| Man stabbed while changing tire
The Morton County Sheriff's Department is investigating a report of a man being stabbed while changing a tire on a county road north of Mandan.Sheriff Dave Shipman said a 24-year-old man with a stab wound was brought to a Bismarck emergency room by a friend Thursday morning. The man reported he had been robbed while changing a tire on County Road 140, about six miles north of Mandan.Shipman said the man works at a power plant in the Stanton area and lives in Hazen. He decided to drive to Bismarck to visit a friend after working until early Thursday morning.While en route to Bismarck, the man's vehicle got a flat tire. While he was fixing the tire, a light blue sport utility vehicle with two men inside pulled up behind his car.The Hazen man reported the men said something to him about his flat tire, and when he looked up, one of the men struck him in the face.
Saturday's Agenda, Jan. 26
Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. Or e-mail your items to newscalendar@MiamiHerald.com. No faxes, please. To search for events throughout South Florida, click on Calendar on the left side of the screen at www.MiamiHerald.com. Altar Boyz: On the last leg of their ''Raise the Praise'' tour, members of a boy band Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham learn about acceptance and the value of faith; 8 p.m., Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables; $46, $38.50 for weeknights and matinees. 305-444-9293 or actorsplayhouse.org. Books & Books Coral Gables Presents: 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables. free. 305-442-4408: • The Seldom-Ever-Shady Glades, Sue Van Wassenhove presents her book of poems for children which explore some of the Everglades' 340 bird species; 11 a.m., • The Secret Cardinal, Tom Grace discusses his book about an ex-Navy SEAL who travels to Rome to assist the Pope who has selected a new, formerly imprisoned bishop: 5:30 Jan.
The Price of Oil
But, of course, the global market for oil is anything but a free market from the producers- both corporate and governmental- toward the downstream companies to the consumers. In recent days, the price of crude oil escalated to over $90 a barrel, fluctuating up to a high of $96 a barrel. Yet the average price of gasoline in the United States-around $3.00 per gallon-is about what it was earlier this year when the price of crude oil was around $60 a barrel. Why the disconnect? "It's a big gambling hall," The Washington Post quotes Fadel Gheit, an oil analyst at Oppenheimer. "This time it's just speculation," Peter C. Fusaro, chairman of Global Change Associates, told the Post, adding, "There's a large bet out there that prices will continue to trend higher. But it's detached from fundamentals because there's no shortage of oil." Meanwhile, the government of Big Oil runs Washington, D.C.
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