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February brought butcherin’ weather

February 9, 2006

If the weather forecast for the southern Illinois farm of my youth promised three or four cold and clear days in early February, the work forecast promised three or four days of hot and heavy hog butchering.

Primed for Puzzles

Laurie Marlatt Steeb -

February 9, 2006

Maybe it's laziness, but when I fix on a thought process that requires a quick answer, my focus goes fuzzy.

The Cupid Wars set hearts afire

Kymberly Foster Seabolt -

February 9, 2006

Don't you just hate it when worlds collide? My second-grader informed us, imperiously, that Cupid is "just a myth.

Tiny tubers aren’t ‘small potatoes’

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February 9, 2006

CHARLESTON, S.C. - A Clemson University scientist at the Coastal Research and Education Center hopes some tiny tubers will become more than "small potatoes" for farmers.

Study underscores ethanol’s benefits

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February 9, 2006

WASHINGTON - According to a new analysis issued by the University of California-Berkeley, ethanol made from corn reduces overall petroleum use and leads to reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Replacing oil will take ingenuity, agronomy and guts

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February 9, 2006

ATLANTA - With world oil demand growing, supplies dwindling and the potential for weather- and conflict-related supply interruptions, other types of fuels and technologies are needed to help pick up the slack.