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West Virginia poultry farmer Lois Alt didn't chicken out when the Environmental Protection Agency threatened her with fines of $40,000 per day, and even though the federal regulators eventually backed off, she's taking them on in a legal case that could benefit thousands of small farmers.Alt, who owns the small Eight is Enough poultry farm in the town of Old Fields, was hit with the fines after EPA officials claimed high levels of nitrogen in her chickens' waste were fouling waterways. She fought back by filing a lawsuit of her own in federal court of the Northern District of West Virginia, and although the EPA dropped the fines, a judge has kept the case on the docket. Alt's lawyers argue the EPA is wrong to deny small operations like hers the Clean Water Act's statutory exemption for "agricultural stormwater," which big farms get and believe the massive agency has to change its rules - and use better science."[T]his Court's ultimate decision on the merits will benefit all parties, in...
Full-frontal nudity on prime-time TV on the rise? Reaction from Carrie Keagan, Tom Shillue and Chris Barron
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Husband-and-wife attorneys Greg and Gina Shugar quit their jobs to start Tie Bar in 2004 to create a better, cheaper necktie. The result? Find out on the latest episode of Cool Runnings
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, (R-Mich.), says legitimate candidates are being left out of Republican debates.
There's a familiar adage that recognizing you have a problem is the first step toward recovery. And Hollywood certainly has a problem with discrimination against con...
Every year on Father's Day I watch the movie, " To Kill a Mockingbird ." As a young dad it was an agonizing exercise. The character Atticus Finch, played by Gregory ...
'Jon & Kate' to announce divorce?
Kardashian says body on magazine not hers!
President Obama flip-flops on reconciliation
Marie Osmond on taking responsibility for your kids' education
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:Pinch HitterAnother brushback pitch against embattled New York Governor David Paterson. Already behind in the co...
Rich Ellerson is sponsoring a cadet from Slovenia at West Point, and Thanksgiving only validated what Army's second-year coach has long known."His family came to vis...
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Obama accepts the presidential nomination
The New York Post’s Michael Riedel on the upcoming season of “Smash” and what’s happening on the “Great White Way”.
Debate over ethical implications of multiple births
Are cash-strapped Californians footing bill for octuplet mom?
Will 'Jon & Kate' be forced to honor network contract?
Michael Moynihan, Patti Ann Browne, Joe DeVito on Todd Akin's decision to continue Senate race