House Panel Moves To Cut Food Stamp Program
The House Agriculture Committee advances a five year farm bill proposing about 2.5 billion dollars in annual cuts to SNAP as part of broader farm subsidies reforms. The plan would end an automatic eligibility category and shift funding toward crop insurance and new programs while capping direct payments to cotton farmers.
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Mary Clare Jalonick
Associated Press
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Barack Obama
Obama
Senate
Frank Lucas
R-Okla
Senate Democrats
Lucas
Firefighters grapple with toxic gas risk at West fertilizer plant
In West Texas, firefighters focused on stopping toxic gas from reaching homes as a massive ammonium nitrate stockpile fueled a blast that killed 14 and devastated much of the town. Investigators, four weeks on, are probing start, cause, and responder actions while a criminal probe unfolds.
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Associated Press
West
Texas
Texas Rangers
County Sheriff’s Office
Tommy Muska
Cody Dragoo
West Fertilizer Co
Dragon
McLennan County
Google Earth
National Fire Protection Association
Guy Colonna
Industrial and Chemical Engineering Group
Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The
Chemical Safety Board
EPA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OJ Simpson set to speak in bid to win freedom
OJ Simpson testifies in Las Vegas in a habeas hearing to challenge his 2007 robbery and kidnapping conviction. The former football star, serving nine to 33 years, faces cross examination over claims of ineffective counsel and the plan behind the hotel room confrontation.
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OJ Simpson
Ken Ritter
Associated Press
Las Vegas
O.J. Simpson
Clark County
Linda Marie Bell
Simpson
Ozzie Fumo
Patricia Palm
Palm
Gabriel Grasso
Yale Galanter
Gabe
Galanter
O.J
Grasso
Yale
H. Leon Simon
Jackie Grass
Leroy
Skip” Taft
David Roger
Roger
Fumo
Chris Owens
Owens
Jackie Glass
Fed
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Daniel Horowitz
U.S. Chemical Safety Board
Florida
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
New Mexico
Lovington Leader
Wal-Roy Publishing, Inc
John Graham
Avenue B
Lovington
Levington
Joyce Clemens Advertising
Mgr
Joh
RAI
Tyler Graham Editor
Jeanine Graham Society
Gina Fort
Jeanine Graham
Lea County
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