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Energy giant BP will pay a fine of $50.6 million to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for continuing violations uncovered as late as 2009 by regulators at its refinery in Texas City, Texas, where 15 workers were killed and 170 injured in an explosion in 2005.
The recession affected every sector and industry of the economy. Amongst those hardest hit was the sport that some feel rivals baseball as America's pastime: NASCAR. With less spending money in the average American's pocket, all professional sports leagues suffered -- but NASCAR, which experienced tremendous growth in the early 2000s, saw reduced attendance at every race this past year.
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Lost in the 24/7 news cycle has been a July 31, 2010 opinion-editorial by David Stockman, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan.
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