Obama HQ (Free subscription) | yesterday
When we called Joy one evening, she was still standing out in the fields finishing up the day’s work. At 51, Joy lives on the family farm she grew up at in tiny Bruning, Nebraska, with her 82-year-old father. She farms pigs and also grows corn and soybeans. Since she returned to Bruning (population: 300) to take over the farm 20 years ago, Joy has been fiercely involved in rural and agricultural issues,...
Monastic Musings (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Nebraska Sunflowers at Dusk , originally uploaded by Edith OSB . I'm driving home to Duluth. Yesterday, I travelled through the Pawnee National Grassland in Colorado, an area with interesting and odd terrain and a tremendous variety of natural grasses - one of the few chances to see large expanses of prairie grasslands that extend for miles in all directions. Crossing into Nebraska and driving east,...
HuskerZone.com (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
I believe, fairly soon, NU will have to do something it hasn’t ever had to do. What exactly am I referring to? Paying up, that’s what. Nebraska, even though we are in the top 5 of our conference, has never really had to pay big time dollars to retain any of our coaches. Doc Sadler was [...]
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wall Street professionals are trying new careers, and fetching smaller salaries, amid the elimination of 76,670 investment jobs in the Americas stemming from the global credit crunch that started a year ago
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Out of Retirement - AKA Paid travel!
Gay Patriot (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Sometime last week, i scribbled a note saying that presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama would tap Nebraska’s nominally Republican senior Senator, Chuck Hagel as his running mate. This thought first came to me last week when I read that next Wednesday night’s theme at the Democratic National Convention, when the party’s vice presidential nominee speaks, [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
King Soopers and City Market stores have recalled a variety of frozen ground beef products that may be tainted with potentially deadly E. coli bacteria after the Nebraska packing plant that produced the meat expanded its own recall to 6.6 million pounds.
THE WORLD FROM HERE (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Here's some safe pics from the Fratmen sesh that created a storm in Nebraska. Check Google blogs for some more revealing content ...
TexasLiberal (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
The 1908 Democratic National Convention was held in Denver, Colorado and nominated William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska for President. Mr. Bryan, nominated for a third unsuccessful run, lost to William Howard Taft of Ohio. The 1908 convention was the first major party convention held in a western stare. The theme of the convention’s platform was “Shall the people rule?” From the [...]
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Here are some possible vice-presidential picks for the Democratic and Republican candidates. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES:Joseph Biden, 65 - The senator from Delaware, chairman of the Senate
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Scratch the surface of a food offender whether they abuse the environment, workers, animals, the public trust or public funds and you usually find they are repeat offenders. Nebraska Beef, the Omaha, NE-based supplier Whole Foods says it didn't know its supplier Coleman Natural Foods was using (right) recalled more than five million pounds of beef to other customers in seven states weeks before the...
Department of Education (Free subscription) | yesterday
ED has awarded a total of $750,000 in grants to six states to help strengthen and enhance career and technical education (CTE) programs. Indiana, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nebraska, Florida, and Hawaii have received grants to support partnerships that will create new CTE programs, or adopt existing ones, that will align secondary and postsecondary education courses needed to prepare students for...
Radar (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senator Joe Lieberman's gradual drift to the Republican side of the aisle continues apace today as the party confirms that the Connecticut independent will speak at the Republican National Convention. It's not much of a surprise: Lieberman, a staunch
The Brad Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Guest blogged by Jon Ponder, Pensito Review. Events in the campaign this week offer a case study in how Fox News assists the right wing --- in this case, the McCain campaign --- disseminate disinformation: Monday: Speaking before the Veterans of Foreign Wars, John McCain falsely claimed credit for supporting the 21st Century GI Bill, which was [...]
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Nebraska Beef Ltd. recall from June continues to plague Cincinnati-based Kroger and its customers.
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nitesh | 12/21/2007
This high-resolution printable map shows the location, feedstock and capacity of 217 U.S. Ethanol Plants with a break out box of No and So Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa. Use this PDF file in Powerpoint presentations or print up to 2 feet by 3 feet to hang on your office wall. This map also includes charts showing: - Ethanol production from 2002-2006 - Average Ethanol and Gasoline prioce comparison...
nitesh | 12/14/2007
This high-resolution printable map shows the location, feedstock and capacity of 217 U.S. Ethanol Plants with a break out box of No and So Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa. Use this PDF file in Powerpoint presentations or print up to 2 feet by 3 feet to hang on your office wall. This map also includes charts showing : - Ethanol production from 2002-2006 - Average Ethanol and Gasoline prioce comparison...
