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Communist Cuba is opening up unused land to private farmers and cooperatives as part of a sweeping effort to step up agricultural production.Government television says 51 percent of arable land is underused or fallow, and officials are transferring some...
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This time, John McCain kept Barack Obama on the defensive.
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John McCain says America needs a new direction in his closing remarks at the last presidential debate. Rival Barack Obama says the biggest risk for the nation would be...
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John McCain told Barack Obama to his face Wednesday night, “You didn’t tell the American people the truth” about a key campaign pledge as the two...
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Republican John McCain is raising rival Barack Obama’s link to a 1960s radical in the final presidential debate.
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Janet Jackson has returned to the stage in Washington, D.C., after an illness forced her to cancel a string of shows on her “Rock Witchu” tour.
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An airline passenger has been arrested after allegedly grabbing the captain’s crotch in a fracas on a Paris-to-New York flight.
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John McCain told Barack Obama to his face Thursday night, “You didn’t tell the American people the truth” about a key campaign pledge as the two...
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John McCain told Barack Obama to his face Thursday night, “You didn’t tell the American people the truth” about a key campaign pledge as the two...
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John McCain accused presidential rival Barack Obama in their final debate Wednesday night of waging class warfare by advocating tax increases designed to “spread...
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Facts went astray once again before a large national audience when Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain engaged Wednesday in their third and final...
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Republican John McCain, battling to reverse his slide in the polls in a high-stakes debate, said Wednesday that preventing home mortgage foreclosures was the key to...
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Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama say the $700 billion bailout was not enough as they met for their third and final presidential debate. McCain said...
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The United States and its allies must find new approaches _ and create new institutions _ to deal with the long-term threats posed by violent extremism, Defense...
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To reach its global warming goals, California must cut greenhouse gas emissions by about four tons per person, which would require cleaner cars, more renewable energy...
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A New York City panel says it is not a conflict of interest for council members to vote on changing a term-limits law.
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Ryan O’Neal and his son, Redmond, were charged Wednesday with possession of methamphetamine.
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Ryan O’Neal and his son, Redmond, have been charged with possession of methamphetamine in Malibu, California. Both men are charged with felony drug possession,...
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A member of the state parole board accused of using the Internet to set up a meeting for sex with underage girls has resigned, the board’s chairman said...
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The estate of a department store heir says in a lawsuit that Jay Leno was illegally sold a valuable automobile at a sham auction.
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Just two weeks ago it was drought that was causing many Illinois farmers some sleepless nights.
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Hussein Ibrahim walked solemnly past tidy rows of bright green cabbages, vines bursting with tomatoes and trees weighed down with plump avocados.This modern, thriving...
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A half-century ago, Vince Bedient spent his days chopping down trees for his father’s sawmill, stealing time during harvest to haul farmers’ grapes to a...
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Flats of broccoli, cabbage and onions are ready for planting at Boistfort Valley Farm, where just five months ago, much of Mike Peroni’s farm was buried under a...
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American agriculture must move away from its focus on large, industrial farms to reverse environmental and human health problems, a private commission reported...
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Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a division of DuPont Co., bought a stake in an online marketing service that connects farmers with grain buyers, the companies said.Farms...
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At age 77, Arlen Schwinke might be getting too old for the twice-a-day milkings that come with working a dairy farm, but he’s still deeply committed to...
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The more salmon that growers pack into farms near rivers and streams, the greater the harm done to wild salmon populations, new research suggests.The problem is sea...
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Southwest Georgia is one of the most productive agricultural regions in Dixie, but you wouldn’t know it from the soil under the corn, peanuts and cotton. It can...
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After years of resistance, a growing number of Amish families are putting their farms into land preservation programs.While Amish farmers traditionally spurn government...
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At Rutgers University’s animal farm, where future veterinarians train, male piglets are pulled squealing from their mother to be castrated _ without anesthesia _...
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Grow the food you want to eat in your lawn. The concept of edible estates is to utilize personal lawns to grow organic food. The idea is to use any unused land to grow...
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I am a winner today. A proud winner despite no competition thrown from those within the radius of my colleagues but it is a victory over the factors that are...
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The Manchester United captain Gary Neville has taken up a property and around 200 builders are racing to complete the Neville-Neville Land. The footballer’s...
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So, plans for alternative energy, rather solar power is grasping the energy generating sector across the globe! To make California one of the world’s largest...
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The use of propane gas on firms is increasingly becoming popular. More than half of U.S. farms currently use propane for a variety of purposes, which include heating,...
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IRINNews highlights the plights of child refugees in South Africa.
UNICEF discusses the social problem of child marriages, especially in the underdeveloped in...
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Most of the children in Indonesia grow up in the coffee farms. The poor families do not have often to eat, so most of the children either work in the family farm or are...
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According to a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition from Penn State University, a serving of pistachios each day as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease. Results showed that consuming...
