Hard-hit Ohio community turns to gardens to help stretch food dollars
Hard-hit community learns to grow food WILMINGTON, Ohio — Many of the new gardeners didn’t know how to grow vegetables, and weren’t sure what to do with them once they did. In battle against invasive bugs, plants, some predators become pests, threaten native speciesSAN FRANCISCO — Imported insects have been deployed as foot soldiers in the fight against invasive bugs and plants that cause billions of dollars in damage each year. But some of those imports are proving to be pests themselves that upset the balance of nature and threaten native species. Stocks add to gains after three-day rally; Jump in pending home sales boosts investor optimismNEW YORK — The stock market gingerly extended its gains to a fourth day with little of the fanfare seen over the past week. AP IMPACT: Housing crisis focuses on Sunbelt, but plenty of empty homes in America’s Rust BeltCINCINNATI — Meet the forgotten housing crisis. Study says livestock grazing threatens most wildlife habitats on federal land in WestRENO, Nev. — Conservationists say livestock grazing poses a threat to a wide variety of fish and other wildlife across more than three-fourths of their dwindling habitats on federal land in the West. Analysis: His agenda proposed, Obama now must prod and await CongressWASHINGTON — As he starts his second 100 days as president, Barack Obama must yield much of his agenda’s fate to Congress. AP Executive Morning BriefingThe top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Thursday, July 2, 2009: Economist Roubini says ’suckers rally’ will fade as economy, banks continue to sufferHONG KONG — Well-known economist Nouriel Roubini, one of the few experts to foresee the current global crisis, said Tuesday a “suckers rally” in stock markets would fade as the U.S. economy continues to wither and the financial system suffers unexpected shocks. |
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