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• 'Grassoline' refinery rising in Tennessee
VONORE, Tenn. - Tennessee and industrial partner DuPont Co. broke ground Tuesday on a research refinery designed to turn corn cobs and switchgrass into ethanol and potentially elevate the Volunteer State into a major player in biofuels. "When it ...
• Japan pulls tainted Chinese beans from stores
The food scare emerged a month after a scandal over Chinese milk tainted with the industrial chemical melamine , which killed four babies in China, made tens of thousands ill and forced product recalls around the world, including in Japan. Earlier this ...
• Recession fears weigh on Wall Street
In the first hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 255.99, or 2.75 percent, to 9,055.00. Broader stock indicators also declined. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 33.85, or 3.39 percent, to 964.16, and the Nasdaq composite index ...
• Winds whip up wildfire north of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES - Intense Santa Ana winds swept into Southern California on Monday morning and whipped up a 3,000-acre wildfire, forcing the closure of a major freeway during rush hour and burning mobile homes and industrial buildings. The blaze, 20 ...
• Judge OKs $24M for pets hurt by tainted food
CAMDEN, N.J. - A federal judge Tuesday approved a $24 million settlement for owners of dogs and cats who were sickened or died after eating pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman clears the ...