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4 hrs ago | WRIC-TV Richmond

Small Quake Shakes Central Va.

Virginia Tech's Seismological Observatory says a small earthquake that struck central Virginia prompted numerous reports of weak to light shaking but it didn't cause any damage.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Technical Services, Geology, Amherst, VA, Amherst County, VA

8 hrs ago | WisInfo

Blue Marble Family Farm dairy products prompt Wisconsin consumer alert

MADISON - The state has issued a consumer alert about Blue Marble Family Farm dairy products because it may not be properly pasteurized.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Barneveld, WI

13 hrs ago | Gouverneur Times

Food stamps estimate raises debate over 'poverty'

How could it be true in the land of plenty, in the midst of an obesity epidemic, skeptics wondered.

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Related Topix: US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Cornell University

17 hrs ago | Gouverneur Times

NY apple growers leaving more fruit on trees

With the best of the crop off to market, growers say this year it's cheaper to leave leftovers on the trees than to pick and sell them for juice.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Agriculture, Orleans County, NY

21 hrs ago | Fox 8 - WJW

In Virginia, where tobacco was once king, restaurants prepare to go smoke-free on Dec. 1

The bluish haze that has hung over the Third Street Diner's bar and booths for decades finally lifts next month as a new anti-smoking law takes hold in Virginia, a huge shift for a state whose tobacco habit dates to the Jamestown settlement some 400 years ago.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Virginia, Agriculture, Restaurant Management

Yesterday | WTOL-TV Toledo

Experts to help ID final body from Cleveland home

Authorities in Cleveland have asked a leading anthropologist and a forensic artist to help identify the remains of an 11th woman found inside the home of a suspected serial killer.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Kent State University

Thu Nov 26, 2009

WSAW

Farmers Allowed to Carry Heavy Loads on Roads

Gov. Jim Doyle has issued an executive order giving farmers another month to transport heavy harvest loads.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, US Governors, Jim Doyle, Agriculture

KHOU-TV Houston

Quake shakes El Salvador, Guatemala

A strong earthquake struck off El Salvador's Pacific coast Thursday, sending people running from buildings in this Central American nation and in neighboring Guatemala.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, World News, El Salvador

Fort Frances Times

Researchers find that regular gratitude can promote health, happiness

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Bill Golden survived more than 20 years in the U.S. Army and another 30 in law enforcement.

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Related Topix: Tampa Metro, Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Psychology, UC Riverside

KAIT-TV Jonesboro

Riceland sales at $1.3B for fiscal year

Stuttgart-based Riceland Foods Inc. says its sales for the fiscal year are up by 8 percent from the year before.

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Related Topix: Agriculture

Science Daily

Cosmic 'dig' reveals vestiges of the Milky Way's building blocks

"The history of the Milky Way is encoded in its oldest fragments, globular clusters and other systems of stars that have witnessed the entire evolution of our galaxy," says Francesco Ferraro from the University of Bologna, lead author of a paper appearing in the November 26 issue of the journal Nature.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Drink, Cocktails, Archaeology, Anthropology

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Reuters Video

Major drought in Brazil worsens

Nov. 25 - The drought in the Amazon has killed thousands of cattle and destroyed acres upon acres of crops and officials fear that the drought may worsen over the next few weeks.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Video

The Daily Breeze

Deere reports 4Q loss on charges, lower sales

Deere and Co. lost $223 million in the fourth quarter, reflecting big charges and a 28 percent slump in sales as demand for tractors, combines and construction equipment sagged amid the global economic downturn.

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Related Topix: Deere , Manufacturing, Construction, Industrial Machines, Agriculture, Moline, IL

CBS 47

Quakes shake Calif./Mex. border, no injuries

CALEXICO, Calif. a " Earthquakes continue to rattle the California-Mexico border but there are no reports of damage or injuries.The U.S. Geological Survey says a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2 struck at 5:01 a.m. Wednesday in Mexico.

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Related Topix: Calexico, CA, Geology

KLTV Tyler

Soggy season could crimp sweet potato supply

Savor that holiday sweet potato pie and those marshmallow yams while you can. Agricultural experts and industry officials expect enough sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and Christmas, traditionally a high-demand period.

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Related Topix: Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables, Agriculture, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Mississippi State, MS

Fox Charlotte

Iceberg From Antarctica Drifting Towards

A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the south Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Oceanography

Tue Nov 24, 2009

WICD

Solution To Flooding Woes Could Mean Neighbors Would Have To Leave

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff in 41 watersheds in 12 states from ending up in the Mississippi River.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Louisiana, MO

KDKA

USDA Concerned About States' Food Stamp Programs

With more Americans going hungry than ever before, the Agriculture Department is concerned that dozens of states aren't adequately administering food stamp programs designed to provide food to low-income Americans.

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Related Topix: US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Life, Food, Nutrition

CBS13/CW31

Small Quakes Rattle Opposite Ends Of California

Earthquakes struck both ends of California Tuesday morning but no damage or injuries are reported.

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Related Topix: Geology, San Diego County, CA, Earthquake, Natural Disasters

WNED.org

Magnitude 6.8 quake recorded near Tonga

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck northeast of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but a destructive tsunami was not expected.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Tonga, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Tsunami, Geology

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