by Matt Mansfield | Oct 12, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The average age of the American farmer has been rising for decades and now is edging toward 60, as rural youth traded work in soil for work in offices. But even as interest in operating farms has returned, the next generation of food producers faces...
by Jamie Coughlin | Oct 10, 2011 | Business & Tech
Disgruntled protesters descended on Washington to protest practically everything. And since so many of them said they hadn’t been involved in a protest before, we found them some professional advice. Concepcion Picciotto has been camped out in front of the White House...
by Beth Lawrence & Matthew Schehl | Oct 10, 2011 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Tensions are brewing between the Army and some residents of Frederick, Md., after a stinging National Research Council report ordered by the government said that the planned risk-assessment of a new facility at Ft. Detrick isn’t adequate for...
by Mallory Hughes & Jenny Leonard | Oct 6, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner assured the Senate that President Barack Obama’s nominee for director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is “exceptionally qualified” for the position. At a hearing Thursday morning, the banking committee voted...
by Beth Lawrence & Matthew Schehl | Oct 6, 2011 | Business & Tech, Topics
WASHINGTON – “Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious…and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney (As quoted...
by Whitney Wild | Oct 5, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — North Dakota Sens. Kent Conrad, a Democrat, and John Hoeven, a Republican, sit on opposite sides of the aisle, but this week they’re coming together on one issue: foreign exchange. Both senators voted in favor of a new bill aimed at pressuring China...
