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APNewsBreak: Energy company executive, industry leaders indicate major East Coast pipeline will expand to South Carolina.

APNewsBreak: Energy company executive, industry leaders indicate major East Coast pipeline will expand to South Carolina.

Asian shares were slightly higher Friday following a record high close on Wall Street, except for Japan, where a pause in the dollar's strengthening dampened optimism about exporters.

A court in Vietnam has sentenced the former head of state-owned oil-and-gas giant PetroVietnam to death after finding him guilty of embezzlement and abuse of power in a high-profile corruption case.

U.S. stocks are lower Thursday morning as technology companies decline and smaller companies slip after a record-setting rally.

U.S. stocks are lower Thursday morning as technology companies decline and smaller companies slip after a record-setting rally.

Enthusiasm over the US natural gas production renaissance has been steadily building over the past few years and increasing production of both gas and oil from shale deposits came up numerous times during the 2012 US presidential election cycle.

The Latest on the builder of the Dakota Access pipeline contributing $15 million to North Dakota to help cover costs of policing protests (all times local): 5:55 p.m. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he's grateful that the company that built the Dakota Access pipeline has given the state $15 million to cover the costs of policing months of sometimes violent protests.

The Latest on the builder of the Dakota Access pipeline contributing $15 million to North Dakota to help cover costs of policing protests (all times local): 5:55 p.m. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he's grateful that the company that built the Dakota Access pipeline has given the state $15 million to cover the costs of policing months of sometimes violent protests.

The American Indian leader who spearheaded opposition to the four-state Dakota Access pipeline has been ousted as Standing Rock Sioux chairman.

The builder of the Dakota Access pipeline sent North Dakota $15 million on Thursday to help pay law enforcement bills related to months of sometimes violent protests over the project's construction.

The builder of the Dakota Access pipeline sent North Dakota $15 million on Thursday to help pay law enforcement bills related to months of sometimes violent protests over the project's construction.

___ $5 trillion question for Trump tax plan: How to pay for it?

___ $5 trillion question for Trump tax plan: How to pay for it?

An energy company is delaying the closure of the Palisades nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan by four years at least until 2022.

The Latest on a failed nuclear project in South Carolina (all times local): 2:30 p.m. South Carolina regulators say they need to thoroughly review the possibility of forcing a utility to stop billing customers for a failed nuclear project they've been funding since 2009.

The Latest on a failed nuclear project in South Carolina (all times local): 2:30 p.m. South Carolina regulators say they need to thoroughly review the possibility of forcing a utility to stop billing customers for a failed nuclear project they've been funding since 2009.

A state news agency is quoting the CEO of Qatar Airways as saying his airline will continue to fly to Irbil "as long as its airspace remains open and there are no security issues."

The Latest on the defeat of Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault in his bid for re-election (all times local): 11:45 a.m.

The Latest on developments in Iraq (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Turkey has agreed to deal only with Baghdad on oil exports from the self-ruled Kurdish region, which seeks secession from Iraq.