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Investigators tracing Robinson's steps have uncovered a gruesome harvest. Three large drums from a Missouri storage locker he rents were pried open. Each contained a body. Across the border, Kansas police combing farmland Robinson owns unearthed two more drums. These too contained bodies. One of those was that of Suzette Trouten, 28, a Michigan woman who met Robinson online and traveled to a Kansas motel where he promised her work. Another is thought to be Izabela Lewicka, 22, a Polish immigrant who struck up a friendship with Robinson and, possibly, Lisa Stasi, a Texas single mom whom he employed...
Throughout his career, Neil Young's musical style has swung from periods of intense electric to pensive acoustic. Young's latest album is a return to the latter. Silver & Gold picks up where Harvest Moon left off eight years ago. All of the album's ten songs are love songs, in some form, and set to a folk or country sound. For most rockers, this combination may sound silly, but for Young the effect is sweet and touching. His lyrics are direct, which sometimes works well, as on the ballad "Good to See You"-"Good to see you/Good...
Musically, Silver & Gold is subdued-not as bright as Harvest Moon, but rich in texture and a pleasure to listen to. The album is a confident attempt for Young to reach a higher personal level in his music. Although the experiment sometimes falls short, when it does succeed the results are delightful...
Corruption offers another target. PAGE notes that illegal logging accounts for half the timber harvest in Indonesia. Government officials have long looked the other way because of close financial ties to companies cutting the timber...
...land we need to grow our food. Since 1981 the amount of land around the world devoted to raising grain has fallen 7%. Increased agricultural productivity has made up for that loss, but the Green Revolution may be reaching the point of diminishing returns. In 1998 the world grain harvest declined 2% from the previous year, even as there were 1.4% more mouths to feed...