Report: ND is now 4th biggest oil-producing state

North Dakota has surpassed Louisiana as the fourth-largest oil-producing state in the nation, the U.S. Energy Department says.

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Lincoln ranked best president by historians

Just days after the nation honored the 200th anniversary of his birth, 65 historians ranked Abraham Lincoln as the nation's best president.

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Expert: Even injured, Tiger's still the one to beat

Tiger Woods has never been so vulnerable with a lead.

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Jankovic assured of moving up to No. 1 this month

Jelena Jankovic might not feel worthy of being ranked No. 1, but she has assured herself of moving up to that spot later this month.

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Oops! Vt. School's No. 5 Rank a Mistake

It's every math teacher's mantra: Check your work. Apparently, Standard & Poor's didn't. The financial services giant, which analyzed data for U.S. News & World Report's inaugural ranking of America's top 100 schools, made a mistake in calculating the score for Montpelier High School and erroneously ranked it the nation's fifth-best public high school.

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Study: Finns Are Best Science Students

Finnish students have the world's best performance in science, according to a study published Tuesday.

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Milwaukee Is Named 'Drunkest City'

Milwaukee has been ranked by Forbes.com as "America's Drunkest City" on a list of 35 major metropolitan areas ranked for their drinking habits.

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Ranking the Best NCAA Conferences

Determining which conference is best comes down to the criteria. Is it the league with the most national title contenders? Is it the one with the fewest soft touches at the bottom? Or is it the conference with the greatest depth, solid from top to bottom?

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The 2009 Mercedes-Benz E-Class ranks 1 out of 12 Luxury Large Cars. This ranking is based on our analysis of 41 published reviews and test drives of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, and our analysis of reliability and safety data.

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During the health-care debate, one damning statistic keeps popping up in newspaper columns and letters, on cable television and in politicians' statements: The U.S. ranks 37th in the world in health care.

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So Gov. Charlie Crist's U.S Sen. opponent, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, decided to make hay out of a Congressional Democrat's criticism of Florida for ranking last in stimulus-money spending for roads.

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On top of the many humiliations that have rained down on Iceland recently – the implosion of its economy, banks and currency to name just three – the erstwhile Viking tiger today lost its title as the safest place in the world.

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Here's a list ranking the most polluted beaches in California, as compiled by the environmental group Heal the Bay. Please read the full report on beaches in Southern California at...

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Another theory on the #amazonfail PR storm building over the holiday weekend. I'm not necessarily in agreement, but it is something to consider.

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The competitive edge of the European Union's economy has risen over the past decade while that of the United States has eroded, according to a new study by a nonpartisan research group published Wednesday.

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It is interesting to look back at how presidents were ranked at the end of their terms in office. Oddly, the ideological leanings of those doing the ranking is never investigated.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have just launched an online ranking system for nursing homes across the country. The system judges the facilities based on staff, quality of care, and health inspections.

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Google (GOOG) has a patent pending on technology for ranking the most influential people on social networking sites like MySpace (NWS) and Facebook. In a creative twist, Google is applying the same approach to social networks it has used to dominate the online search business.

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"CNET reports that Cuil (pronounced 'Cool'), a startup founded by the husband-and-wife team of Stanford professor Tom Costello and former Google search architect Anna Patterson, is launching a new search engine today that claims to index three times as many Web pages as Google."

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Yet again, the political media is obsessed with the question of whether the Democratic presidential nominee is "likable" and whether he can "connect" with "regular people." We go through this every four years.

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They may not look as threatening as some of the larger canine, but research revealed that the dachshund is the most aggressive breed of dog.

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You don't have to spend fortunes to increase sales / leads on your website. Here are 10 tips to ensure you make the most of our website.

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Onedayers.com's Cricket player rankings are out! And you won't be able to easily guess who is the Most Valuable Player!! A Total of nearly 400 players took the field in 2007.I have put out different ODI Ranking lists for teams and players. Do check each one out!...

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England has had a phenomenal year. They rose to No. 1 in ranking. And South Africa and Australia slipped a spot each. However, India rose 4 spots to Number 4. Netherlands also rose to No. 5.

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Rank 2008 Super Bowl Ads. Northwestern Students use iPhone to Uncover Surprising New Results.

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In our quest to help you manage your time during this hectic holiday season, here are our rankings of the "attractiveness" of the bowl matchups.

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The countries have been evaluated in criteria such as customs, infrastructure, international shipments, logistics competence, tracking and tracing, etc. Singapore now stands in first position.

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A primary school has been praised as "outstanding" in an official government report after introducing Harry Potter-themed lessons, it has been revealed.

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The idea of keeping up with the Joneses is so 1950s. And forget the Carnegies, the Rockefellers and the Vanderbilts. These days, we want to keep up with the Gateses and the Buffetts, the Allens and the Waltons.

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Recently, a page on one of my websites was bookmarked or listed on Digg, a popular social bookmark site. It gave me the perfect opportunity to study and analyze the traffic coming from these social media sites.

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...For the first time in six years, the USC Gamecocks are in the Associated Press Top 10.

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The spirit-sapping, schedule-scuttling congestion of the Washington area has grown so severe that the region is now in a tie for the second-worst traffic in the nation, a notch higher on an ignominious chart no city aims to top.

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You might think that Britain is the world's worst place for binge-drinking or our roads are the most crowded or our house prices are the silliest. But not so ... there are places which are even worse than us, according to a new book of economic figures.

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