Steve Nedved
Author's posts
Nov 26
Weather leaves over 1,300 flights canceled on busy travel Monday
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Over 1,300 flights were canceled on this post-Thanksgiving Monday as a dangerous snowstorm tore through the Midwest before heading to the Northeast as rain. Airlines were forced to cancel over 1,200 flights on Sunday as snow blanketed parts of the Midwest on the busiest travel weekend of the year. Airlines are now …
Nov 26
NASA’s InSight lander touches down on Mars
ABCNews.com(HOUSTON) — NASA’s InSight lander landed on Mars Monday afternoon, finishing one journey — through space — and now launching on another: to go deeper into Mars. Scientists and engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California, could be seen cheering and hugging after the daring landing. The mechanical three-legged, one-armed mining spacecraft landed …
Nov 26
Nebraska ‘small acreage’ rancher is committed to conservation
Jim and Lora O’Rourke are the recipients of the 2018 Nebraska Leopold Conservation Award. The O’Rourkes own and operate RuJoDen Ranch in Chadron, Nebraska. In an interview with Brownfield, Jim O’Rourke said they’re proud to represent “smaller acreages”. “It’s important, I think, through this award that smaller acreages are being considered,” he says. “I think …
Nov 26
Brownfield members recognized at NAFB Convention
Several members of the Brownfield Ag News team were honored during the 75th Annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Convention held in Kansas City, Missouri November 7 – 9, 2018. Brownfield farm broadcasters did well in the NAFB program competition.Video Feature Award First Place: Shannon YokleyNewscast Second Place: Ken AndersonNewscast Third Place: Tom Steever …
Nov 26
U of IL: USMCA is NAFTA 1.01
A report by the University of Illinois Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics says the new USMCA -United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement – is not very different from the North American Free Trade Agreement that it’s meant to replace, “I don’t even call it NAFTA 2.0. It’s really NAFTA 1.01. It’s really not that different from the old …
Nov 26
Dolly Parton invites you into the studio with Miranda Lambert and more in new “Dumplin'” special on CMT
RCA Nashville You can go into the studio with Dolly Parton as she records the soundtrack for the new movie Dumplin’, in a new CMT special that premieres Thursday. Dolly’s collaborators Miranda Lambert, Alison Krauss, Mavis Staples, Elle King, Rhonda Vincent and Macy Gray join her for the hour-long event, as well as her producer and co-writer on the project, Linda Perry. “I’m excited that folks will …
Nov 26
Jimmie Allen gives it his “Best Shot” and hangs on for a second week at #1
Broken BowFor the second week in a row, newcomer Jimmie Allen’s debut single, “Best Shot,” remains at the top of the country chart. Success is especially sweet for the Milton, Delaware native, since he put in a decade of work to make it happen. “Looking back on my first 10 years in Nashville, there are definitely …
Nov 26
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns to the bench after suffering fractured ribs
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was back on the bench Monday in time for the first oral arguments since she fell earlier this month and suffered three fractured ribs. Ginsburg, 85, fell on the last day of the November sitting, which ended on Nov. 7, and returned in time for …
Nov 26
Eight-year-old shot in face, two teens wounded in potentially targeted attack: Police
WPVI(PHILADELPHIA) — An 8-year-old boy was shot on the right side of his face and two teenage boys were also wounded in a potentially targeted attack in Philadelphia, according to police. The triple shooting took place just before 8 p.m. Sunday, the Philadelphia Police Department said. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the foot while …
Nov 26
Temps to vary as an active pattern resumes
A storm system currently crossing the lower Great Lakes region will drift northeastward before stalling near the Canadian Maritimes. As a result, much of the eastern U.S. will experience an extended period of cold, breezy weather, with snow expected across northern New England and downwind of the Great Lakes. Meanwhile, a Pacific storm will produce …