OPEC decides to curb overall output; prices rise (AP)

OPEC ministers cut output at meeting (AP)
AP - OPEC oil ministers have decided to cut output by 1.5 million barrels a day as of next month.

OPEC not moving to ease high oil prices (AP)
AP - OPEC has virtually ruled out pumping more oil to ease record-high prices, key oil ministers signaled Tuesday on the eve of a cartel meeting.

Russia, Iran and Qatar discuss forming gas cartel (AP)
AP - Russia, Iran and Qatar made the first serious moves Tuesday toward forming an OPEC-style cartel on natural gas, raising concerns that Moscow...

Jesse Helms: Polarizer, not a compromiser (AP)
AP - "Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in...

Jesse Helms: a polarizer, not a compromiser (AP)
AP - "Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in...