HOUSTON — ConocoPhillips said Friday it plans to develop a multibillion-dollar pipeline that would transport natural gas from Alaska to the lower 48 states and Canada.

KOIN Digital Television

There is also an on-line bulletin board dedicated to digital television and HDTV starting up. The idea behind it is to provide a forum for broadcasters, viewers and anyone interested in learning about this new technology as it begins to share information and get answers to questions they may have. You are encouraged to join in at the Digital Television Forum. Since it is new you can help determine the direction it will go with your participation.
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Australian dollar stonger at noon

THE dollar was stronger at noon, rising above $US0.8700, as healthier share market performances outweighed expectations of another interest rate rise.

The market is still divided on whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will act next month, even though annual core inflation is at its highest level in more than 16 years. At 12.00pm AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8721/26, up from yesterday's close of 0.8657/65. During the morning, the domestic currency traded between a low of $US0.8688 and a high of 0.8745. The Australian share market has climbed 2 per cent during the morning session, moving upwards with US equities, following an emergency American rate cut of three-quarters of a percentage point yesterday. Easy Forex senior dealer Francisco Solar said a recovery in the domestic share market, after this week's longest run of slides in 26 years, was a bigger driver of the Australian dollar than interest rate rise expectations.

Petron to cut LPG prices by P1/kg

Major oil player Petron Corp. will slash prices of its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products by P1/kg Saturday midnight.

Petron said the price cut on Gasul products reflect the lower LPG international contract prices.

It has been the third LPG price rollback in February.

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Long road to a livelihood

At first they drove the hour-and-15-minute commute on their own. Then they formed loose car pools to share the burden of the drive and tolls. Eventually some of them decided that even the car pool was too much. And that's where Ben Harvin stepped in.

Harvin has worked at GM for 39 years, starting on Broening Highway's assembly line in 1969. When the plant closed, he bought a van (GMC, of course), thinking that he might become a private transportation provider. But the offer to transfer to Delaware came. He took the transfer and figured he might as well take a few friends with him.

Now, Harvin and six to eight passengers, depending on the day, meet at the White Marsh Park and Ride at 12:45 p.m. and ride together to Newport. When their shift ends at 10:30 p.m., they climb into the van and head home.