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A federal judge in Kansas City, Kansas, ordered Dow Chemical Co on Wednesday to pay $1.2 billion in a price-fixing case involving chemicals used to make foam products in cars.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-- Major stretches of river have already gone dry, farmers are leaving their land fallow, and cities are clamping down on water use, but things in New Mexico just went from bad to worse Thursday. The latest map from federal forecasters shows exceptional drought has spread from a quarter of New Mexico to nearly 40 percent in just one week.
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*House, Senate panels plan to draft farm bill next week. WASHINGTON, May 9- Lawmakers are preparing for a second run at writing the new U.S. farm law that ended in a stalemate in 2012, and the biggest obstacle is not likely to be soil conservation or crop subsidies, but the billions spent mostly in cities and towns.
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ABILENE, Kan.-- Alco Stores Inc. said Thursday that its first-quarter sales were hurt by wintry weather in the Midwest. Alco said sales from continuing operations rose about 1 percent to $116 million in the quarter ended May 5 compared to the same period last year. Its shares rose 2 cents to $9.17 in afternoon trading.
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TOPEKA, Kan.-- Kansas legislators returned Wednesday to the Statehouse to resume the 2013 session, hoping to move closer to resolving differences over the $14.5 billion budget for 2014..
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SANTA FE, N.M.-- Voters booted Republican Dan Foley from office after a decade in the New Mexico Legislature, and within months he began collecting taxpayer-financed pension benefits _ even though he was only 39 years old.
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*White House has said it will veto bill. WASHINGTON, May 9- U.S. House Republicans are expected to pass a bill on Thursday that would require the Obama administration to prioritize government debt payments and retirement benefits if Congress fails to reach a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.
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Mike Coffman, R- Colo., said the Veterans Affairs Department's oversight of major constructions projects doesn't meet industrial standards and described it as dysfunctional. The medical centers that have been delayed are in Las Vegas; Orlando, Fla.; Denver; and New Orleans.
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LONDON, May 8- North Dakota's leading oilfield operators hope to squeeze much more oil from its shale formations by drilling wells closer together- a bold experiment that could raise ultimate recovery by billions of barrels if it succeeds.
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*Some planting in east this week. CHICAGO, May 8- Better corn planting weather is expected in the U.S. "There definitely will be better conditions than we've had, the best opportunity will be this weekend through early next week," said Andy Karst, meteorologist for World Weather Inc..
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TOPEKA, Kan.-- Democratic leaders in the Kansas Legislature said Tuesday that they're not getting enough information from Republican Sam Brownback yet to justify authorizing another $202 million in bonds for a national biodefense lab.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 7- A bride and four friends who died over the weekend trapped inside a burning limousine on a bridge over San Francisco Bay were formally identified by a coroner on Tuesday, but the cause of their death and of the fire are still under investigation.
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New bride Neriza Fojas, 31, a native of the Philippines, and eight female friends were heading across the San Mateo- Hayward bridge on Saturday night to a party celebrating her recent wedding when the white stretch limousine they were riding in burst into flames. Four other women got out of the car after it stopped on the San Mateo- Hayward bridge and survived.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 6- The bodies of a new bride and four friends who died trapped inside a burning limousine on a bridge over San Francisco Bay were found pressed against an opening between the passenger compartment and driver's seat, a county coroner said on Monday.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 6- Investigators sought to determine on Monday what caused a stretch limousine to erupt into flames as it crossed a bridge over the San Francisco Bay, killing a new bride and four of her friends, law enforcement officials said.
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*Wheat falls on corn spillover, Indian export competition. PARIS/ SINGAPORE, May 6- Chicago corn futures fell more than 2 percent on Monday as reports of lighter rainfall in the U.S. grain belt eased concerns about planting delays that had sent the market surging to a one-month high last week.
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*Democrats worry as fall enrollment period draws near* Potential repercussions for Congress, Obama presidency* Frustration over lack of details on public outreach By David Morgan. WASHINGTON, May 5- Healthcare reform should be the signature Democratic achievement of President Barack Obama's presidency.
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*Potential repercussions for Congress, Obama presidency. WASHINGTON, May 5- Healthcare reform should be the signature Democratic achievement of President Barack Obama's presidency.
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*India lifts wheat crop estimate, may lower prices. Wheat fell in line with losses in the corn market, with additional pressure from forecasts of higher production in India, which is expected to boost exports to trim burdensome stockpiles.
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*Corn falls 2 pct on less-than-expected rains. *Corn posted biggest weekly gain since July 2012. Chicago Board of Trade July corn futures fell 1.93 percent to $6.48- 1/ 2 a bushel by 0040 GMT, after hitting a low of $6.44- 1/ 2 a bushel earlier in the session.
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*Potential repercussions for Congress, Obama presidency. WASHINGTON, May 5- Healthcare reform should be the signature Democratic achievement of President Barack Obama's presidency.