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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: heartland

heartland stories: 6 news summaries

 Mexican Heroin 
 Seeps Into 
 Rural US 

Mexican cartels push the drug into the heartland

May 31, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the battle between drug cartels and law enforcement rages in Mexico, traffickers are gaining footholds in America's Heartland. Ohio saw heroin-related deaths spread into 18 new counties between 2004 and 2007, just one indication that dealers aren't limited to big cities. "It's like going to pick up beer,... More »

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drugs • illegal immigrant • Mexico • heroin • drug cartel • drug dealer • heartland

 Heartland Tornadoes
 Kill 7 in Arkansas 

Severe storms and hail also hit Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri

May 2, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Severe storms spawned twisters in America's heartland today, knocking out power, toppling tractor-trailers, and killing seven people in Arkansas, the AP reports. Up to 25 tornadoes also hit Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, a state where hail smashed windshields and storms derailed railway cars. “It just seems like we’re... More »

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Texas • tornado • Kentucky Derby • Arkansas • Kentucky • death • Missouri • Oklahoma • natural disaster • heartland • hail

 Wall Street Sneezes;
 Heartland Catches Cold 

Worries about a recession are hitting home with Americans

Mar 21, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The high-profile economic woes plaguing Wall Street and previously hot housing markets are spreading, raising the possibility of the worst recession Americans have faced in years. The New York Times crisscrosses the country, assembling anecdotal evidence—suddenly thrifty brides, unsold construction equipment, sinking earnings at FedEx—that suggests the slowdown... More »

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inflation • home sales • consumer confidence • recession • unemployment • credit crisis • heartland • economy

Boom Time on Heartland Farms

US farmers strike it rich satisfying ethanol, export demands

Feb 15, 08 2:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The US economy may be teetering on a precipice but agriculture is enjoying what one industry analyst is calling a "golden age" after decades of decline, with bountiful harvests of crops and profits. The boom is fueled by the soaring demand from ethanol producers and to fill grain orders... More »

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agriculture • ethanol • Credit Suisse • corn • biofuel • Nebraska • Cedar Rapids • wheat • rice • farmer • grains • Food and Agriculture Organization • boom • heartland • rural America • Albion • agricultural economy • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago • Boone County Commissioners • VeraSun • cash crops

Green Tech Boosts Heartland

Advances no longer limited to America's coastal cities

Dec 13, 07 8:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Green-tech venture capital is still concentrated in coastal urban centers, but middle America is catching up. Silicon Valley, Massachusetts, and Washington state are among the top five hotspots, but so is Texas and the nation's agricultural heartland, reports CNET, which tracked the money fueling startups and university research. More »

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Silicon Valley • ethanol • MIT • biodiesel • venture capital • green technology • heartland

6 Die in Heartland Ice Storm

Missouri declares state of emergency

Dec 10, 07 4:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Six people died on slick roadways yesterday as a killer ice storm gripped heartland America, turning sidewalks and highways into ice rinks, grounding flights and downing power lines. The storm turned a swath of the nation frigid from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes, and even colder weather threatened... More »

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weather • ice • ice storm • heartland

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