| Refugees get help planting new life |
Job Source Usa Inc Visoth Kim, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, stands at a sorting table in front of his portrait on a mural at a farm stand in Dracut, Mass. |
| Military keeps distressed soldiers at combat site |
Sgt. Thomas Riordan didn't want to return to Afghanistan after home leave. He had just fought through a battle that killed eight soldiers, and when he arrived home his wife said she was leaving. |
| GOP's Rand Paul softens rhetoric in Ky. Senate bid |
A tea party success story in search of a statewide triumph, Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul volunteers that he's spent two decades "popping off" about one issue or another. |
| County show makes summer debut |
OXFORDSHIRE'S county show is getting a major makeover today - " taking place at the height of summer and at the weekend for the first time in its 123-year history. |
| Seattle cancer center picks new leader |
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has picked a new leader: an internationally known expert in virology, immunology and vaccine research. |
| Thwarting terrorist attacks by reading their minds - not so impossible |
Imagine technology that allows you to get inside the mind of a terrorist to know how, when and where the next attack will occur. That's not nearly as far-fetched as it seems |
| Wheat prices end July with huge monthly gain |
Wheat prices surged in July by the biggest amount in more than a half century as severe drought conditions in Russia and other former Soviet republics destroyed grain crops. |
| 5.6 quake shakes Iran |
An earthquake measuring 5.7 rattled the northeast Iranian city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. |
| 60,000 bees removed from Florida home |
One Florida house is much quieter now that tens of thousands of unwanted visitors have been removed from the attic. |
| The Science Of Pleasure: The Allure Of Asymmetry |
| What happens in your brain when you experience pleasure? Why are fantasies so powerful? Why do our brains love dopamine so much? |
| After shortages, officials say Philippines 'swimming' in rice because of excessive imports |
The world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines, is now "swimming" in the staple grain because of massive imports by the previous government that drove world prices to record highs and possibly enriched corrupt officials. |
| Feds: What Makes 'Natural' Chicken Natural? |
A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines. |
| Judge halts plans to ship Honolulu trash to Wash. |
A temporary restraining order has been issued to halt the inaugural shipment of trash from Honolulu to Washington state. |
| Large northern Ind. farmers market to shut down |
A large farmers market that aimed at highlighting northern Indiana's agricultural roots will be shutting down less than four years after it opened. |
| Taliban stymie NATO push to bolster government |
This strategic valley on the outskirts of Kandahar is on its third government boss in eight months. |
| Woman Stung By 50 Bees, Husband Flees |
A Michigan beekeeper survived after being stung by more than 50 bees outside her home. |
| Ousted USDA official Shirley Sherrod said she plans to sue conservative blogger |
Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week. |
| Floods threaten first global warming islands |
Residents of the Carteret Islands off Papua New Guinea have been pleading for help from the international community since their homes began sinking into the ocean. |
| Feds, farmers create habitats for migrating birds |
Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill. |
| Schwarzenegger vetoes farmworker overtime bill |
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have given California farmworkers overtime pay after working 40 hours in a week, the same as other non-management employees who earn time-and-a-half after an eight-hour day or 40-hour week. |