Archive for June 21st, 2008

"Speculation," a dirty word across America as Wall Street traders take the blame for record oil and gasoline prices, drew more attention Friday from Congress as three Democratic House members introduced yet another bill attempting to limit activity.

On any normal day of the year, Stacey Babiarz runs a small welding shop and storage business with his family. But the last eight days in Edgerton, Wisc., have been anything but normal, and Babiarz, creator of a device that rapidly fills sandbags to hold back floodwaters, has been putting his invention to work in his own backyard.

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