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The state imposed a $140,000 penalty for what it called "willful, continuing, and egregious" violations of the price law... The Minnesota Commerce Department on Thursday announced plans to fine a gas station chain $140,000 for repeatedly selling gas below the state's legal minimum price. The fine against Midwest Oil of Minnesota is twice as large as any imposed on a company since 2001, when the state established a formula based on wholesale prices, fees and taxes to determine a daily floor for gas prices. Kevin Murphy, deputy commissioner of the department, called the violations "willful, continuing, and egregious and warrant...

By BRUCE SCHREINER The Associated Press 1/3/2004, 12:48 p.m. ET BEDFORD, Ky. (AP) — Political newcomer Nick Clooney needed no introduction as he shook hands with people hunched over steaming breakfast plates at the Farmhouse restaurant. "I knew him since I walked in the door, and I had never met him before," said Richard Ginn, a real estate appraiser and tobacco farmer. The 69-year-old congressional candidate has instant recognition in northern Kentucky from his days as a Cincinnati television news anchor. It doesn't hurt that he's also the father of actor George Clooney, the brother of the late singer-actress Rosemary...

Nick Clooney campaigns for Congress DEMOCRAT WANTS TO SUCCEED LUCAS IN 4TH DISTRICT By Bruce Schreiner ASSOCIATED PRESS BEDFORD - Political newcomer Nick Clooney needed no introduction as he shook hands with people hunched over steaming breakfast plates at the Farmhouse restaurant. His face, once a fixture as a Cincinnati television news anchor, was familiar to the regulars chewing over issues between bites of eggs and sausage. "I knew him since I walked in the door, and I had never met him before," said Richard Ginn, a real estate appraiser and tobacco farmer. The 69-year-old Democrat and father of actor...