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Crop Insurance: March 15 closing deadline
OVERLAND PARK, KAN - While 2012 crop insurance indemnity payments have hit a new record high, the taxpayer-funded portion of those losses will be much lower than crop insurance critics warned last summer. That is good news for the future of the...Tags: Insurance, Science and Technology, Congressional Budget Office
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Elizabeth Paul: Don't sell Obama short on what he has accomplished
I was troubled by misinformation in Art Callaham’s column (Feb. 17) promoting the blogs of Rabbi Pruzansky. It is simply untrue to state that President Obama didn’t defend his first-term record or put forward a second-term agenda. He...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Elections, U.S. Congress, Small Businesses
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Preparing your home for storms
Jill Sorensen's basement flooded after a winter storm knocked out her power, then again in 2011 during Hurricane Irene.
What stopped another encore performance during last year's derecho? She'd installed a sump pump that uses her home's water pressure to...Tags: Catonsville, Weather Reports, Laurel, Building Material, Timonium
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Gov. Nixon declares state of emergency, urges no travel if possible
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Governor on Thursday declared a state of emergency in Missouri in response to severe winter weather that began early in the morning, bringing hazardous travel and the possibility of power outages. The weather system has...
Tags: Conservation, Highway Transportation, Entertainment, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Lehigh Co. emergency management director retiring
Valley 610Tom Nervine, Lehigh County's director of emergency services, announced today that he plans to retire next month. Nervine, according to a county news release, has helmed the emergency management department since 2005. He's often thrust into the spotlight... -
What heals traumatized kids? Answers are lacking
CHICAGO (AP) — Shootings and other traumatic events involving children are not rare events, but there's a startling lack of scientific evidence on the best ways to help young survivors and witnesses heal, a government-funded analysis found....
Tags: Medical Research, Human Interest, Psychotherapy, Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011), Science and Technology
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Senators introduce extension of ag disaster assistance programs
Washington, D.C. - Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) introduced legislation recently to extend agriculture disaster assistance programs that expired at the end of the 2011 Fiscal Year and were not part of the...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Droughts, Politics, Max Baucus, U.S. Senate
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Rep. Noem discusses Farm Bill at Black Hills Stock Show
RAPID CITY - Livestock disaster and other vital programs for South Dakota agricultural producers are in jeopardy because of the lack of a long-term farm bill. That's according to South Dakota Rep. Kristi Noem who spoke to a crowd of about 100 people...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Weather, Weather Reports, Rodeo, Politics
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Making scuba-diving a family sport
Never mind the moray eel. I'm focused on rubbing the "lucky" porthole of a ship that sunk here in a hurricane nearly 150 years ago.
Did I mention that I'm 60 feet underwater, diving mask on my face, breathing oxygen from a tank strapped to my back?...Tags: Diving, Tropical Weather, Weather, Trips and Vacations, Hurricanes
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Lawmakers press for disaster aid for Garrett Co.
Members of Maryland's congressional delegation asked the Obama administration Thursday to reconsider its decision to deny federal disaster aid to Garrett County residents walloped by an October snowstorm. In a letter to Federal Emergency Management...Tags: Somerset County (Maryland), Justice System, FEMA, Martin O'Malley, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hot enough for you?
WASHINGTON -- All right, now can we talk about climate change? After a year when the lower 48 states suffered the warmest temperatures, and the second-craziest weather, since record-keeping began? Apparently not. The climate change denialists --...
Tags: Droughts, Science and Technology, Ecosystems, Global Warming, Conservation
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Winter wheat progress worst since 1980s, reflective of drought
Recent USDA numbers reflected what farmers have known for a while: much of the nation's winter wheat land is bone dry and struggling to produce a crop. In a crop progress report issued on Nov. 26, the Department said wheat in 18 states rated 26...Tags: Breads, Droughts, Arable Farming, Agriculture, Consumers
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