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Livingston Livestock
LEDBETTER — Markets totaled 863 head. Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls, steady to $2 higher; feeder steers under 400 lbs., $5 higher; over 400 lbs., $3 to $4 lower. Feeder heifers, $...
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Fed predicts growth, lower jobless rate
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has boosted its outlook for U.S. economic growth this year and is slightly more optimistic about the unemployment rate, reflecting improvements in recent months. ...
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Ruling guides on background checks
WASHINGTON — Is an arrest in a barroom brawl 20 years ago a job disqualifier? Not necessarily, the government said Wednesday in new guidelines on how employers can avoid running afoul of laws prohi...
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Associated Press A patron eats at a Burger King in Springfield, Ill. The movement by U.S. food corporations toward more humane treatment of animals experienced a whopper of a shift Wednesday when Burger King announced that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017.
Burger King vows cage-free eggs, pork
In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam...
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Associated Press A large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in 2010 . The Justice Department says the first criminal charges in the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been filed on Tuesday against a former BP engineer who allegedly destroyed evidence.
Engineer arrested in Gulf spill case
NEW ORLEANS — Federal prosecutors brought the first criminal charges Tuesday in the Gulf oil spill, accusing a former BP engineer of deleting more than 300 text messages that indicated the blown-ou...
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Associated Press Women and girls carry purchases Tuesday on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif.Confidence in the economy held steady in April despite job cuts and falling home values.
Americans remain confident in economy
NEW YORK — Americans’ confidence in the economy was resilient in April despite rising job cuts and falling home values. The Conference Board, a private research group, said on Tuesday that its C...
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New case of mad cow disease in California
WASHINGTON — The first new case of mad cow disease in the U.S. since 2006 has been discovered in a dairy cow in California, but health authorities said Tuesday the animal never was a threat to the ...
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Foreclosures squeezing home prices and sales
WASHINGTON — Rising foreclosures are weighing on the U.S. housing market, reducing prices and keeping new-home sales weak. Foreclosed homes are usually sold at steep discounts, thereby lowering ...
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Associated Press A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 waits to take off in February at Chicago's Midway Airport as another lands. Southwest Airlines says it made $98 million in the first quarter of 2012, helped by one-time gains on fuel-hedging contracts.
Southwest Air posts 1Q profit
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. is worried that the days of easy fare increases are over. The airline had a surprisingly good first quarter, helped by a 5 percent increase in the average ticket ...
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JOHN WRIGHT | The Paducah Sun Danny Hart mans the wheel of his Case/IH tractor and accompanying harrow Thursday as he plows a field in Graves County near Mayfield.
Farmers just getting warmed up
Western Kentucky grain farmers plan to harvest wheat as many as three weeks earlier than usual,  thanks to the warmest March in Kentucky in 115 years. The early harvests have made way for earlie...
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