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Senate Agriculture Committee Approves Farm Bill

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The Senate Agriculture Committee voted a new farm bill out of...

Silver lining for organic farmers in Monsanto suit

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On June 10, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling in favor of Monsanto in a lawsuit filed against the seed industry giant by Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association (OSGATA), et. al., in 2010...

US expects profit on AIG bailout

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SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. government said Monday that it expects to make a profit on its massive bailout of American International Group Inc., assuming the insurer's restructuring plans are completed...

U.S. troops may have killed kidnapped British aid worker during failed...

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — U.S. and British officials are investigating how a British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan was killed during a failed rescue attempt by American troops, a mission that British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday may have inadvertently ...

Rep. John Lewis on freedom riders getting beaten by the KKK

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Boulder Weekly spoke with Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) about the Civil Rights Movement, the Freedom Rides, and parallels between the struggle for racial equality and the struggle to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation. Lewis will speak about the new ...

Inside Dish Network’s offer to buy Sprint

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A surprise bid from Dish, the second-largest satellite television provider, to purchase wireless company Sprint has emerged. The offer has thrown a wrench into a Japanese bank's plan to buy Sprint...

IRS memos: Agency can search personal emails without warrant

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Internal memos from the Internal Revenue Service indicate that the agency would try to read personal emails without a warrant...

Official: U.S. had to push Toyota into safety recall

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday that it had taken "an enormous effort" to get Toyota to recall vehicles in the United States, and said federal regulators were not done with their investigations...

Heroin use in Boulder shoots up

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Heroin-related deaths in 2011 in Boulder have more than doubled since last year, according to numbers provided by the Boulder Police Department, and they are on pace to be nearly four times higher than they were last year...

No great victory for Apple in patent fight

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LOS ANGELES — Apple Inc. has persuaded federal...