State and local law makers have turned the energy industry into tax collectors and in the process increased the burden imposed on rate-payers.

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The company, whose stock trades at 5 times earnings and 4 times cash flow, is in the process of aggressively reducing its debt burden.

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In fact, the league has had such little success in court that a primary goal for them during the standoff is to remove federal judicial oversight from the labor process, a burden the other major sports leagues in the U.S. don't have to endure.

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Mr Maskey said the burden still lay with Prime Minister Tony Blair to resolve the difficulties in the peace process.

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