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Newtechbio, Inc. announced today that it has expanded its product offering line with the addition of WHITECAP SC herbicide with Fluridone for the control of aquatic weeds in fresh water ponds, lakes, reservoirs, potable water sources, drainage canals and irrigation canals.

BOISE, Idaho (AP)-- Hundreds of mining claims deep in Idaho's Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness are now in public hands, a move officials say will protect drainages where salmon return annually while keeping a winding dirt road open for the curious to explore ramshackle cabins and other mining artifacts brought in by prospectors a century ago.

WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) -- Corn cobs have long been used as a fuel, helping Minnesotans warm their houses or heat up an oven to bake bread.

JACKSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) -- Between Bellinger Lane and the Old Jacksonville Highway the plantings look like another attempt to whelp yet another crop of wine grapes. But instead, the former orchard land is the beginning of a new Rogue Valley farming venture.