Super weeds no easy fix for US agriculture-experts

A fast-spreading plague of "super weeds" taking over U.S. farmland will not be stopped easily, and farmers and government officials need to change existing practices if food production is to be protected, industry experts said on Thursday. "This is a complex problem," said wee …

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Connecticut to Become 17th Medical Marijuana State

The Connecticut Senate gave final approval to a medical marijuana bill early Saturday morning, and Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) said in a statement later that same day that he will sign it.  

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Making Chemical Giants Happy and Wealthy at Our Financial, Health, and Environmental Expense

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The Globalization of Hollow Politics as Republicans and Democrats Represent the Powerful 1%| NationofChange

Every election cycle, our self-identified left dutifully lines up like sheep to vote for the corporate wolves who control the Democratic Party and who warn us that the corporate technocrat Mitt Romney is, in fact, an extremist. The extremists are already in power and have been f …

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Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life

"The Hunger Games" portrays a society in which the privileged classes alleviate their boredom through satiating their lust for violent entertainment. In a very disturbing opening scene, the audience observes children killing each other within a visual framing that is as gr …

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BREAKING: Case of 'mad cow disease' found in California animal, but food supply said safe - The Washington Post

Mad cow disease is linked to about 225 cases worldwide of a fatal human brain aliment known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.  The first American case of mad cow disease since 2006 was found this week in a dairy cow in California. “The beef and dairy in the Am …

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