Agriculture

Spending cuts shadow Obama meeting with tribes

By By SUZANNE GAMBOAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Hours after talking tough against Republicans in "fiscal cliff" negotiations, President Barack Obama and members of his Cabinet reassured hundreds of Native American leaders the administration's programs and efforts on their behalf

India gov't wins vote on foreign retailers entry

By By NIRMALA GEORGEAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian government won a vote in in parliament's powerful lower house Wednesday that gave backing to its plans to open up the country's massive retail sector to international big-box companies such as Wal-Mart. The government won

Kazakh cowboys tour ND, get cattle-tending tips

By By JAMES MacPHERSONAssociated Press MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - Mananbai Sadykov cuffed his stiff blue jeans over intricately stitched cowboy boots and tread mindfully though minefields of cattle manure at the Helbling Hereford Ranch in central North Dakota. Sadykov, 48, is no citified dandy, having

Washington State Officials: It's Going To Take A Year To Devise Pot Rules

AP WIRES - It's going to create a lot of jobs for a lot of people," says Paul Lugo, owner of a five-month-old medical marijuana dispensary in Spokane who sees big possibilities in legal pot sales to the public. "This could be the thing that gets the economy rolling again." Possession becomes