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Jan 30
Trade agreement with Japan key for cattlemen
The incoming president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says trade remains one of the top priorities for US beef producers, but it doesn’t come without concerns. Tennessee cattlewoman Jennifer Houston says US beef producers are concerned with the lack of progress in trade negotiations with Japan. “After we were withdrawn from TPP and the …
Jan 30
Rapid rebound in temps ahead for the Heartland
The severe but short-lived Arctic outbreak across the Midwest and Northeast will ease by week’s end, as mild Pacific air overspreads the country from west to east. By Saturday, significantly above-normal temperatures will extend as far east as the Mississippi Valley, with lingering cold confined to the Northeast. Thursday morning’s temperatures will again plunge to …
Jan 30
Three Iraqi refugees arrested in foiled German terror plot: Authorities
PT_Fotografi/iStock(BERLIN) — In the early morning hours of Wednesday, three Iraqi citizens living in a village in northwestern Germany were arrested on suspicion of preparing a bomb for a planned an “Islamist-motivated terror attack.” Three men, identified only as Shahin F. and Hersh F., both 23, as well as Rauf S., 36, are in custody. …
Jan 30
Lincoln’s new SUVs could put it back in the luxury game with American drivers
Morgan Korn/ABC News(NEW YORK) — The Lincoln Motor Company had a surprise for the automotive journalists waiting inside the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge last month. Hidden behind closed doors at the trendy new hotel in Dumbo, one of Brooklyn, New York’s hippest neighborhoods, was the 80th Anniversary Continental, a limited edition of the luxury sedan. …
Jan 30
Attorneys question Davison County indigent public defender contract
Two attorneys are asking Davison County Commissioners to reconsider their decision on a new public defender contract. The commission has reached an agreement with two firms: Alvine Weidenaar LLP, represented by Zach Flood and Stiles, Papendick and Kiner of Mitchell represented by Doug Papendick. The contract, which has yet to be signed would run from …
Jan 30
Illinois Pork Producers install new president
The Illinois Pork Producers Association is under new leadership. Pam Janssen began her duties as President of the Illinois Pork Producers Association on Tuesday at the IPPA annual meeting and pork expo. “Our vision at this point is to help expand our foreign markets and also to try and keep young people interested in this …
Jan 30
Endangered species
The Endangered Species Act recently turned 45 years old. I learned during a couple of PBS documentaries about a few species on our planet that have been rescued because of this legislation. I’m glad to see the peregrine falcon and the small key deer that live in south Florida have not vanished from the face of …
Jan 30
Brutal, bone-chilling cold moving into Midwest, Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Colleges have cancelled classes and even the U.S. Postal Service has suspended deliveries in parts of the northern U.S. as wind chills of minus 60 and below have officials warning of life-threatening conditions. Airlines had cancelled 1,718 flights nationwide as of 6 a.m. on Wednesday and over 5,000 have been cancelled …
Jan 30
How a high school student ‘stumbled upon’ Apple’s FaceTime bug
bombuscreative/iStock(NEW YORK) — Grant Thompson was trying to get some friends together to play video games one Saturday when he discovered an alarming glitch in Apple’s popular FaceTime application. “I stumbled upon this glitch that like the whole world knows about now,” Thompson told ABC News in an interview Tuesday night. The 14-year-old student in …