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How rising food prices are impacting the world

By Dan Murphy Our story begins near Prairie City, Iowa, in the fields of Gordon Wassenaar, who has been coaxing food out of some of the world's richest earth for 57 years. Normally, Mr. Wassenaar is able to harvest about 200 bushels of corn per acre from his land -- bin-bursting crops that are

How rising food prices are impacting the world

By Dan Murphy Our story begins near Prairie City, Iowa, in the fields of Gordon Wassenaar, who has been coaxing food out of some of the world's richest earth for 57 years. Normally, Mr. Wassenaar is able to harvest about 200 bushels of corn per acre from his land -- bin-bursting crops that are

UN: 1.5 million Syrians in need of food aid

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The number of Syrians in need of food aid has jumped from 250,000 in April to 1.5 million today, the head of the U.N.'s food agency said Monday, as more civilians are driven from their homes by an escalating civil war. Separately, the

SHOW BITS: Stewart drops f-bomb; Party starts

By The Associated Press Show Bits brings you the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item. ___ JON STEWART DELIVERS AN F-BOMB It wouldn't be an awards show without an f-