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Updated smartphone app helps buyers and sellers of standing hay
University of Wisconsin Extension Agent Greg Blonde says updates to their standing hay pricing app make the tool useful on all devices and anywhere in the country. Continue reading Updated smartphone app helps buyers and [Read More…]
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Dennis Rodman claims some post-summit credit for his efforts to ‘bring peace between the two countries’
ABC News (SENTOSA ISLAND, Singapore) — The U.S.-North Korea summit gives Dennis Rodman, one of few Americas to meet with Kim Jong Un, “a little more shine of a light” for his efforts to “bring [Read More…]
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SUV crashes into playground amid police chase, injuring 3 toddlers
KTSP(MINNEAPOLIS) — An SUV crashed into a Minnesota playground as the driver allegedly fled from police, injuring three toddlers, including two who were fighting for their lives, authorities said. The children — ages 2, 3 [Read More…]
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Woman charged in Tennessee officer’s killing would ‘undo it 10,000 times over’
WKRN(NASHVILLE) — The woman charged in connection with a Tennessee police officer’s death was forced to participate in his slaying last month after the accused shooter assaulted her and threatened to kill her children, she [Read More…]
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5 moments you missed from the North Korea summit: The biggest developments from overnight
ABC News (NEW YORK) — They came. They shook. They made history. President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a North Korean head of state on Tuesday. The controversial summit, [Read More…]
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Two teens arrested for terrorist plot targeting Virginia high school prom
Google Maps(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — Police arrested two teens in Virginia who were planning a terrorist attack at a high school prom over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Michael Coleman, 18, and an unnamed 17-year-old [Read More…]
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Anniversary of Otto Warmbier’s release brings up harsh memories of North Korea
Xinhua/Lu Rui via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Nearly one year before President Donald Trump’s historic handshake with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, the president painted a very different picture of the “brutality” of [Read More…]
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From ‘fire and fury’ to ‘rocket man,’ the various barbs traded between Trump and Kim Jong Un
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is the latest step in what previously had been a tense and combustible public relationship between the two men. The [Read More…]
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Cops to suspected serial killer: ‘We know it’s you. Can you please tell us why?’
iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — While they didn’t get a confession, Florida cops got a suspect to give them all the evidence they said they needed, including the murder weapon, to link him to a series of [Read More…]
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Honduran immigrant arrested, separated from family died of ‘suicide in custody’: Officials
Starr County Sheriff’s Office(GRANJENO, Texas) — Texas officials are investigating the death of a Honduran man last month in an apparent suicide – after he was separated from his family following his arrest for crossing [Read More…]
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NYPD officers save blue-faced baby who’d stopped breathing
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New York Police Department officers are being hailed as heroes after they saved a baby Saturday night out at Coney Island. Michael Pace, 26, and Joseph Doyle, 26, were waiting at a [Read More…]
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Another good week for Nebraska’s crops
It was another good week for Nebraska’s crops, even though some areas were impacted by damaging hail and high winds. Overall, the good to excellent ratings are 86 percent for corn, 87 percent for soybeans, [Read More…]
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Iowa’s crop ratings are good, but problems areas exist
Iowa’s overall crop ratings remain high—81 percent good to excellent on corn and 78 percent on soybeans—but there are some problem areas in the state. Parts of north-central and northeast Iowa, which were already behind [Read More…]
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Impressive initial crop condition ratings for Minnesota
It’s an impressive first crop condition rating for Minnesota corn and soybeans. The USDA says 90 percent of the state’s corn acreage and 86 percent of the soybean crop is in good to excellent condition. [Read More…]
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Perfect Storm brewing on trade front
A market analyst says as trade negotiations go south and the value of the dollar goes higher, U.S. agriculture faces monumental headwinds. Jamey Kohake with Paragon Ag Advisors tells Brownfield whether its crops or livestock, [Read More…]
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Wet spring leading to “weird” crop issues
An Integrated Pest Management specialist says growers dealing with persistent rains could start running into some weird issues. Bruce Potter with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield damping off is occurring in both corn and [Read More…]
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Uber submits patent to detect drunken app users
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Uber has submitted a patent to add a feature to its app that will help identify drunken riders so drivers could better assist them. The new feature, at least in theory, would [Read More…]
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5th-grader to school board: ‘I am here to stand up for every kid that gets bullied’
Timberlake Regional School Board(PLAISTOW, N.H.) — Fighting back tears, a fifth-grader recently pleaded with her school board to help end bullying. At a June 7 Timberlane School Board meeting, Delanie Marcotte, who attends Pollard School [Read More…]
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Family of 5, including 3 children, killed in cabin explosion: Washington state police
KOMO(BRINNON, Wash.) — An explosion that decimated a cabin in Washington state also killed a family of five, including three children, authorities said Monday. On Sunday, around 1 a.m., fire personnel and deputies with the [Read More…]
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Hurricane Bud is weakening, could hit Mexico as tropical storm
iStock/Thinkstock(PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico) — The hurricane season is striking well ahead of schedule. The second Eastern North Pacific hurricane of the season is whipping up 120 mph winds but moving at a glacial pace of [Read More…]