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Elected officials from a wealthy Pittsburgh suburb are urging their constituents to vote against a controversial referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot that would ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) over fears that its passage would put the suburb in the crosshairs for lawsuits and undermine its drilling ordinance.

A Pennsylvania judge has denied a request from a wealthy Pittsburgh suburb, apparently clearing the way for a controversial referendum that would ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to be placed on the Nov. 8 ballot, according to Peters Township Marcellus Shale Awareness (PTMSA), an environmental group that drafted the proposed referendum.

Con artists using the identities of dead people and prisoners, as well as federal employees and the wealthy, could be bilking as much as $116 million a year from the Low Income Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP), according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

Con artists using the identities of dead people and prisoners, as well as federal employees and the wealthy, could be bilking as much as $116 million a year from the Low Income Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP), according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

Stock brokers, money managers and wealthy coupon-clippers cried foul, but cooler heads predicted natural gas industry activity and supplies will emerge as winners from a surprise move to tax income trusts by the Canadian government.