REPORT: DRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA ARE COMMON KILLERS
By MIKE STOBBE and LINDSEY TANNER In this undated photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one form of CRE bacteria, sometimes called “nightmare bacteria.” CRE…
Agriculture
IN JAMAICA, A TWIST ON WINE TOURS FOR POT LOVERS
By DAVID McFADDEN In this Aug. 29, 2013 photo, farmer nicknamed Breezy shows his illegal patch of budding marijuana plants during a tour of his land in Jamaica’s central mountain…
INDIA PASSES $20 BLN LAW TO EXPAND FOOD WELFARE
By KATY DAIGLE FILE – In this Aug. 22,2013 file photo, an Indian schoolgirl eats a free midday meal at a government school on the outskirts of Jammu, India. India…
NEW ENGLAND EXPECTS AMPLE APPLES AFTER DISMAL 2012
By DAVE GRAM Crab apples grow at the Rocky Ridge Orchard, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, in Bowdoin, Maine. New England’s apple crop is expected to be just below its five-year…
SC GOV: HEAVY RAINS A DISASTER FOR AGRICULTURE
By BRUCE SMITH South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and state Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers discuss the effect of this summer’s heavy rains on farmers in South Carolina during a news…
PARAGUAY’S NEW PRESIDENT WAS TARGETED BY THE DEA
By PEDRO SERVIN and MICHAEL WARREN Paraguay’s new President Horacio Cartes, left, receives the presidential sash from Congress President Julio Cesar Velazquez during Cartes’ swearing-in ceremony at Palacio de Lopez…
APNEWSBREAK: AUTHOR BERRY WINS OHIO PEACE AWARD
By DAN SEWELL In this March 10, 2011 photo, author Wendell Berry talks with a reporter at his home in Port Royal, Ky. For his career of writings about the…
UN COMPARES IRAQ DEATH PENALTY — USE TO SLAUGHTER
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki greets supporters following a campaign rally in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 15, 2013. Al-Maliki resumed…