As Price of Grain Rises, Catfish Farms Dry Up It’s a dead business,” said John Dillard, who pioneered the commercial farming of catfish in the late 1960s. Last year Dillard & Company raised 11 million fish. Next year it will raise none. People can eat imported fish, Mr. Dillard said, just as they use imported oil.Visit New York Times Website
A 1913 Law Dies to Better Serve Gay Marriages BOSTON — Massachusetts may have been the first state to legalize same-sex marriage for its residents, but when California last month invited out-of-state gay and lesbian couples to get married, the potential economic benefits did not go unnoticed here. Now Massachusetts wants to extend the same invitation.Visit New York Times Website
Volkswagen selects Tennessee for US auto plant CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Volkswagen picked Chattanooga for its U.S. assembly plant that will employ about 2,000 workers and make a new midsize sedan as part of a plan to triple sales in the U.S. by 2018....Visit Associated Press Website
Gay tourism ad causes uproar in S. Carolina A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international advertising campaign that led to calls for an investigation of tourism posters proclaiming “South Carolina is so gay.”Visit MSNBC Website
Toyota to Build Prius in U.S. Toyota is responding to changes in consumer demand and improving the production efficiency and stability of its North American operations by adjusting production mix at three plants. The changes include the addition of the Prius hybrid sedan to its North American lineup.
OCEAN WIND POWER MAPS REVEAL POSSIBLE WIND ENERGY SOURCES Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth's ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool: global satellite maps from NASA. Scientists have been creating maps using nearly a decade of data from NASA's QuikSCAT satellite that reveal ocean areas where winds could produce wind energy.
Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms CAMPTON TOWNSHIP, Ill. — In an environmentally conscious tweak on the typical way of getting food to the table, growing numbers of people are skipping out on grocery stores and even farmers markets and instead going right to the source by buying shares of farms.Visit New York Times Website
Northwest Airlines to cut 2,500 jobs MINNEAPOLIS - Northwest Airlines Corp. said on Wednesday it will cut 2,500 jobs because of high oil prices, and will begin charging $15 to check a single piece of luggage and as much as $100 to redeem a frequent-flier award ticket.... Visit Associated Press Website
Gas prices change views on energy WASHINGTON - High gasoline prices have dramatically changed Americans' views on energy and the environment with more people now viewing oil drilling and new power plants as a greater priority than energy conservation than they did five months ago, according to a new survey...Visit Associated Press Website
Surprising fact: Half of gun deaths are suicides ATLANTA - The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves....Visit Associated Press Website
Chrysler to close 1 plant; cut production at 2nd DETROIT - Chrysler LLC said Monday it will close one Missouri plant indefinitely this fall and cut production at another due to slumping demand for trucks and other large vehicles....Visit Associated Press Website
Appeals court upholds FCC on cable rules CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court Friday upheld the Federal Communications Commission's authority to set rules meant to make it easier for new cable TV competitors to gain local franchises....Visit Associated Press Website
Pimps arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts WASHINGTON - Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution. The Justice Department says it targeted 16 cities as part of its "Operation Cross Country" that caps off five years of similar stings nationwide.Visit Associated Press Website
'Major takedown' targets members of Northeast Los Angeles 'Avenues' gang In an early morning raid, more than 500 local, state and federal investigators swarm the Drew Street clique of Glassell Park. A federal racketeering indictment names more than 70 people.Visit Los Angeles Times Website
What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer Judges and jurors who must decide whether sexually explicit material is obscene are asked to use a local yardstick: does the material violate community standards?Visit New York Times Website
Inside a 9/11 Mastermind’s Interrogation WASHINGTON — In a makeshift prison in the north of Poland, Al Qaeda’s engineer of mass murder faced off against his Central Intelligence Agency interrogator. It was 18 months after the 9/11 attacks, and the invasion of Iraq was giving Muslim extremists new motives for havoc. If anyone knew about the next plot, it was Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.Visit New York Times Website
U.S. May Free Up More Land for Corn Crops Midwest floods have washed out millions of acres of corn, and many are urging Washington to allow corn to be grown on protected land and to roll back requirements for ethanol production.Visit New York Times Website
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