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USDA Acknowledges Poisoning Birds in South Dakota
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsAuthorities have solved the mystery of the death of thousands of birds in South Dakota and come up with a surprising killer: the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Inhabitants in Yankton were surprised when they found hundreds of starlings lying frozen on the streets and in the city's Riverside Park, MSNBC reported. Some people thought the birds had simply left it too late to fly south for the winter. Now, the USDA says it set out poisoned bait for the birds after a local farmer complained that they were defecating in his animal feed. "They say that they had poisoned the birds about 10 miles ...
Shirley Sherrod, Ousted USDA Official: Where Is She Now?
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsShirley Sherrod was just one of a host of people who momentarily grabbed the spotlight in 2010 and dominated a news cycle or two while getting their 15 minutes of fame. In this series, AOL News is checking in on these newsmakers and giving them a 16th minute. Shirley Sherrod Made News in 2010 When She: Was forced to resign by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after a video clip showed her making what some considered to be racist comments about a white farmer. She later received an apology when the full video showed that she was actually advocating racial tolerance and ...
Shirley Sherrod Gets Apology from Obama, Mea Culpa and Job Offer From Vilsack
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyUnder pressure from both the right and the left, the Obama administration apologized again Thursday for the capricious ouster of Shirley Sherrod from her Agriculture Department job amid erroneous charges of reverse racism and offered her a promotion. But for a White House that has prided itself on its nuanced approach toward racial politics, as well as its distinct mastery of online media, the question remains as to how the Obama administration could have mishandled the situation so completely. The latest mea culpa came from President Obama, who spoke with Sherrod by phone on Thursday ...
Vanishing Farmland: How It's Destabilizing America's Food Supply
By Bonnie Erbé - Politics DailyFood security. Sounds boring, eh? It's not something talked about very often, but the fact is America's rising population is creating no small amount of peril in the food-supply chain. Farmland is disappearing at an alarming rate as farms are sold off and developed into suburban housing, shopping malls and transportation systems. The American Farmland Trust is the only national environmental organization devoted entirely to preserving farms. On its Web site are the following statistics: • The nation lost farm and ranch land 51 percent faster in the 1990s than in the 1980s. • We're ...
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