by Molly Born | Jul 27, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Two San Diego-area post offices could close early next year as part of a nationwide plan to shutter 3,700 locations as more customers turn to the Internet for postal needs and the agency struggles to meet costs, the Postal Service announced Tuesday....
by Molly Born | Jul 25, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Three times as many people died or were injured last year trespassing on Maryland train tracks than in 2009, adding to the state’s rising number of trespasser casualties, according to Federal Railroad Administration data. Between January and...
by Molly Born | Jul 20, 2011 | Business & Tech
Democratic Montana Sen. Max Baucus Wednesday put pressure on Exxon Mobil Pipeline Company President Gary W. Pruessing and the pipeline administration for answers about what went wrong before the July 1 Yellowstone River oil spill. Following his testimonies in two key...
by Molly Born | Jul 14, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — An Exxon Mobil executive on Friday told a House committee that the firm had met all regulatory standards even as the company takes full responsibility for an oil spill that dumped an estimated 42,000 gallons of crude into Montana’s...
by Molly Born | Jul 13, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – A Coast Guard patrol boat that collided with a passenger vessel in San Diego Harbor in 2002, killing an 8-year-old boy, was going dangerously fast and the oversight that could have prevented the accident was inadequate, the National Transportation Safety...
