NEW YORK — Instead of complaining about clean air rules, maybe utilities should cheer them.

Sometimes, the rules lead to big gains.

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BADIN, N.C. – The Southeastern Outdoor Press Association, Inc. (SEOPA) has begun its 2012 Media Auction. Space in six different media outlets is being offered at one-half the regular rates as a fundraiser for SEOPA. Bonus packages are available. Click here to learn about affordable options for expanding your marketing efforts and helping support SEOPA at the same time. SEOPA has been helping outdoor communicators and allied corporations excel in their respective fields since 1964.

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Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp., found himself the target of hecklers — some dressed as “Sesame Street” characters — during a speech he gave Friday in San Francisco, the Associated Press reports.

According to KGO-TV, Murdoch was only minutes into his speech about technology in education when a man interrupted him.

“Resist corporate domination of public education!” the man cried out, according to KGO-TV. “Resist it, folks! Isn’t it time to stand up?!”

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NEW YORK — As the best in his country for years, Andy Roddick has long been the man to turn to when questions about the future of American tennis come up.

On Friday night at the U.S. Open, he saw that future up-close in a player named Jack Sock – and made sure Sock didn’t become the story line of the present.

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WASHINGTON — A major fruit company’s lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration could have a chilling effect on regulators’ efforts to get tainted food off the market.

Florida-based Del Monte Fresh Produce is striking back at the FDA with a lawsuit after the agency halted imports of its Guatemalan cantaloupes, saying they may be contaminated with salmonella. Such a lawsuit is extremely rare, and the threat of litigation could make officials more reluctant to tell the public about the possibility of contamination in food.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Restaurant owner Gary Honeycutt says a push in California’s state Legislature to ban the plastic foam containers he uses to serve up takeout meals could cost him thousands of dollars in an industry where profit margins already are razor thin.

BJ’s Kountry Kitchen, in the heart of California’s farm country, uses about 26,000 of the 9-inch foam clamshells a year, mostly for takeout by the customers who come in for the restaurant’s popular breakfast omelets.

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LONDON, Ky. — For more than two decades, a pair of sisters in rural Kentucky have lived without Social Security numbers, doing odd jobs like bartending and making jewelry to earn cash under the table. One of them even posed as their mother to gain employment.

Now Raechel and Stephanie Schultz want steady, legitimate work, yet the federal government has refused to issue numbers to the women, saying they need more proof the pair were born in the U.S. The predicament prompted the women, who have lived for years on society’s fringes, to sue.

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The NBA lockout is official and fans everywhere are gasping for air. The league is coming off one of its best finals of the past decade and the highest rated draft in 15 years, so feeling sad that we wonâ??t see pro basketball until January is only natural.

During the last lockout in 1999, many players came back completely out of shape. All-stars and Olympians like Vin Baker and Shawn Kemp were in the prime of their careers, still just 29 and 28 respectively, yet became cautionary tales and never regained the explosive prowess that once made them both so great.

While Kemp actually averaged 20.5 points during the shortened 1998-99 season, he did so on a dreadful Cleveland team that still wore these uniforms. During his final four NBA seasons and still relatively young, he averaged just 9.3 points and 5.5 rebounds.

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Say goodbye to Ron Artest and HELLOOOO to Metta World Peace … Mr. Metta World Peace to you.

Yes, Ron is going the way of Cassius Clay, Lew Alcindor and Chad Johnson. Ron’s filed a petition in L.A. County Superior Court to change his name to — World Peace.

FYI, metta means loving, kindness, happiness and all that jazz.

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Philippe Starck might be the closest thing to a household name in the design world. From inexpensive consumer goods to boutique hotels, windmills, high-end bathroom products, and even a “spaceport” – the range of his work is varied to say the least. Whether a suburban Target-shopper or a boutique-hopping jetsetter, you’ve come into contact with his designs in one way or another.

With ICFF just around the corner, Starck’s new work is coming to New York: Kartell’s flagship showroom will be transformed into a “Magic Garden” featuring the U.S. debut of his Magic Hole series of outdoor furnishings; Duravit’s flagship showroom will continue to display the just-launched Sensowash, Starck’s new Zartan chair for Magis (booth 1044) will be shown at ICFF; and, based on Salone, one can guess that his ‘Marie Coquine Chandelier’ for Baccarat (booth #1118) will also be on display at the show.

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