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...comparison to other colleges in the Northeast, Harvard students stand out even more as teetotalers...
...York City and parts of Westchester County, one of the first areas in the country to have retail rates entirely deregulated, have soared as much as 30%. Although most of that increase is due to rising cost of the gas and oil that power generators in the Northeast, it has also cast a harsh light on independent power producers and middlemen who rule the wholesale market. To reduce any chance of foul play, the New York State public service commission is considering the implementation of a temporary, $150 per megawatt-hour wholesale price cap. Producers say the cap will discourage...
...taken for granted. About 53% of home-heating systems in the U.S. use natural gas, which in past years has been the least expensive fuel. Gas also burns cleaner, and the furnaces are simpler to monitor than oil furnaces. Yet because parts of the U.S. (especially the Northeast) lack the infrastructure to transport natural gas, for many the main options are electricity and oil. Of the two, electricity is generally more expensive, less environmentally friendly...
Teenagers have always gone to extremes to be cool, but until now they haven't actually risked frostbite. That changed this winter as teens throughout the frigid Northeast and blustery Midwest began sporting flip-flops and open-toed sandals on even the snowiest of days. The trend has gone international too: Britain's Prince William was spotted wearing flip-flops on a recent cold winter...
...flight map. The airline, already dominant in such markets as Dallas and Miami, would become a force at New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport, where it would pick up 17 gates and 84 takeoff and landing slots. United would also increase its presence in the populous Northeast and would raise its U.S. market share to 25%. And in a unique agreement, United and American would jointly operate the lucrative Boston-New York- Washington shuttle that US Airways now runs, in competition with Delta...