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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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million for the creation of two new Biomass Crop Assistance Program ( BCAP ) project areas in New York and North Carolina, and the expansion of an already established BCAP project area in Arkansas. Regis Mohawk reservation located 15 miles from one of the committed facilities. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing $9.6

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One Atmospheric Nuclear Explosion Could Take Out the Power Grid

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megaton thermonuclear weapon , code-named Starfish Prime, 250 miles above Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean. Over 1,000 miles away, the blast knocked out electricity supply in parts of Hawaii and disrupted telephone service for a period of time. covering portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

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Huckabee: The electric car of the 2008 race

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Mike Huckabee, ex-Governor of Arkansas and longshot contender, said in an interview decrying the wasteful spending of his GOP rivals: “You will not find a more frugal operation than ours and you will also not find a more efficient, better miles per gallon,” said Huckabee, who did not single out any opponents specifically.

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