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Wildfire risk runs high, but budget cuts mean fewer firefighters
WASHINGTON — The drought that caused record wildfires in California and other Western states last year is expected to persist through the summer, but fewer firefighters will battle this year's blazes in other regions because of federal budget cuts,...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fires, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress
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Proposed New Mexico horse slaughterhouse likely to get permit soon
The battle over the opening of the nation’s first domestic horse slaughterhouse since a government ban six years ago has ramped up as a company in Roswell, N.M., moves closer to reinstituting the practice. Activists throughout the West say they...
Tags: Politics, National Rifle Association of America, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Meat shortage could be triggered by sequestration, White House warns
Now may be time to hoard the bacon and load up on steaks. The White House put out a warning that sequestration -- or the steep, automatic spending cuts set to take effect in March -- may result in furloughing every meat and poultry inspector for two...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Consumer Goods Industries, Rick Perry
May 13, 2013
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