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Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state
The farm state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror. The Knights Templar cartel is extorting protection payments from cattlemen, lime growers and businesses ...
2 Ore. timber counties reject public safety levies
Voters in two Oregon timber counties with the lowest property taxes in the state — Curry and Josephine — turned down tax increases Tuesday that would have funded law enforcement, but a jail levy passed in a third, Lane County. The outcome puts Curry County, population 22,000, closer to going ...
Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps
The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. Known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the food stamp program is administered by the Agriculture Department and federal dollars are unlimited as long as recipients qualify. The program ...
BC-Markets-At-A-Glance
A snapshot of major stock and commodities market indicators Wednesday: New York Stock Exchange 669 advances, 2,417 declines Most Active: Bk of Amer 13.31 —0.13 Comp Sales: 4,258,659,349 Arca Comp Sales: 1,675,235,087 Nasdaq Stock Market 630 advances, 1,868 declines Most Active: Microsoft 34.61 —0.24 Nasdaq Sales: 2,123,829,059 Major Indexes DJ ...
More ethanol leaking after Iowa train derailment
Iowa officials say more ethanol is leaking into the Little Cedar River following a train derailment east of Charles City. The state Department of Natural Resources says workers trying to recover ethanol cars and locomotives on Wednesday realized a second ethanol car was leaking. They discovered leaking ethanol and fuel ...
Gold slips on speculation will Fed cut stimulus
Gold prices sank Wednesday as traders weighed the possibility that the Federal Reserve will start paring back its support for the economy in the coming months. Gold for June delivery fell $10.20 to settle at $1,367.40 an ounce, a drop of 0.7 percent. Prices for the precious metal wavered earlier ...
Gold slips on speculation will Fed cut stimulus
Gold prices sank Wednesday as traders weighed the possibility that the Federal Reserve will start paring back its support for the economy in the coming months. Gold for June delivery fell $10.20 to settle at $1,367.40 an ounce, a drop of 0.7 percent. Prices for the precious metal wavered earlier ...
Fishermen pay price in Asia's volatile sea rifts
Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China took control of their ...
AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT
Police: Suspect in abduction of 2 girls found dead DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A massive search was underway Tuesday for a 15-year-old girl abducted from an Iowa bus stop, after authorities said a man who is suspected of taking her and another girl was found dead. Dozens of federal, ...
2 Eastern Livestock officials sentenced to prison
One of the founders of defunct cattle broker Eastern Livestock was sentenced Tuesday to almost six years in federal prison and the former chief financial officer was sentenced to nearly five for their roles in a $32 million check kiting scheme. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell also ordered company ...
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