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Day: November 19, 2007

Billionaries get ag handouts

November 19, 2007

More than 50 American billionaires have received government farm handouts in recent years from a program created to help struggling small farmers survive.

In just two years, between 2003 and 2005, at least 56 of the richest people in the country have pocketed taxpayer-funded federal agriculture subsidies totaling more than $2 million, according to a Scripps Howard News Service analysis of a newly released U.S. Department of Agriculture database.

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The political view of Hispanics

November 19, 2007

Amid presidential primary races that have seen several candidates profess interest in the Hispanic community, a picture of each candidate’s commitment to reach out to Hispanic voters is emerging.

Over the past few weeks, Hispanic Link News Service submitted a series of questions to the 17 campaigns to measure their outreach efforts.

Four candidates — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican — offered full responses.

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Striking out

November 19, 2007

Six months after his nomination to be the nation’s top doc triggered fevered objections, James Holsinger just lost his best chance to finally get the job.

Holsinger, a Kentucky public-health physician who once wrote that homosexual sex is unnatural and can lead to death, has been cooling his heels since his Senate confirmation hearing in July, when he was flayed by Democrats and other gay-rights advocates for those views.

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