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This is the time of year subsistence farmers clear land by setting fires in the Amazon. They say it's the only way they can make a living, but it's delivering another blow to the rain forest.

President Obama's decision to send special operations ground forces into Syria is again prompting calls for specific authorization from Congress to wage war.

The money raised in Pueblo County will go to provide scholarships. Any local high school senior will be able to attend either of the county's public colleges.

A Republican governor was elected in Kentucky. Democrat Dan Mosley, the top administrator in Harlan County, tells Renee Montagne that voters took out their dislike for Obama on Democratic candidates.

Words of wisdom from an American president — spread, savored, satirized.

Thirty-nine people have been sickened with the same strain of E. coli in Washington and Oregon. Fourteen have been hospitalized. Most reported eating at several Chipotle locations before falling ill.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership would form a 12-nation, free-trade zone. Advocates say it would level the playing field, but critics say it would lower wages and worker safety standards.

The authority of the English language — the Oxford American Dictionary — doesn't include it. But one of the first documented uses dates back to World War II.

Reuters reports that Green Plains, Inc., has purchased its second ethanol plant in a week. The facility, in Hereford, TX, was previously owned by Murphy…

From the Kansas Health Institute:The rows of grapevines at Somerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery near Paola are withering, with dying leaves and shriveling…