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Fire Forces Evacuation Of Homes In California
posted on May 3, 2013 at 4:13 PM
Dry winter and expected warming trend could cause above normal fire activity in western states.
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Kosher Slaughterhouse Arrest
posted on May 3, 2013 at 4:03 PM
A former manager at a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa has finally appeared in a U.S. courtroom to answer charges that he harbored immigrants in the country illegally for profit.
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New Deadline Ordered For FDA Food Safety Reforms
posted on April 26, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Two nonprofits, the Center for Food Safety and Center for Environmental Health, alleged the agency failed to meet the deadlines and sued.
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Disabled Iowa Workers Were Exploited
posted on April 26, 2013 at 2:23 PM
Employees of Henry's Turkey Service engaged in "shocking and disturbing employment actions" that violated not only the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Inspectors Clean New Mexico Horse Slaughterhouse
posted on April 26, 2013 at 2:20 PM
Valley Meat Co. has become ground zero for an emotional, national debate over a return to domestic horse slaughter.
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New Mexico Grapples With Tough Choices As Drought Persists
posted on April 26, 2013 at 2:20 PM
From the chile fields and pecan orchards of the Hatch and Mesilla valleys to Albuquerque, Santa Fe and beyond, New Mexicans are facing tough choices and dire consequences.
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UN Official Hopeful About 2015 Climate Talks
posted on April 26, 2013 at 2:13 PM
Climate negotiations over the years have dogged by suspicion, with rich and poor nations accusing one another of failing to do enough to move the talks along.
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Livestock Disaster Protection Act Introduced in the House
posted on April 19, 2013 at 10:03 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) supports the efforts of Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) in introducing legislation that would provide a safety net for livestock owners across the nation. Under the Livestock...
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Details of the Senate Immigration Bill
posted on April 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM
(AP) A look at the 844-page immigration overhaul bill introduced this week in the Senate by four Democratic and four Republican lawmakers:
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BORDER SECURITY
-The bill sets goals of surveillance of 100 percent of the border with Mexico, and...
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Floodwaters Rising after Storms Deluge Heartland
posted on April 19, 2013 at 9:57 AM
CHICAGO (AP) -- Volunteers worked into the night to stack sandbags against rising Midwest floodwaters and evacuate people in its path - or rescue those already under water - after a powerful spring storm system unleashed downpours from Oklahoma to...
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USDA Starts New Program to Track Farm Animals
posted on April 19, 2013 at 9:52 AM
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease.
It is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's second attempt at...
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WHO: China Bird Flu Not Spreading Easily in Humans
posted on April 19, 2013 at 9:46 AM
BEIJING (AP) -- There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though there may be sporadic cases of the virus spreading to people who have close contacts with patients, the World Health Organization said...
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Immigration Bill Could Exclude Many
posted on April 12, 2013 at 10:42 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan immigration bill soon to be introduced in the Senate could exclude hundreds of thousands of immigrants here illegally from ever becoming U.S. citizens, according to a Senate aide with knowledge of the...
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Monsanto-Dow Strike Seed Deal to Thwart Rising Resistance
posted on April 12, 2013 at 10:32 AM
(AP) Monsanto Co. and Dow Chemical Co. agreed to cross-license seed technologies to produce new versions of genetically modified corn as crop-killing weeds and bugs show increasing resistance to older technologies.
Monsanto, the world’s...
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A Closer Look at Hydraulic Fracturing in the West
posted on April 12, 2013 at 8:10 AM
RIFLE, Colo. (AP) - Three hours west of Denver, across the Continental Divide, the Rocky Mountains begin the long transition into high desert plateaus.
This sparsely-populated land is dotted with ranches and small towns that were once local...
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