces off the sparkling chrome wheels.

• Don't let your plastic rule your life - 8/3/2008
  

  In tough economic times like these, reliance on credit cards tends to grow, as evidenced by the 7 percent annual rise in U.S.

• The housing rescue legislation hits home - 8/3/2008
  

  CHICAGO — One of the highlights of the housing bill signed by President Bush on Wednesday is a tax credit of up to $7,500 for first-time home...

• Brother should get proof of debt in writing - 8/3/2008
  

  DEAR BRUCE: My brother recently started getting threatening calls from a collection agency.

• 3 ways to cut college costs - 8/3/2008
  

  If you're heading off to college this fall, or are a high school senior about to apply, you'll realize right away that a college education doesn't...

• Fast-food feeding frenzy intensifies - 8/2/2008
  

  For years the intersection of Crater Lake Highway and Delta Waters Road was surrounded by aging warehouses, dilapidated structures and heavy...

• Sluggish economy sheds jobs in July - 8/2/2008
  

  WASHINGTON — Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest...

• lithiacontraction - 8/2/2008
  

  Lithia Motors Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Sid DeBoer said Friday he will discuss his company's cost-cutting efforts in a phone call with...

• Farmers markets at risk - 8/1/2008
  

  NEW YORK — Franca Tantillo puts rising fuel prices in the same category as the springtime hailstorm that wiped out part of her strawberry crop.