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A few loyal accomplices aided French gangster’s daring prison escape, authorities say
iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — A few “loyal unidentified accomplices” helped infamous French gangster Redoine Faid escape from a prison in the southern suburbs of Paris, authorities said more than 48 hours after the audacious breakout. “According to [Read More…]
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NPPC criticizes second North Carolina nuisance verdict
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is criticizing a jury verdict against another North Carolina hog farm. Late last week, jurors awarded 25 million dollars to plaintiffs who had lodged nuisance claims against Smithfield Foods, [Read More…]
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Think twice before applying preventative fungicides
An agronomist is urging farmers to think twice before applying a preventative fungicide on soybeans. Derek Crompton with Channel says as commodity prices fall, every input should be scrutinized. “Prices have come down a little [Read More…]
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MN Farm Bureau president says farm stress level is intensifying
The president of Minnesota Farm Bureau says the level of farm stress is intensifying. Kevin Paap tells Brownfield several issues combined are causing a lot of anxiety. “It’s trade, it’s Farm Bill, it’s concerns with [Read More…]
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Tell a story, Save a life: Farmers encouraged to share their farm accident stories
Farmers are encouraged to share the impact of their own farm related accidents through an OSHA funded project that was launched last week. Stephanie Leonard with the Great Plains Ag Center tells Brownfield the goal [Read More…]
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RFA: Ethanol saving money for holiday travelers
The Renewable Fuels Association says holiday gasoline prices are the highest they’ve been in five years, but prices would be much higher without ethanol blends. A study released by the association says 10% ethanol blends [Read More…]
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Newsroom mass shooting suspect sent 3 threatening letters before attack: Police
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The man suspected of opening fire at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland had first sent threatening letters to the Baltimore Circuit Court, Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals and a [Read More…]
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Heat Advisory issued July 03 at 10:27AM MDT until July 03 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * TEMPERATURE…Afternoon temperatures in the 90s combined with dew points well into the 70s will result in a heat index of around 100 to [Read More…]
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2 in critical condition from shooting at Kansas elementary school: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two people are in critical condition Tuesday morning after a shooting at an elementary school in Overland Park, Kansas, Overland Park police spokesman John Lacy said. Two workers were shot but no [Read More…]
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Iowa struck down a 72-hour abortion waiting period, many states have one
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — While Iowa is considering what could become the most restrictive abortion law in the country, the Hawkeye state won’t be one of the states with the longest waiting periods for abortions. The [Read More…]
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Trump orders flags to half-staff for newsroom shooting after White House initially rejected Annapolis mayor’s request
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has reversed the initial rejection of a request to lower the White House flag to half-staff to honor the newspaper employees who were killed in a Maryland shooting last week. [Read More…]
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Smartphone app helps predict white mold in soybeans
Dr. Damon Smith is a plant pathologist with the University of Wisconsin, where they’ve recently developed a smartphone app for Android and Apple devices that helps soybean growers figure out when and where they are [Read More…]
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Secret Service warns of gas pump card skimmers as July 4 travel hits
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As Fourth of July travel heats up, the U.S. Secret Service is warning motorists, businesses and police of a disturbing surge in criminals’ stealing credit information at gas pumps. Fraudsters are installing [Read More…]
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Florida will seek death penalty for woman accused of killing doppelganger to steal her identity
South Padre Island PD(NEW YORK) — The Florida State Attorney’s Office 20th Judicial Circuit said on Tuesday it will seek the death penalty against Lois Riess, who allegedly killed a woman in Fort Myers Beach [Read More…]
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Capital Gazette victim Rob Hiaasen remembered at ‘Celebration of Life’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — Veteran journalist Rob Hiaasen, one of five employees gunned down at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland on Thursday, was remembered at a “Celebration of Life” memorial Monday night. Hiaasen, [Read More…]
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Rescuers weigh options for extracting soccer team from flooded cave
Linh Pham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Rescuers and authorities are considering their options for evacuating the soccer team — 12 boys and their coach — discovered alive after they’d gone missing for 10 days. Authorities are [Read More…]
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Exclusive: Survivors of fatal Bahamas boat explosion speak out for the first time
ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — Passengers who survived the fatal Bahamas boat explosion on Saturday are speaking about their experience for the first time. Sheila Jones, her son Haiden Jones and John Inman spoke exclusively to [Read More…]
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Mom dials 911 screaming her daughter’s trapped in tree, surrounded by alligators
iStock/Thinkstock(ORLANDO) — A Florida mom made a frantic cry for help while on a call with a 911 dispatcher because her teen daughter was trapped in a tree for a half an hour with hissing [Read More…]
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Heat Advisory issued July 03 at 2:43AM MDT until July 03 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Heat Advisory, which is in effect from 2 PM this [Read More…]
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Pompeo heading to North Korea as regime shows little progress towards denuclearization
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Three weeks after the historic meeting between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will return to North Korea on Thursday at a time the regime [Read More…]