Steve Nedved
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Mar 01
Get ready for “next level stuff,” Luke Bryan teases, as “American Idol” premieres Sunday on ABC
ABC/Craig SjodinAs the new season of American Idol premieres on Sunday, Luke Bryan isn’t afraid to admit that he and Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Ryan Seacrest learned a thing or two in the show’s first year on ABC. And the “What Makes You Country” hitmaker warns you should be ready for a bigger, better Idol the second time around. “I think last season was …
Feb 28
IRS: Pay ‘seriously delinquent tax debts’ or risk access to passport
pamela_d_mcadams/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The country’s tax collectors announced this week that some people may not be able to receive or renew passports if they owe too much in taxes and don’t have an approved plan to pay them off. Last year, the IRS says it started implementing new procedures for people who have “seriously delinquent tax …
Feb 28
Man who allegedly kidnapped young mom is in custody; body recovered but not identified: Police
(Released by Boston Police) Boston police are searching for 23-year-old Jassy Correia who went missing after leaving a nightclub early on Feb. 24, 2019. (BOSTON) — The man who allegedly kidnapped a 23-year-old mom in Boston has been taken into custody in Delaware, Boston police said, and while a body was recovered, the victim has …
Feb 28
City of Mitchell and nuisance property owner reach a settlement
It looks like the City of Mitchell and a local property owner have come to an agreement over a long-time nuisance property. The Mitchell City Council is set to consider approval of a settlement agreement between the city and David Finnell and Finnell Properties LLC regarding the building at 301 North Main at its next …
Feb 28
Kip Moore hopes you’ll have “Room to Spare” in your vinyl collection come Record Store Day
MCA NashvilleKip Moore has curated his own special Record Store Day release for the annual event, which celebrates both indie record stores and the resurgence of vinyl. Room to Spare borrows its title from Kip’s recent acoustic EP, with all seven of the project’s tracks on the record’s first side. The flip side features four cuts from Slowheart — …
Feb 28
New video shows final seconds of Amazon cargo jet crash as investigation continues
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(NEW YORK) — Investigators hope newly-surfaced video showing the final seconds of Saturday’s Boeing 767 cargo jet crashing into Trinity Bay in Anahuac, Texas, will bring clues as to what caused the famously-reliable jet to fall out of the sky while approaching Houston. The video, from a security camera at a nearby school, is the …
Feb 28
US share of Japan’s beef import market drops
Beef producers from the 11-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership are gaining ground over the US in Japan’s beef market. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, January beef imports from the US increased 21 percent year over year, but its share of the market dropped 6 percent. Beef producers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico benefited from …
Feb 28
USDA index of prices received dropped in January
The USDA says producers made less in January than in December, while paying nearly steady money. The index of prices received dropped 4.5%, with a 10.8% drop in the crop price index cancelling out a 6.4% rise for livestock. Prices were down for market eggs, cotton, lettuce, and broccoli, and up for cattle, hogs, milk, …
Feb 28
NAWG happy with WTO ruling
National Association of Wheat Growers CEO Chandler Goule says they are very happy with the WTO ruling on China’s ag subsidies which is the first major ruling against them in agriculture. “This artificial support in China is roughly costing the U.S. wheat grower about $64 million a year,” he says. “This has been going on …