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Midwest, Plains economic index drops again
A Nebraska economist says he sees signs that the regional recession will rival the 1981-82 recession for unemployment. Professor Ernie Goss of Creighton University said the primary index from his Mid-America Economic Survey has plunged to its second...Tags: Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Job Layoffs
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Mid-America survey state-by-state glance
The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology as the national...Tags: Inventories, Arkansas, Missouri, Industrial Production, Unemployment
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ND farmer says he's carrying on the Lord's work by draining wetlands, but feds disagree
Associated Press WriterBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Armed with a tractor or a backhoe, Alvin Peterson moves dirt to drain prairie potholes on his land, saying he's putting the land back to the way God intended. The 78-year-old retired farmer from Lawton, in northeastern North Dakota,...Tags: Wetlands, South Dakota, Transportation, Minnesota, Punishment
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Road salt in shorter supply, pricier
AP Business WriterDave Barber did the math. Now Peoria's public works director is crossing his fingers and hoping his city has enough road salt to ride out the winter. The central Illinois city recently paid almost $48 a ton to replenish its salt supply, an increase of...Tags: Hurricane Ike, Lisa Madigan, Ohio, New Hampshire, Texas
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Minn., ND ag officials agree subsidies need change
Rep. Collin Peterson says he isn't surprised by President-elect Barack Obama's criticisms following a new report about the abuse of agriculture subsidies. The report from the Government Accountability Office released Monday found there were 2,702...Tags: Interior Policy, Agriculture, Farms, Personal Data Collection, Internal Revenue Service
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Out-of-state colleges boost recruiting efforts in California
Dory Streett didn't beat around the bush when she spoke to students recently at a high school near downtown Los Angeles about Colby College, a liberal arts school in Maine. It's 3,000 miles from home, there's snow for long stretches and its community of...Tags: Ohio, New Hampshire, Texas, Santa Monica, Minnesota
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California family stuns small central North Dakota residents by embracing the rural life
Associated Press WriterGOODRICH, N.D. (AP) _ Tired of traffic, crime and the high cost of living, Suzie and David Threadgold sold their home near Los Angeles and moved to central North Dakota. Few here understand why. Even the mayor of Goodrich describes his town as dumpy. The...Tags: Los Angeles, Regional Authority, Homes, El Segundo, Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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'The Great Weaver From Kashmir' by Halldór Laxness
The Great Weaver From Kashmir
A Novel
Halldór Laxness
Translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton
Archipelago Books: 446 pp., $26
Americans are sometimes not too sure where or what Iceland is, but for the literary, it is a sort of holy land -- a...Tags: Literature, Disasters, Flannery O'Connor, Georgia, Books and Magazines
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Number of cattle going into feedlots in Kansas see sharp decline as appetite for beef wanes
Associated Press WriterWICHITA, Kan. (AP) _ At a time when the consumer appetite for beef is waning amid the economic downturn, the number of cattle going into feedlots in Kansas and across the nation also has taken a steep dive. The latest cattle-on-feed statistics come at...Tags: Financial Markets, Garden City (Garden City, New York), Consumers, Securities, Labor Day
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CSU's Holston back for more
Chicago State is playing its third and last season as an independent before joining the sprawling seven-team Great West Conference and competing for a championship against bedfellows from Texas, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota and New Jersey. The Cougars...Tags: Utah, Texas, Bradley, South Dakota, New Jersey
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Executive in family oil firm
New York Times News ServiceHOUSTON—Tom Hunt, a former chairman of Hunt Petroleum and an adviser to the founder of the family dynasty, his uncle H.L. Hunt, died Tuesday in Dallas. He was 85 and lived in University Park in Dallas County. Baylor University Medical Center...Tags: Armed Forces, Arkansas, Colleges and Universities, Dallas, Family
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'I'm done with you.'
In one of her audacious parenting guides, California mom Vicki Iovine shared a friend's response to the news that she was expecting her first child. "Congratulations," he said. "It'll be the best 12 years of your life." If you think that's funny, count...Tags: Society, Laws, People, Georgia, Florida
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