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.

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.

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.

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.

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has picked a new leader: an internationally known expert in virology, immunology and vaccine research.

Imagine technology that allows you to get inside the mind of a terrorist to know how, when and where the next attack will occur.

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.

An earthquake measuring 5.7 rattled the northeast Iranian city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

One Florida house is much quieter now that tens of thousands of unwanted visitors have been removed from the attic.

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.

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.

A temporary restraining order has been issued to halt the inaugural shipment of trash from Honolulu to Washington state.

A large farmers market that aimed at highlighting northern Indiana's agricultural roots will be shutting down less than four years after it opened.

This strategic valley on the outskirts of Kandahar is on its third government boss in eight months.

A Michigan beekeeper survived after being stung by more than 50 bees outside her home.

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.

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.

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.

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.