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India rejects first GM vegetable, hampering Monsanto expansion

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India’s government rejected the nation’s first genetically modified food after protests by farmers, hampering the...

Calif. seeks full divestment of insurers from Iran

California's insurance regulator plans to take steps Wednesday to pressure insurance companies into ending any financial relationship they have with Iran.

New figures show Americans continued to spend modestly in January

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Delmarva poultry industry facing economic losses from snowstorms

Delmarva's poultry industry is feeling the effects of the weekend snow storm that blasted the region.

Scientists, activists say separating Great Lakes from Mississippi would prevent carp invasion

Permanently severing a man-made link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system is the only sure way to protect the lakes from voracious Asian carp, scientists and activists told a congressional panel Tuesday.

Pac-10 will undergo 'serious evaluation' of possible expansion over next 6 to 12 months

Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott said Tuesday that the window for expansion by the conference is open for the next year as the conference begins negotiations for a new television deal.

White Stripes accuse Air Force Reserve of pinching their song used in Super Bowl ad

Baidu posts jump in quarterly earnings on stronger revenue, beating expectations

Feds reduce Calif. water pumping to protect fish

Airgas board snubs Air Products' buyout offer, calls $60 a share bid 'bargain basement' price

British Columbia, Montana governments say no mining, drilling in Flathead Valley

Zale brings Peter Solomon Co. on as advisor

World's biggest miner BHP Billiton more than doubles first half profit to $6.1 billion


 


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Another snowball fight planned for Dupont Circle

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D.C. region braces for up to 20 more inches of snow

The National Weather Service has the entire D.C. metro area, from Prince William County north, under a winter storm warning for 10 to 20 inches of snow. Forecasters have had their eyes on this storm for days, but the projected snow totals were bumped up late Monday. Full story