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Responding to livestock owners' concerns, Washington state's Department of Revenue on Friday, Nov. 14, sent a request to all county assessors in the state, asking them to delay enforcement or collection actions pertaining to open-space taxation on actively farmed land.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - California fish and wildlife managers approved major new restrictions on water pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to protect a native fish, triggering protests from farmers and cities reeling already from water shortages.

WASHINGTON (AP) - president-elect Barack Obama will have limited authority to overturn federal regulations approved in the waning months of the Bush administration. But a little-used power offers the new Democratic Congress an early test of how aggressively lawmakers might unravel such rules pushed through by Republicans.

In addition to being associated with increased risk of heart attack, elevated nonfasting levels of triglycerides appear to be associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke, according to a study released on november 12, 2008 in JAMA. Elevated levels of nonfasting triglycerides indicate that remnant lipoproteins, which remain after metabolism and storage, are present.

HAVANA (AP) -- A U.S.-Cuba trade group says the island has spent a record $536 million for American agriculture goods through the third quarter, already surpassing all annual amounts since 2001.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A wind-blasted wildfire tore through Los Angeles' northern foothills Saturday, devastating a large mobile home park, forcing a hospital to evacuate some patients and sending thousands of residents fleeing for safety.

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A stampede of opposition is growing over a proposal by the U.S. Bureau of Land management to kill or allow unrestricted sale of wild horses captured from western public land because of budget constraints.