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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Grain prices continue climb, hit record levels

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"The U.S. economy may be teetering on the brink of recession. But there's a bountiful harvest down on the farm," Julie Jargon...

OSHA goes easy on poultry processors, paper says

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"Poultry processors face few consequences when they ignore hazards that can kill and injure workers. Weak enforcement, minimal fines a...

Talks on Farm Bill are at 'make-or-break stage'

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Negotiations on the Farm Bill "teetered at a make-or-break stage" as Congress came home for the Presidents' Day week recess, r...

Parched Georgia wants to tap into Tennessee River by correcting error in states' boundary

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Georgia, withering from drought, wants to correct a 190-year-old mistake and move its border with Tennessee a mile north so it can freely dr...
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Friday, February 15, 2008

S.D. horse slaughterhouse bill sponsor still trying

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The bill to offer state loans to start a horse slaughterhouse in South Dakota may not have been to the legislative abattoir after all. Its s...

Gore warns of investment in carbon-intensive firms

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Al Gore used some salty language from his rural roots this week in warning "Wall Street leaders and institutional investors ... to dit...

Maryland governor and newspapers at odds over his proposal to reduce legal ads on foreclosures

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Like the rest of the country, Maryland has seen the number of foreclosures continue to rise. In January, the state's Democratic governor...

Ky. House panel passes bill requiring dental exams before children can enter school; W.Va. pending

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The oral-health problems of Kentucky and West Virginia have drawn plenty of attention (such as here from The New York Times ), and recently...
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Rudy Abramson, author and co-founder of Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, dies

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Author Rudy Abramson, a co-founder of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and chair of our national Advisory Board, die...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Ky. governor proposes 12 casinos, some rural

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Kentucky would have up to 12 casinos, some in rural areas, under legislation proposed today by Gov. Steve Beshear. The plan is being pushed ...

Site offers matchmaking services for rural singles

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Last Valentine's Day, The Rural Blog mentioned an online dating service aimed at rural singles in the United States and Canada called F...
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Two reports offer opposing takes on biotech crops and their relationsip to pesticides

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Twelve years after the first gene-altered crops appeared on the market, two new studies show the debate over the effects of such crops is st...

FCC has plan to help rural TV stations and viewers during transition to digital broadcasting

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When the transition to digital television broadcasting goes into effect in about a year, there could be some confusion for viewers in rural ...

Recent computer-science grad gets her first job in her rural hometown; a lesson for other places

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After graduating from Fisk University in Nashville, Tashuna Davis (left) assumed she would find her first job "in the big city....

‘No Dirty Gold’ campaign against destructive mining singles out proposed Alaskan mine

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Jewelry retailers want you to think carefully about any gold you might be giving this Valentine's Day. Jewelers such as Tiffany & Co...

House panel says to trim nutrition, conservation, soybean supports to get Bush to sign Farm Bill

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With a month left to pass the legislation, members of the House Agriculture Committee "proposed the outline of a farm bill that they sa...
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Smithfield Foods' effort to turn manure into biofuel at Utah plant fails after three years

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After three years, Smithfield Foods has sold its biofuel plant, because the main ingredient — pig manure — did not have enough nutrients t...

Another big investment bank adds CO2 emission standards to financing of coal-fired power plants

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Last week, we mentioned that three major investment banks — Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley — had tied carbon-dioxide emissions ...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Editor & Publisher takes note: Smaller newspapers are doing well despite industry's struggles

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Grim reports about the financial struggles and the uncertain future of newspapers get plenty of play in media outlets. ( We mentioned one re...

Weather disrupts start of Lincoln Bicentennial; local weekly keeps a stiff upper lip

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Hodgenville, Ky., the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, spent lots of time and money preparing for this week's kick-off to the two-year Nat...