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World leaders get down to nitty-gritty on food price crisis

ROME (AFP) - World leaders meeting in Rome were to focus Wednesday on the roles of biofuels, trade practices and global warming in the food price crisis that is threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide.
06 4 2008 6:37PM (...more)

Library of Congress Presents 2007 National Book Festival Podcasts Featuring Award-Winning Authors

Library of Congress introduces a series of downloadable podcast interviews with the award-winning authors, illustrators and poets who will participate at the upcoming Seventh Annual National Book Festival.
09 14 2007 1:22AM (...more)

McDonald's fries the holy grail for potato farmers

KIMBERLY, Idaho – From the fields of Idaho to tasting rooms in suburban Chicago, potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of an elusive hunt: finding a new spud for McDonald's french fries .
09 24 2009 6:39PM (...more)

Potato farmer holy grail: McDonald's french fries

KIMBERLY, Idaho – From the fields of Idaho to tasting rooms in suburban Chicago, potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of an elusive hunt: finding a new spud for McDonald's french fries .
09 24 2009 9:20AM (...more)

Bison industry recruits ranchers as prices rise

MONUMENT, Colo. - Susan Popp was a manager at Hewlett-Packard and her husband was a pilot at the Air Force Academy when they decided to become bison ranchers.
06 12 2008 2:51PM (...more)

Meteor showers in Asia disappoint

NEW DELHI – Thousands of stargazers across Asia stayed awake overnight to catch a glimpse of what was advertised as an intense Leonid meteor shower , but the show fizzled rather than sizzled for many because of cloudy conditions.
11 25 2009 11:23PM (...more)

John Grisham, John Irving, Jodi Picoult, Judy Blume Among Authors at 2009 National Book Festival

Ninth Annual National Book Festival to be Sept. 26 on the National Mall Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 7, 2009 -- 07 8 2009 6:39PM (...more)

Social Networking Is Fast Migrating To Business World

Popular online sites such as Facebook and Twitter have created huge followings, prodding companies to harness social networks for business
03 24 2009 8:55AM (...more)

Travel briefs

National Book Festival in Washington, Sept. 26 WASHINGTON (AP) — A slew of celebrity writers from John Irving to 09 1 2009 6:12PM (...more)

Travel briefs

Best new hotels around the globe from Travel + Leisure magazine NEW YORK (AP) — The Fontainebleau in Miami and 12
05 24 2009 9:02AM (...more)