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Dr. Yue Jin, a kind-faced man in a blue lab coat, is the nation’s bulwark against a devastating new plant disease. He’s the only federal scientist whose main mission is protecting the $17 billion U.S. wheat crop from annihilation.His budget’s being...
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A Pennsylvania man has been accused of burglarizing at least three apartments and vandalizing them with spray paint and chocolate pudding _ after police say he was...
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The head of a Philadelphia museum says its sample of Abraham Lincoln’s blood may get DNA testing, but some questions must be answered first.
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AP, New York
Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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AP, Washington
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or...
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One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry...
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AP, Revere
City councilors just outside Boston say police should be better prepared for large crowds descending on a local beach after thousands of students skipped school and...
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A deputy assistant secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton has been sentenced in San Diego to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child...
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The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the...
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AP, New York
Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles _ a lie authorities say nearly prevented him...
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AP, Pittsburgh
The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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AP, Chicago
In a tearful interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, the parents of a British girl who disappeared two years ago from a Portuguese resort asked their...
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AP, Pomona
Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students.
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Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million...
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Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal...
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The Supreme Court says Shell Oil Co. cannot be held responsible for cleanup of a contaminated Superfund site owned by a defunct company simply because it delivered...
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Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs.
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A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime...
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Heavy rains across Kansas boosted the state’s winter wheat crop, even as farmers got a clearer picture of damage caused by temperatures dipping below freezing...
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Researchers are deploying new wheat varieties with an array of resistant genes they hope will baffle and defeat Ug99, a highly dangerous fungus leapfrogging through...
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An international trade judge says the U.S. Commerce Department must return some import tariffs collected on Canadian spring wheat during the 2 1/2 years they were in...
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AP, New York
Corn and soybean prices shot up Monday after an early rally on Wall Street lured investors back into the commodities complex. Wheat also rose.
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AP, Wichita
Wheat prices have plummeted from historic highs to their lowest levels in 16 months amid the turmoil in the credit markets and huge wheat crops worldwide, analysts...
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AP, New York
Corn and soybean prices rose sharply Monday as a rebounding oil market prompted investors to shift money back into commodities. Wheat prices fell.
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AP, Bismarck
Farmers in the Dakotas are wrapping up one of the best spring wheat and winter wheat harvests in more than a decade with yields that industry officials describe as...
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Corn and soybean prices plunged Tuesday as tumbling oil prices and Wall Street turmoil prompted investors to pull money out of commodities to reduce risk. Wheat also...
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Wheat prices jumped above $9 a bushel Wednesday on expectations that warm, dry weather in Argentina and Australia will hurt crops and tighten world supplies.
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Wheat prices jumped more than 50 cents a bushel Thursday after a big decline the previous day attracted new buyers seeking to lock in cheap supplies of the grain used...
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AP, Spokane
Times are good for wheat farmers, but they should resist the urge to harvest their crop residue and sell it for ethanol production, a federal researcher says.Leaving...
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Jerry McReynolds usually cuts his own wheat fields.But not this year. After a volatile spring of heavy rains, widespread hail and tornadoes, the Woodston farmer wanted...
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Wheat prices shot up Wednesday after more rain doused parts of the flood-stricken Midwest and Kansas embargoed some winter wheat to test for pesticide residue. Corn and...
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AP, Wichita
Kansas farmers were finally able to get into their fields to harvest winter wheat over the weekend as the ground dried out ahead of the next wave of storms.But the...
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Wheat prices shot up Monday as investors bet that hot, dry weather expected in the U.S. Great Plains could damage crops, tightening supplies of the grain used to make...
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AP, Wichita
Custom cutters and farmers alike are bracing for what will likely be the most expensive winter wheat harvest ever amid record high fuel prices.Steve Shepherd, president...
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The first global food crisis since World War II is the result of converging factors across the world. Some facts:_ Food prices on international markets have nearly...
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Jerry Blotter has grown winter wheat on his central North Dakota farm for decades. This year, he’s destroying much of his crop and seeding corn and spring wheat...
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Wheat prices plunged to a five-month low Wednesday as investors bet that U.S. crop yields will meet demand and ease price increases for flour, bread, pasta and other...
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On Monday, October 6th, a live wheat field, approximately one quarter of an acre in size, sprouted at New York City’s South Street Seaport. The Wheat Foods Council’s “Urban Wheat Field Experience,” running October 6th through 8th, brings the...
