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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 2012
Page
7
Congress moved with unusual speed to extend the Social Security payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and renew unemployment benefits for millions more. The House and Senate approved the package and sent it to President Obama, who praised the swift action as election season looms.
Stockyards Peoria hogs show moderate activity with barrows and gilts largely steady. States for 230-260 lb pigs priced 58.00 to 58.50, 2-3 270-280 lb at 56.50 to 58.00. Sows steady across weights 52.00 to 54.00, boars 21.00 to 27.00 depending on weight.
On Friday grain futures traded higher on the Chicago Board of Trade led by wheat up 15.25 cents to $6.44 a bushel and March corn up 5.50 cents to $6.4175. March oats held at $3.2375 while March soybeans climbed 9.25 cents to $12.6750 a bushel.
A 29-year-old Moroccan man Amine El Khalifi of Alexandria Virginia was arrested near the U S Capitol after believing he worked with al Qaida and planned to detonate a vest the operation gave him. He was carrying a non functioning gun and inert explosives and appeared in federal court.
A family remembers Boner a former Army cavalryman who rode Harvest Moon from Fort Sheridan to Fort Knox and back. The horse joined Coast Guard service then was sold to the Boner farm for 32.50. Harvest Moon died in 1951 at 27. Boner died in 1990.
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