Week 47: November 14, 2023 -- November 21, 2023

Locator: 46153TOPSTORY.

Top, top story:

• Israel-Gaza: multi-day ceasefire while hostages / POWs are released / exchanged.
  

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• US Senate won't confirm US military leaders; GOP senator says DOD oversteps authority
  

Top international non-story story:

• Russian-Ukraine war continues; drags on and on and on; starting to take backseat to Israel-Gaza;
  
• Russia most recently invaded February 22, 2022
• the war actually goes back to 2014
  
• Israel-Hamas war: apparently "okay" to negotiate with terrorists now
• The end of an era: Apple retires the Lightning cable; all charging cables not USB-C.
  

Top international energy story:

• OPEC in disarray; production quotas at issue as price off oil continues to fall;
  

Top national non-energy story:

• US on-line shopping smashes Black Friday records;

Top national energy story:

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Focus on fracking: most recent edition.

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

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Geoff Simon's quick connects:

• Geoff Simon's quick links.

Bakken economy:

• holding in there -- active rigs running about 36;

Commentary: