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...bothers keeping figures, but poultry industry estimates suggest that millions of birds will be posted this year. McMurray Hatchery in Iowa alone packs 200,000 chicks a week during Easter...
...Dodd's decision to move his family to Iowa in 2007 to lay the groundwork for what would end up a short-lived presidential campaign didn't endear him to his constituents either. "How can he identify himself as D-Conn. when he lives in Iowa?" asked a Connecticut Post editorial at the time. In the Quinnipiac poll, Dodd's approval ratings came in at a dismal 41%; that makes him even less popular than Joe Lieberman, the independent junior Senator who left the Democratic Party after losing his primary race and then crossed what was left of his party...
...that striking a book deal on a crisis that he was at least partially responsible for was a good idea," Brian Walsh, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, scoffed in a statement. "A more apt title would be Thirteen Weeks: The Senate Banking Committee Chairman's Time in Iowa While the Housing Market Collapsed." After the negative reaction, Crown Publishers backpedaled, saying a final agreement had yet to be reached and adding that if and when a deal comes about, the book would be more a history of bailouts than an insider's perspective and that the proceeds would...
...California is granted a waiver, it would have far-reaching consequences as thirteen other states have already adopted California's standards and could quickly implement them. Several other states, among them Florida, Utah, Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota are considering adopting the California standard. Even Illinois, in the heart of the industrial Midwest, is considering legislation modeled on California, says David Doniger from the Natural Resources Defense Council, an advocate for the California rules. Bottom line: It could be a green stampede...
...medical schools are a new low. After the Times stories were published, Senator Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican and longtime critic of drug-company influence, fired off a letter to Pfizer chairman and CEO Jeffrey Kindler describing himself as "greatly disturbed" by the reports and accusing Pfizer of trying to "intimidate young scholars." Grassley cited the 149 Harvard professors or instructors who have received payments or benefits from Pfizer specifically and demanded a detailed accounting of all of them. He closed with a terse "I look forward to hearing from you by no later than March 10, 2009." Pfizer...