Thousands seek work permits under new immigration program
Thousands of young illegal immigrants queued for the right to work legally in the United States as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program began. Activists helped applicants at Navy Pier in Chicago and offices in Los Angeles while critics argued the plan boosts political influence for President Obama amid a tight election year.
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Cosmic galaxy births stars at extraordinary rate
NASA data reveal a distant galaxy forming about 740 new stars each year, far surpassing the Milky Way’s pace. The galaxy, 5.7 billion light years away in a bright X-ray cluster, is about 3 trillion solar masses and ~6 billion years old, challenging expectations of galaxy evolution.
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Monarch reserve halts logging in western Mexico hills
A study based on aerial photos reports that illegal logging has been nearly eliminated in the western Mexico monarch butterfly wintering grounds. Mexican officials credit patrols and payments to forest communities funded by the government, environmental groups, and private donors. They aim to apply the approach to other conflicts over forests and to promote ecotourism tied to the monarch migration through Canada and the United States. The mountaintop forests west of Mexico City have not shown detectable logging since the reserve was established in 2000.
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Irrigators Charged With Backward Metering in Kansas
Notable case involves at least three south central Kansas irrigators accused of cheating on water usage by running meters backward last year. Two suspects operated in the Equus Beds region and the third in the Big Bend Groundwater Management District. Lane Letourneau of the Kansas Department of Agriculture called such cheating rare.
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Wednesday Markets Snapshot of Commodities and Indices
Markets show Industrials at 7.36 with 13,164.78, Nasdaq at 13.95 and 3,030.93, S&P 500 at 1.60 and 1,405.53. Bonds yield 2.91 percent for 30 year. Corn 8.04, soybeans 16.35, wheat 8.58. Oil 94.33, gold 1,606.60, silver 27.81, platinum 1,396.20.
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Sorghum bioethanol may reshape U.S. ethanol industry
The federal government nears approval of using grain sorghum to produce advanced ethanol, offering farmers a new revenue stream and potential environmental benefits. Western Plains Energy in Oakley Kansas plans a $30 to $40 million upgrade to convert sorghum into ethanol, using methane from manure and reducing water use.
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