Drought Forecast Warns of Worsening Conditions This Spring
Government outlook says the 2012 13 drought could spread to California and southern Florida while the upper Midwest and parts of the South improve. Warmer than normal summer expected across most the United States with above normal temps even in northern Alaska. Experts warn of billions in losses and focus on winter wheat prospects from South Dakota to Texas.
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South Dakota
Texas
Brad Rippey
Agriculture Department
Plains States
Rippey
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
USDA
Joseph Glauber
Cpc
Ncep
Noaa
Pilot arrested in Iowa for transporting marijuana by plane
Angelo P. Efthimiatos, pilot of a Piper aircraft, stopped for refueling at Washington, Iowa, with 55 pounds of high grade marijuana found aboard. Homeland Security and police say he admitted to transporting drugs from California to the East Coast for the fourth or fifth time. He is jailed pending a Monday hearing on charges of conspiring to distribute and possession with intent.
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Iowa
Angelo P. Efthimiatos
Washington
Department of Homeland Security Air and Marine Operations Center
Efthimiatos
Homeland Security
Davenport
Man charged again in 1990 attack murder case
Hiram Serrano Sr. faces first degree murder charges after Theresa Jackson died from injuries from a 1990 break in and assault in Muscatine. Jackson's death was ruled a homicide due to neck and spinal injuries, leading to a life sentence potential without parole if convicted. The case notes double jeopardy considerations and the unusual timing of the death linked to the original crime.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Hiram Serrano Sr
Theresa Jackson
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Alan Ostergren
Serrano
Ostergren
Jackson
Public Defender’s Office
Davenport
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
University of Iowa
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