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        										 							Q1 2007							Q1 2006							% INCR											ExxonMobile							$9.280B							$8.400B							10%											Chevron							$4.715B
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
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        Political prognosticators Isaac Wood and Larry Sabato at the University of Virginia report today that there will be up to five special elections for the U.S. House in 2007 -- two of them in the South.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        The Associated Press has identified five coastal areas of the United States that are particularly vulnerable to hurricane disasters -- and four of them are in the South.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        As Chris noted here yesterday, former Tennessee Senator and actor Fred Thompson has all but made it official that he is running for president in 2008.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        That's the question the folks over at Citizens for Tax Justice pondered recently on their Talking Taxes blog.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        Back in March, R. Neal here at Facing South predicted that a "dark horse" candidate from the South -- especially someone like former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) -- could change the 2008 presidential elections.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        State and local governments in storm-stricken areas of the Gulf Coast will no longer have to put up their own money in order to get federal rebuilding funds, thanks to the emergency war spending bill approved by Congress last week and signed into law by President Bush.