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                    [Title] => Northwest fire crews hope for a break in the weather
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Northwest fire officials told US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that incoming cooler weather could help calm the massive blazes that threaten thousands of homes, but wind storms may cause extreme fire behavior in the interim.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-29 12:47:11 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1422546 [Title] => News guide: Dietary guidelines evolve, stay the same [Summary] =>

An advisory committee's recommendations for U.S. dietary patterns are due soon, and some advice may be changing. 

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-11 10:00:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1507332 [AuthorName] => Mary Claire Jalonick [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/health-and-family/20140919/belly-fat.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1294752 [Title] => USDA spending $3M to feed honeybees in Midwest [Summary] =>

The US Department of Agriculture announced yesterday it will spend millions of dollars to help farmers and ranchers improve pastures in five Midwestern states to provide food for the nation's struggling honeybees.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-26 07:02:13 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479914 [AuthorName] => M.I. Johnson [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1257417 [Title] => Program designed to help prepare for droughts [Summary] =>

Federal agencies will provide better and more accessible information about matters such as long-term weather prospects and soil moisture levels under a program designed to help communities prepare for future droughts and respond more effectively when they happen, Obama administration officials said Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-16 02:24:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1404733 [AuthorName] => John Flesher [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/8725/4oa2.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1257006 [Title] => Next generation of biofuels is still years away [Summary] =>

The first trickle of fuels made from agricultural waste is finally winding its way into the nation's energy supply, after years of broken promises and hype promoting a next-generation fuel source cleaner than oil.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-15 02:11:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413057 [AuthorName] => Jonathan Fahey [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img31/9196/j9hv.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 946180 [Title] => New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US [Summary] =>

New meat labels go into effect, telling consumers where animals were born, raised, slaughtered...

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Most candy, high-calorie drinks and greasy meals could soon be on a food blacklist in the nation's schools.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-02 21:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 829390 [Title] => Administration seeks drought help from Congress [Summary] =>

The Obama administration called on Congress Wednesday to assist farmers suffering from the worst drought in 25 years. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said three-fifths of the U.S. land mass and much of the country's corn and soybean crops have been affected by the lack of rain.

 

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-19 08:23:46 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 787067 [Title] => APNewsBreak: Schools can choose 'pink slime' or no [Summary] =>

"Pink slime" just went from a simmer to a boil.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-15 07:22:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 746964 [Title] => Annan calls global food crisis a moral failing [Summary] =>

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan criticized world leaders on Thursday for failing to take bold action on climate change, which he said threatens to worsen the food crisis that has already left a billion people hungry.

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