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Gold slips on speculation will Fed cut stimulus

Gold prices sank Wednesday as traders weighed the possibility that the Federal Reserve will start paring back its support for the economy in the coming months. Gold for June delivery fell $10.20 to settle at $1,367.40 an ounce, a drop of 0.7 percent. Prices for the precious metal wavered earlier ...

Gold slips on speculation will Fed cut stimulus

Gold prices sank Wednesday as traders weighed the possibility that the Federal Reserve will start paring back its support for the economy in the coming months. Gold for June delivery fell $10.20 to settle at $1,367.40 an ounce, a drop of 0.7 percent. Prices for the precious metal wavered earlier ...

In this May 7, 2013 photo, a Filipino fishermen carries a load of fish from a boat in the coastal town of Infanta, Pangasinan province, northwestern Philippines. Since China took control of the Scarborough Shoal last year, which Beijing calls Huangyan Island, Filipino fishermen say Chinese maritime surveillance ships have shooed them from the disputed waters in the South China Sea and roped off the entrance to the vast lagoon that had been their fishing paradise for decades. Now, they say, they can't even count on the Chinese to give them shelter there from a potentially deadly storm.  (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Fishermen pay price in Asia's volatile sea rifts

Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China took control of their ...

Foster Farms recalls grilled chicken breast strips

California-based chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy — known allergens — which are not listed on the labels of its packages, federal agriculture officials said. The mislabeled packages were discovered when a customer ...

AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT

Police: Suspect in abduction of 2 girls found dead DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A massive search was underway Tuesday for a 15-year-old girl abducted from an Iowa bus stop, after authorities said a man who is suspected of taking her and another girl was found dead. Dozens of federal, ...

Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps

The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually and are used by 1 in 7 Americans. The ...

CHINESE BEAR BILE FARMING DRAWS CHARGES OF CRUELTY

c.2013 New York Times News Service CHENGDU, China — It was, at first glance, a rather modest initial public offering by a small Chinese company seeking to expand production of the key ingredient used in traditional remedies said to shrink gallstones, reduce fevers and sooth the aftereffects of excessive drinking. ...

Corn falls after farmers catch up on planting

The price of corn fell after U.S. farmers planted record amounts of corn last week, easing concern that earlier planting delays would harm this year's crop. Corn for July delivery dropped 9.5 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $6.40 a bushel. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said late Monday that 71 ...

In this photo provided by the Jersey City Police Department, a goat is petted by Lt. Kelly Chesler at Liberty Humane Society, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Jersey City, N.J. Chesler was one of the officers who caught the goat, which went lose on the Pulaski Skyway, causing a traffic jam Tuesday morning. Capt. Edgar Martinez said it took 90 minutes for emergency services to corral the goat as it ran along the four-lane bridge between Jersey City and Kearny Point Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jersey City Police Department, Francisco Rodriguez)

Goat on the lam snarls NJ's Pulaski Skyway traffic

A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase. The small, chocolate brown female with curved horns eluded five Jersey City police officers for more ...

Corn falls after farmers catch up on planting

The price of corn fell after U.S. farmers planted record amounts of corn last week, easing concern that earlier planting delays would harm this year's crop. Corn for July delivery dropped 9.5 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $6.40 a bushel. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said late Monday that 71 ...

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