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House rejects farm bill as food stamp cuts prove divisive
WASHINGTON — The surprise defeat of the farm bill in the House on Thursday underscored the ideological divide between the more conservative, antispending Republican lawmakers and their leadership, who failed to garner sufficient votes from their caucus as well as from Democrats....
Military says law barring US assistance to human rights violators hurts training mission
WASHINGTON — A 16-year-old law that bars American aid to foreign security forces that violate human rights is drawing unusual fire from some top military commanders who say it undermines their ability to train the troops to fight militants and drug traffickers....
New Mexico has the highest rates of childhood hunger, study says
TUCSON -- Children in the Southwest are especially vulnerable to hunger, according to a new study ranking New Mexico as having the highest rates of childhood hunger in the nation....
In California’s rich San Joaquin valley, Latinos stuck in poverty
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National Security Agency collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily
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Entitlement changes would put nearly half of elderly population at financial risk, report says
Nearly half of the nation’s elderly population is economically vulnerable and would be particularly hard hit by even modest changes in the Social Security and Medicare programs being considered to slow the growth of the nation’s long-term debt, according to a new report....
National Security Agency collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily
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Sequester stalls Meals on Wheels programs
For almost 30 years, First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville has delivered 10 meals a week to homebound seniors who live nearby. But with the sequester leading to a reduction of federal funds next month, the church’s skeletal staff has come to a sad conclusion....
Monsanto shares fall as South Korea joins pause in wheat imports
Investors drove down the price of Monsanto shares by 4 percent on Friday as South Korea joined Japan in suspending imports of U.S. wheat after an unapproved strain of genetically modified wheat was discovered in a field in eastern Oregon....
Unapproved genetically modified wheat from Monsanto found in Oregon field
Japan, the largest market for U.S. wheat exports, suspended imports from the United States and canceled a major purchase of white wheat on Thursday after the recent discovery of unapproved genetically modified wheat in an 80-acre field in Oregon....
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