Food prices rise seen from core CPI gap
The piece argues food inflation outpaces core CPI, citing a St. Louis Fed view of 22 percent food inflation vs 15 percent core CPI from 2006 to 2013, with meat and dairy costs up 16.2 percent in five years. It blames three federal policies: the Renewable Fuel Standard, farm subsidies with price floors, and import restrictions, urging policy changes and ethanol repeal.
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U.S
St. Louis
Federal Reserve
Scott Lincicome
Investor
Libertarian Cato Institute
Linchcome
Combs
Permian Basin
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission, Fish & Wildlife
Todd Staples
Bell County
Coryell
Falls
Hamilton
Milam
Caldwell
Hays
Agriculture Department
Staples
United States
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NSA privacy abuses revealed by internal audits and Snowden leaks
The Washington Post reports NSA audits show thousands of privacy rule breaches or oversteps yearly since 2008. Snowden provided the documents. he is charged with espionage. The piece argues Congress and the FISA court need full access to audit detail to guard civil liberties while fighting terrorism. Reprinted from the Orange County Register.
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Department of Agriculture
USDA
Congress
Orange County Register
Creators.com
National Security Agency
Washington Post
Edward Snowden
Russia
NSA
U.S
the Post
United States
Snowden
Post
Special Court
Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court
Wall Street Journal
Justice Department
FISA
Senate
House
George W. Bush
Ben Franklin
Letters to the Editor Policy
The Polk County Enterprise outlines submission rules for letters to the editor including required name and mailing address, no publication of telephone numbers, word limit of 650, editing for grammar libel and commercialism, and submission options by mail fax or email to polknews gmail.com.
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Polk County Enterprise
P.O. Box
Livingston
Polknews
Gmail.com
Texas AG Opposes American Airlines US Airways Merger
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott criticizes the proposed Fort Worth based American Airlines and Tempe based US Airways merger as anti competitive. He cites internal documents showing reduced competition and higher fees. He supports the DOJ anti trust suit to block the deal.
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Texas
Arizona
Tennessee
Florida
Virginia
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
U.S. Justice Department
Fort Worth
American Airlines
Tempe
US Airways
Abbott
American
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Department of Justice
Combs
Lizard
Susan Combs
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Defenders of Wildlife
Center For Biological Diversity
Fish & Wildlife
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Polk County
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Gmail
Vicki Coker
Easttexasnews.com
Linda Holley
Enterprise
Linda Jacobs
Pepe
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