Before harvest season hits, it is important for farmers to get their private pesticide applicators recertification education hours completed. Private applicators have to attend three recertification …
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8/20/22
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It all started in kindergarten when Susan, a 5-year-old, gap-toothed girl with penny-brown pigtails, strutted up and, like a tank rolling over debris, invaded my personal space. Now, close enough to …
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8/20/22
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Part of a human foot found in a shoe floating in a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park earlier this week is believed to be linked the death of a person last month, park …
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By AMY BETH HANSON and THOMAS PEIPERT
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8/19/22
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — TCU senior linebacker Dee Winters and his teammates certainly weren't used to the sometimes carnival-like atmosphere during spring practice with fans around the field …
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS
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8/19/22
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CAVALCANTE, Brazil (AP) — For three long years, Vandeli Matos was an emperor in waiting. The symbolic coronation of the 33-year-old finally occurred this week when the Kalunga quilombo — as …
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By ERALDO PERES
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8/19/22
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MOSCOW (AP) — People in Moscow who were disappointed when Starbucks closed its coffee shops after Russia sent troops into Ukraine may now feel a caffeine jolt of hope: A nearly identical operation …
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By JIM HEINTZ
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8/18/22
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NEW YORK (AP) — Take my chard, please!
The season has come when many home gardeners, their numbers booming since the pandemic began, are being rewarded with fully matured, ready-to-pick …
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By LEANNE ITALIE
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8/18/22
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NEW YORK (AP) — One skyscraper stands out from the rest in the Manhattan skyline. It's not the tallest, but it is the skinniest — the world's skinniest, in fact.
The 84-story residential …
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By KIANA DOYLE
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8/18/22
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It was time to pull weeds in the chestnut field. There are a little over 1,100 trees, and most of them had at least a few weeds around the tree — inside the pipe guard — that needed to be …
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8/18/22
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8/18/22
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The end of each summer brings one of my favorite times, “Back to School” shopping. Fresh school supplies and new clothes and shoes, picking out a backpack and lunch box. For kids, these …
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8/18/22
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BHOLA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the Mehgna River swallowed Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum's tin-roofed family home overnight in southern Bangladesh just over a year ago they had no choice but to leave …
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AL-EMRUN GARJON and JULHAS ALAM
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8/17/22
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CECILIA, Ky. (AP) — For fourth-grader Leah Rainey, the school day now begins with what her teacher calls an “emotional check-in.”
“It’s great to see you. How are you feeling?” chirps …
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By JOCELYN GECKER and DYLAN LOVAN
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8/17/22
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — High on a mountain in the Himalayas, pristine drops fall from the mouth of a tiger statue installed at a stream thought to form the headwaters of the Bagmati River, long …
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By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA
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8/17/22
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Lane Kiffin needs only a quick look around the practice field to take inventory of the changes at Mississippi.
There’s no Matt Corral flinging passes to Dontario Drummond. Kiffin also has new …
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By JOHN ZENOR
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8/16/22
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Life comes with lots of little annoyances, few of them littler or more annoying than mosquitoes. Just about everyone who spends any time outdoors will be bothered by the bloodsucking party poopers at …
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By JESSICA DAMIANO
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8/16/22
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ROME (AP) — With a message that blends Christianity, motherhood and patriotism, Giorgia Meloni is riding a wave of popularity that next month could see her become Italy's first female prime …
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By FRANCES D'EMILIO
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8/16/22
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I do like my pickles, but I am a lazy preserver. My solution is a speedy fix that omits the bother of canning: I make quick pickles. Quick-pickling is for impatient types like me, with (nearly) …
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8/16/22
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