Steve Nedved
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Jan 11
Supply concerns pressure hog futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed steady ahead of widespread direct cash business. The market is optimistic cash business will end the week strong. Feeder cattle were pressured by the day’s firm move in corn. February live cattle closed $.10 higher at $124.97 and April live cattle closed $.45 higher at $126.37. January …
Jan 11
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 11, 2019
Mar. corn closed at $3.78 and 1/4, up 2 centsJan. soybeans closed at $8.99 and 1/4, up 3 and 3/4 centsJan. soybean meal closed at $310.40, down $2.20Jan. soybean oil closed at 28.17, up 23 pointsMar. wheat closed at $5.19 and 1/2, up 5 and 3/4 centsFeb. live cattle closed at $124.97, up 10 centsFeb. lean hogs closed at …
Jan 11
Tornillo, the Texas tent camp that housed thousands of migrant children, will close: HH
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A massive tent camp in Texas that at one point housed some 2,800 migrant teenagers who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone will close, the Trump administration announced Friday. By this weekend, the last of the children there either will have been sent to live with sponsors or transferred to another …
Jan 11
Maren, OD, FGL and more have country’s most anticipated albums of 2019, according to “Billboard”
ABC/Image Group LAWhat do Florida Georgia Line, Old Dominion and Maren Morris have in common with Madonna, Backstreet Boys, and Kanye West? Well, for one thing, they’re on Billboard’s all-genre rundown of “The 40 Most Anticipated Albums of 2019.” For some titles on the list like Cody Johnson’s Ain’t Nothin’ to It and Cassadee Pope’s Stages, you won’t have to wait very long. Cody’s major label debut, which follows …
Jan 11
Family of federal worker struggling because of the government shutdown begs Trump to meet with them
Allie McKinney(NEW YORK) — A stay-at-home mom whose family is struggling to make ends meet as the government shutdown stretches into one of the longest in U.S. history has a message for President Donald Trump: Come to Walton, Kentucky, and let’s talk. Allie McKinney, 28, is mom to 1-year-old Harper, born at just 26 weeks …
Jan 11
Fire investigators close in on cause of Thursday evening fire south of Mitchell
Fire investigators have narrowed their probe of where and how a Thursday evening fire that gutted a metal building housing Upper Midwest Garage Doors started. Mitchell Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says statements from the owner and the first firefighters on the scene indicate the fire started in an office in the southwest corner of the …
Jan 11
Ronnie Milsap searches for Dolly Parton in the “Smoky Mountain Rain”
Riser House RecordsCountry Music Hall of Famer Ronnie Milsap re-imagines some of his biggest hits on his new album The Duets, with the help of other big names like George Strait, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Little Big Town, and more. But one of his number ones from 1980 gets what might be the biggest reinvention of all. For “Smoky Mountain Rain,” Milsap …
Jan 11
Woman who allegedly struck, killed manicurist after skipping out on $35 bill arrested, police say
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police(NEW YORK) — The woman who allegedly hit and killed a manicurist after skipping out on her $35 bill has been arrested, according to police. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced that Krystal Whipple, 21, was arrested in Glendale, Arizona, Friday morning after investigators learned about her whereabouts. *CAPTURED* Krystal Whipple, …
Jan 11
Second suspect in killing of 7-year-old Texas girl denies involvement in shooting: Attorney
Fedorovekb/iStock(HOUSTON) — A man suspected of firing the shots that killed 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes as she rode in a car in Houston with her mother and sisters has denied any involvement in the tragic episode, his attorney said Thursday. Larry Woodruffe, 24, was arraigned Thursday in a Houston courtroom on a capital murder charge and …
Jan 11
Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims win legal victory in lawsuit against InfoWars, Alex Jones
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Six families of victims killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School won a legal victory Friday in their fight against controversial radio and internet personality Alex Jones. A judge in Connecticut has granted the families’ discovery requests, allowing them access to, among other things, InfoWars’ internal marketing and financial documents. The …