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Ever on united nations workers in afghanistan. and its demography destiny. put another way, is the minority population growing so fast that president obama simply wont need the same level of white support that he had in 08 to win in 12? finally, see if you can guess which possible presidential candidate now says president obama wants people to lose their jobs and be poor. the answer, in the "sideshow." we start with the president and the economic recovery. "the washington post" chris salis...

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A barrel of crude now tops $108 a barrel, and were in the low demand portion of the season here in early april. newly official candidate obama will explore energy option this is week. hes headed to a wind turbine facility on wednesday, a hybrid vehicle manufacturer on friday also lex aimed at boosting the u.s. of natural gas set to be used in the u.s. congress. the 2011 gas act would offer tax incentives for buyers of natural gas fuel to vehicles for the next ten years. we also saw it on campus ...

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Well, good friday afternoon to you. sunny day in oklahoma and an amazing conversation here at oklahoma state university, last night focusing on jobs and energy. putting a cap on our four-month "steel on wheels" tour and on the last day of this tour, a bad news/good news situation. today, oil spiking to nearly $108 a barrel but finally a little bit of progress on the jobs front. the economy adding 216,000 jobs this month, resulting in an unemployment rate of 8.8%. but we know that 8.8% number is ...

>> beyond natural gas? >> yeah. were going to come back for natural gas. >> okay. i came out in july of 08 and the renewables were, of course, wind and solar. i put my money up on wind. hasnt paid off. but thats okay. i mean i take chances and sometimes i hit and sometimes i miss. i havent totally missed on the wind. the wind is going to happen. but you cant work the wind until you have a higher price for natural gas. because power generation is based off the margin. natural gas is the margin. a...

Retrofit or things like that. >> late today, goulet hinted the administration would -- goolsbee hinted theyd revive it higher in the mid-year review. presidents budget estimates growth next year but 3.6% next year which aides point out is more conservative than the private sector forecast. >> glenn: thank you for that, mike. the s&p 500 gained six. nasdaq finished eight ahead. crude oil for may delivery added $1.22 to settle at $108 a barrel. gasoline prices were up more than a penny overnight t...

Ago after failing to push through us a tausterity measure. the price of oil is around a 30-month high. right now nymex crude at $108 a barrel in electronic trade. by the way, we have seen brent up as far as $121 a barrel. the price of crude has been surging since earlier this year, of course, with investors reacting to that unrest in north africa, the gulf and supply concerns in the middle east. pauline? >> charles, the markets here in the asia-pacific region struggled for some direction. the ni...

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