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Senate panel addresses concern over wheat prices

Jul. 21, 2009
A key regulator and industry executives are scheduled to appear before Congress amid concern over speculation in the wheat futures market that lawmakers say has artificially inflated prices, making it harder for farmers and grain processors to hedge against...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler