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U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 10:13pm neoform

FOX News -- Deadly methane gas emanating from a dairy farm's manure pit killed five people, including four members of a Mennonite family, authorities said. Emergency workers speculate that after the first victim was overcome Monday, the others climbed into the pit.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 2, 2007 @ 11:32am neoform

Yahoo News -- The huge hog that became known as "Monster Pig" after being hunted and killed by an 11-year-old boy had another name: Fred. The not-so-wild pig had been raised on an Alabama farm and was sold to the Lost Creek Plantation just four days before it was shot.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 14, 2007 @ 3:00pm mrmdc

SF Gate -- State Farm Insurance Cos. is suspending sales of any new commercial or homeowner policies in Mississippi starting Friday, citing in part a wave of litigation it has faced since Hurricane Katrina, a company official said Wednesday. Mike Fernandez, vice.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 2, 2007 @ 8:43am neoform

Washington Post -- The Bush administration yesterday proposed ending farm subsidies for an estimated 80,000 wealthy individuals as part of a broad plan that would close loopholes and cut traditional farm programs by $4.5 billion over the next 10 years... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 10, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

SF Gate -- East Bay farmers in the sprawling district of Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, would get a lot more federal money if the government shifted farm spending from traditional crop subsidies to conservation, according to a report released Monday by the advoc.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

Washington Post -- Two hundred towering windmills, each so tall that its blades would loom over the U.S. Capitol Dome, could be built in the Atlantic Ocean near one of Washingtonians' favorite beach retreats, under a plan being considered in Delaware. The plan, which cou.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 5:50pm neoform

USA Today -- State Farm Fire & Casualty has agreed to re-examine more than 35,000 policyholder claims filed following Hurricane Katrina and to "make millions of dollars available" for additional payments, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale said Monday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 8, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

Yahoo News -- Farmer Phil Prutch isn't sure about putting Colorado convicts to work in his fields this summer. But then again, he says, he doesn't have much of a choice. Somebody has to pick the crops. Prutch has 15 acres of rotting peppers to show what happens if s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 7, 2007 @ 1:01pm mrmdc

FOX News -- North Dakota issued the nation's first licenses to grow industrial hemp Tuesday to two farmers who still must meet federal requirements before they can plant the crop... Read More