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Policy pits candy against sugar
Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...
Tags: National Government, Consumers, Sales, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Scape goat provides excuse for late commuters; snarls traffic on New Jersey's Pulaski Skyway
Associated PressJERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase. The small, chocolate...Tags: Hudson River, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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High crop prices entice farmers to expand planting into old golf courses, wildlife preserves
Associated PressBIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield. He's not the only one turning over soil in unlikely...Tags: Wildlife, Farms, Golf, Sports, Endangered Species
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READER SUBMITTED: Historic Bill Prohibiting The Sale Of Puppy Mill Dogs In CT Pet Stores Awaits Vote In Hartford
StatewideConnecticut Votes for Animals (CVA), a Connecticut-based legislative animal advocacy organization, along with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), and Connecticut...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Humane Society of the United States, Wilton
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High crop prices entice farms to expand planting
BIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield. He's not the only one turning over soil in unlikely...
Tags: Farms, Golf, Sports, Conservation
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Lower Township allotted more water to serve new areas
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.New Jersey has agreed to increase the township's water allocation, allowing thousands of homes tapping polluted groundwater or threatened by saltwater intrusion from the Delaware Bay to hook up to public lines. The added allocation will provide water...Tags: Town Bank, Water Supply, Salt, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Cape May (Cape May, New Jersey)
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Smokies add 2 new beetles, canopy cages in fight against hemlock adelgid
Knoxville News SentinelAt the eastern end of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, not far from Cosby, Tenn., are three 25-foot-tall hemlock trees enveloped in nylon that appear out of nowhere like circus tents in the middle of the forest. They're called canopy cages....Tags: Japan
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Business briefs: Frontier expands Kanawha broadband
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.Frontier Communications announced it has expanded broadband access to hundreds of homes and businesses in the Kanawha Valley. The company said landline broadband service is now available in the Amma Road, Charleston Road and Cottontree Road areas of...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Human Interest, Public Employees, Career and Workplace, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Massive Scott Twp. road repair and paving project set to begin Monday
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.Contractors today will begin work on a long-anticipated road repair and paving project to fix 35 Scott Twp. roads either deteriorating with age or torn up from a massive sewer project. Supervisors mailed letters to township residents last week,...Tags: Scranton, Eastern Industries, Inc.
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The seed from which an urban garden grew
Elisa Lane is not much bigger than the pigtails she wears when she gardens at the Whitelock Community Farm in Reservoir Hill. But she has a big impact. She sells the fresh vegetables from the empty corner lot that she just kind of took over at below-...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Budgets and Budgeting, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Farms, Finance
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Farm bills a mixed bag for Mainers
Portland Press Herald, MaineCongress is preparing to debate major farm and food policy bills that would likely cut funding to programs used by many low-income Mainers but could separately provide a boost to Maine's thriving local foods movement. Much to the dismay of the nation'...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Chellie Pingree, Personal Income, Debbie Stabenow
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School nutrition standards test this mustard lover
The Hutchinson News, Kan.Little did I know I was carrying contraband. But I should have known better when I saw the looks from the wistful children as I squirted mustard on my school lunch tray. Or maybe I should have noticed there was no mustard in the serving line or situated...Tags: Students, Mustard, Salt, Nutrition, Teaching and Learning
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