At the same time Priory was looking for a partner in the gas business, Paul Anderson , chief executive of Panenergy, a big Houston gas pipeline company once known as Panhandle Eastern, was looking for a utility.

FORBES: Trading Places

At the same time Priory was looking for a partner in the gas business, Paul Anderson, the CEO of Panenergy, a big gas pipeline company in Houston, Texas, once known as Panhandle Eastern, was looking for a utility.

FORBES: Trading places

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, said conditions remained favorable for a few powerful or long-lasting tornadoes in southern and eastern Alabama, the Florida Panhandle and southwest Georgia.

CNN: Southern storms kill 2, unleash damaging tornadoes

The state also boasts demographic variety, from the Democratic leanings of urban Baltimore to the conservative bend of the rustic, Southern-styled Eastern Shore and the hills of the western panhandle.

CNN: MARYLAND