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Farmers face tough decisions from delayed planting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th

By DAVID PITTAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - It's decision time for many Midwest corn farmers stuck in one of the wettest springs ever: Plant late in ground that's been too wet, replant corn in muddy fields or collect crop insurance. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 91

Kan. farmer sues Monsanto over GMO wheat discovery

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th

By ROXANA HEGEMANAssociated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas farmer has sued seed giant Monsanto over last week's discovery of genetically engineered experimental wheat in an 80-acre field in Oregon, claiming the company's gross negligence hurt U.S. growers by driving down wheat prices

Kan. farmer sues Monsanto over GMO wheat discovery

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th

Locked doors a sign of China work-safety failings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th

By CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - A fire breaks out in a Chinese factory, and panicked workers discover one exit after another is locked. That describes not only the poultry plant fire that killed 119 people Monday, but a toy-factory blaze that left 87 workers dead 20 years

Italian court upholds conviction in asbestos case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 3rd

ROME (AP) - An appeals court in Turin, Italy, has upheld the conviction of a Swiss man for negligence in some 2,000 asbestos-related deaths blamed on contamination from a construction company. Stephan Schmidheiny, a former executive and key shareholder in the Swiss construction firm Eternit, was

Fire kills 119 at poultry plant in northeast China

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 3rd

By CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - A fire at a poultry plant in northeastern China trapped workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse, killing at least 119 in one of China's worst industrial disasters in years despite recent work safety improvements. Several dozen other people

Home of famous Va. hams ponders foreign buyout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 1st

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAP Business Writer SMITHFIELD, Va. (AP) - You can't go far in this historic southeastern Virginia town without seeing a pig. A herd of life-size swine statues lines its downtown, an ornament of a piglet wearing a bandanna adorns a front lawn, hams hang in storefronts and a

Home of famous Va. hams ponders foreign buyout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 1st

'The perfect poison': Ricin used in 3 recent cases

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 31st

By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The key ingredient - castor beans - is easy to find. Crude instructions for extracting the lethal poison in them can be found on the Internet. And it doesn't require a chemistry degree or sophisticated lab equipment. The FBI is

Pakistan may be next in line for an IMF bailout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 31st

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and MARJORIE OLSTERAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - With foreign reserves diminishing fast, Pakistan is on the brink of an economic crisis that may force its new government to ask for an unpopular bailout from the International Monetary Fund requiring a sweeping overhaul of the