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By the time storm Sandy wound down last fall, it was clear that some of the most popular coastal state park beaches in southern New England were all but destroyed.

Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton said on Friday that he will headline a concert to benefit the victims of the Oklahoma tornado that swept through the city of Moore earlier this week, leaving 24 dead and thousands homeless.

One of the best stories after the tornado in Oklahoma was of the teacher who said she started praying out loud to her students, even though she knew she wasn't supposed to.

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by seven this week to 1,762. The Houston-based company said Friday in its weekly report that 1,402 rigs were exploring for oil and another 354 for gas.

A jury in Santa Fe has convicted a 54-year-old landlord of murder in the shooting deaths of a tenant and her daughter's boyfriend.

Dominion Resources is making the largest ever private-sector donation to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.

Oilfield services giant Halliburton, one of the key players in South Texas' Eagle Ford Shale, has deployed nearly 100 light-duty compressed natural gas trucks across its U.S. field locations.

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Blake Shelton has a date and location for his benefit and fellow Oklahoman Carrie Underwood is writing a large check to help benefit those affected by this week's storms in their home state.

All trades in American Electric Power Inc and NextEra Energy Inc in a crash that happened in the first minute of trading on Thursday will stand, the New York Stock Exchange said, following the latest in a flurry of unexplained sharp drops in the market.

The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee says a website partially funded by the oil and gas industry is a constructive tool that could be used by federal regulators in requiring public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.

Apache Corp. isn't waiting for Carl Icahn to tell the energy company how to reverse a two-year decline that's erased $14 billion from its market value.

Two West Virginia colleges are teaming up to open a new training center for people who want to work in the oil and gas industry, complete with indoor and outdoor laboratories to simulate drilling operations.

Marathon Oil Corp. was in talks with a possible buyer for a portion of its 20 percent interest in the project, but said a deal was not reached.

The American political brawl over the approval of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline shifted into overdrive on Wednesday as Republicans in the House of Representatives made yet another attempt to take the decision out of U.S. President Barack Obama's hands.

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. donated $1 million to the Red Cross in Oklahoma to help with recovery efforts after the May 20 tornado.

The next major power plant to be built in the nation's top coal-mining state will be fueled by natural gas.

The Wichita, Kan.-based conglomerate said Wednesday that half the money would go to the OK Strong relief fund established with the United Way of Central Oklahoma.

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It's common for companies to make big cash donations after a disaster. But following Monday's tornado in Oklahoma City, several firms are going beyond writing a check, offering help through the use of their equipment, staff, buildings and other in-kind donations.