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  • Crews work on construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline near County Road 363 and County Road 357, east of Winona, Texas, on Dec. 3, 2012. (Associated Press/The Tyler Morning Telegraph)

    Texas judge halts oil pipeline work

    A Texas judge has ordered TransCanada to temporarily halt work on a private property where it is building part of an oil pipeline designed to carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast, the latest legal battle to plague a project that has encountered numerous obstacles nationwide.

  • UN Ambassador Susan Rice leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, with Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, and Sen. Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican, about the Benghazi terrorist attack. Rice continued her fight Wednesday to win over skeptics in the Senate who could block her chances at becoming the next U.S. secretary of state. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

    White House blames GOP for Rice-Keystone flap

    The White House accused Republicans on Thursday of digging up information that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice owns stock in the company seeking to build the Keystone pipeline, and wouldn't say whether it might harm her potential nomination as Secretary of State.

  • Keystone XL’s judgment day looms for Obama

    President Obama's looming decision whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, environmentalists argue, will define his legacy on climate change.

  • People carry a mock pipeline as they pass by The White House to protest the Keystone Pipeline, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    Keystone decision will define Obama's record on climate change

    President Obama's looming decision whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, environmentalists argue, will define his legacy on climate change.

  • Actress Daryl Hannah was arrested in Winnsboro, Texas, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, while protesting construction of a pipeline designed to bring crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries. (AP Photo/Wood County Sheriff)

    Daryl Hannah: Actress arrested in Texas pipeline protest

    Actress Daryl Hannah of "Splash" fame was arrested in northeast Texas on Thursday along with a 78-year-old landowner as the pair protested an oil pipeline designed to bring crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast.

  • Daryl Hannah arrested in Texas protesting pipeline

    Actress Daryl Hannah of "Splash" fame was arrested in northeast Texas on Thursday, along with a 78-year-old landowner as the pair protested an oil pipeline designed to bring crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast.

  • Daryl Hannah arrested in Texas protesting pipeline

    Actress Daryl Hannah of "Splash" fame was arrested in northeast Texas on Thursday, along with a 78-year-old landowner as the pair protested an oil pipeline designed to bring crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast.

  • The Sandhills, near Mills, Neb., is an environmentally sensitive area. TransCanada hopes to build the Keystone XL pipeline through the area to transport crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast. The company said Wednesday it has revised the route. (Associated Press)

    Keystone oil pipeline route again modified

    aThe company that wants to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries said Wednesday it has revised its proposed route through Nebraska to avoid environmentally sensitive areas.

  • Nebraskan out to unlock Keystone

    In another attempt to move forward with the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a top House Republican is pushing Congress to approve work on much of the northern portion of the Canada-to-Texas project that has been delayed for years.

  • Sen. John Hoeven, Republican of North Dakota, complained about "another obstructive tactic" over the Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)

    GOP sees roadblock to Keystone pipeline

    Capitol Hill Republicans say yet another environmental impact study of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline is unwarranted and nothing more than a stall tactic by the Obama administration that threatens the project.

  • **FILE** Demonstrators outside the White House march in November with a replica of a pipeline during a protest of the planned Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Canada to Texas. (Associated Press)

    Obama to get do-over on Keystone pipeline

    The Canadian company seeking to build the massive Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline through the U.S. reapplied for a permit on Friday, pushing the politically sensitive issue back onto President Obama's plate six months before the election.

  • New route for pipeline will be ready shortly, TransCanada says

    A Canadian company that wants to build a 1,700-mile oil pipeline through the U.S. heartland to the Texas Gulf Coast will be ready within weeks to submit plans for a new route that avoids the environmentally sensitive Nebraska Sandhills region, a TransCanada executive said Tuesday.

  • President Obama points to the place where he fired a marshmallow gun while speaking Feb. 27, 2012, at the White House before the National Governors Association. (Associated Press)

    White House hails scaled-down Keystone pipeline plan

    The White House on Monday hailed the news that a scaled-down portion of the Keystone XL pipeline that would stretch from Oklahoma to Texas will move ahead, but the president's critics said the move only underscored the need to approve the entire Canada-to-Texas project.

  • Inside Politics

    he House of Representatives has passed a bill confirming the use of religious symbols at military memorials. It was also voting on legislation to order that a prayer issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on D-Day be installed at the World War II Memorial in Washington.

  • Buffett

    Buffett would profit from Keystone cancellation

    Warren Buffett, whom President Obama likes to cite as a fair-minded billionaire while arguing for higher taxes on the wealthy, stands to benefit from the president's decision to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.

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