LAFAYETTE - It's a headline that's easy to gloss over: Thieves knock off a gas station at night and make off with money and merchandise. But when the Valero station on Mt. Diablo Boulevard was hit earlier this month, the details didn't fit the ...

CNBC - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Association of Oil Pipe Lines spent nearly $248,000 to lobby the federal government in 2007, with some of that money flowing toward biofuel shipping rules. The trade group, whose members include Valero Energy Corp., units of ...