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Middle Class Appetites Drive China Food Inflation
posted on May 13, 2011 at 3:05 PM
BEIJING (AP) -- Hunger was such a constant companion in Yao Qizhong's childhood that even now, at age 40, he'll stoop down to salvage a single clove of garlic that falls from his table at the Beijing market where he hawks fresh produce.
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Court Sides With Oklahoma In Red River Dispute
posted on June 14, 2013 at 3:06 PM
The case concerns a dispute over access to southeastern Oklahoma tributaries of the Red River that separates Oklahoma and Texas.
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'Pink Slime' Lawsuit Heads Back To State Court
posted on June 14, 2013 at 2:57 PM
BPI officials have long insisted that the product is safe and healthy, and blamed the closure of three plants and roughly 700 layoffs on what they viewed as a smear campaign.
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Klamath Tribes and Feds Exercise Water Rights
posted on June 14, 2013 at 2:48 PM
The new powers were made possible by a March ruling of an administrative law judge confirming the tribes have the oldest water rights in the upper basin
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Rural America Posts First-Ever Loss In Population
posted on June 14, 2013 at 2:42 PM
About 46.2 million people, or 15 percent of the U.S. population, reside in rural counties, which spread across 72 percent of the nation's land area.
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FEMA Denies Aid For Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast
posted on June 14, 2013 at 2:31 PM
FEMA denied the "major disaster declaration" both for public assistance — which would give money to the city to help rebuild — and for further individual aid, which would provide for crisis counseling and other services.
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Grocers Allege Potato Group Pumped Up Spud Prices
posted on June 14, 2013 at 2:24 PM
It's unclear how much the alleged price-fixing has bumped up the cost of frozen french fries or a steaming spud served with a steak, but the case isn't small potatoes:
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'Hepatitis A' Linked To Frozen Berries Sickens 87
posted on June 14, 2013 at 2:13 PM
Lawsuits have already been filed against Townsend Farms in California, Hawaii and Washington state
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Government Moves Towards Removing Protection Status For The Grey Wolf
posted on June 14, 2013 at 2:05 PM
The wolf's resurgence has been unpopular among ranchers and others unhappy about attacks on livestock and popular sport animals.
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Cow in northwestern Minnesota dies of anthrax
posted on June 7, 2013 at 4:15 PM
The Board of Animal Health said Friday that tests confirm a 4-year-cow found dead Monday on a farm in Pennington County of northwestern Minnesota died of anthrax. The beef herd had not been vaccinated against the disease.
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Kansas Farmer sues Monsanto over GMO Wheat discovery
posted on June 7, 2013 at 4:13 PM
A Kansas farmer has sued seed giant Monsanto over last week's discovery of genetically engineered experimental wheat in an 80-acre field in Oregon, claiming the company's gross negligence hurt U.S. growers by driving down wheat prices and...
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