How Stuff Works: How oil pipelines workTuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:41PMOil pipelines are frequently in the news these days because they can have a big effect on oil prices. For example, if a war or terrorist activity threatens to shut down an important pipeline, oil prices can rise. Oil pipelines can also make the news when they leak. One of the best-known pipelines in the United States is the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. It stretches north-to-south for 800 miles ...
How Stuff Works: How oil pipelines workTuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 12:18PMOil pipelines are frequently in the news these days because they can have a big effect on oil prices. For example, if a war or terrorist activity threatens to shut down an important pipeline, oil prices can rise. Oil pipelines can also make the news when they leak.
Rice: Russian bombers off Alaska "a dangerous game"Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 12:16PMSix months ago, administration officials said, Russia began sending cruise missile-capable Tu-95 Bear H bombers near the coast of Alaska; U.S. and Canadian fighters have intercepted and escorted them away.
Hunt is on for European wild boar near Detroit LakesTuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 11:13PM.