Dear Carol: I read your article on irises in Stars magazine June 22, but have a question. We have had the iris borer problem. I have heard of a formula of water plus laundry bleach that is supposed to help or cure the problem. We love our irises but this has been a real problem. I intend to lift and replant in July. - B.G., via e-mail.
Dear B.G.: There are a great many "home remedy" alte...
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Rich nations must not abandon action to tackle climate change and world poverty in the face of the credit crunch, Gordon Brown has warned fellow G8 leaders.
Amid campaigners' fears next week's summit in Japan could see previous pledges on aid and global warming scaled back, the Prime Minister said they should in fact be accelerated.
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A company spokesman said Saturday that grain-based wet cake was a rich source of protein and fibre, and was proving to be a major constituent of cattle feed for the locals. Cattle feed mixed with wet cake increases the production of milk by up to 10 percent, he added.
'The protein and fibre contained in the cake can be easily digested by the cattle. The cake being a residue of the fermen...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Senator Dick Durbin says Republicans are putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts.
In the party's weekly radio address, he called on GOP lawmakers to back the bill to stave off a 10.6% cut in Medicare payments to doctors.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Thomas Amschwand was dying of cancer, so he did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer.
But Spherion Corporation, where Amschwand worked, told his widow Melissa Amschwand-Bellinger that she wouldn't receive any of the $426,000 in benefits she believed she was due. When she went to court, Spheri...
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SEOUL (AFP) — Tens of thousands of South Koreans marched through the streets here Saturday demanding the scrapping of US beef imports and the resignation of President Lee Myung-Bak, witnesses said.
Waving flags and banners, the thronging crowd slowly snaked through the city centre chanting "Lee Myung-Bak out!," but there was none of the violent clashes with police that have broken ...
PARIS (AFP) — Former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt said she had been given a clean bill of health on Saturday after a series of medical tests at a Paris military hospital.
"The doctors showered me with good news. I have had a number of concerns all these years. Now, I'm totally happy," she told France 3.
The 46-year-old former hostage, who was freed on Wednesday, spent...
A newly formed county committee charged with coordinating millions of dollars in required levee repairs was told it had to act fast and get the basic funding framework in place before next month.
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Tyson Gay accelerated through the first curve. Then, he started flying.
Not in the figurative sense, but in an all-too-real way — a shocking sprawl to the ground that cost America's best sprinter an Olympic spot in the 200 meters and made him look like less than a sure thing, health-wise at least, with the Beijing Games five weeks away.
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EUGENE, Ore. - Tyson Gay accelerated through the first curve. Then, he started flying.
Not in the figurative sense, but in an all-too-real way _ a shocking sprawl to the ground that cost him an Olympic spot in the 200 meters and made him look like less than a sure thing, health-wise at least, with the Beijing Games five weeks away.
Gay suffered what his manager called a severe cramp...
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News National News National General Fishermen found clinging to esky GEORGIA WATERS AND MELISSA SINGER 6/07/2008 7:56:01 AMTHREE young fishing mates rescued off the central Queensland coast yesterday had spent a night clinging to an esky after their boat sank.
Ryan Hiscox, boat owner Tony Minns an...