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Researchers in Qatar are trying new techniques to grow food, such as pumping carbon dioxide into greenhouses and using drip irrigation in sandy plant beds.Vegetable MarketA small desert country, Qatar imports more than 90 percent of its food and...
Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., says ignoring the cuts set to take effect under sequestration would be a mistake. Photo by Alex Wong/ Getty Images. The $85 billion cut in federal spending known as sequestration continues to migrate slowly through the...
Protestors rally for Congress to pass immigration reform in Homestead, Fla. in May. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images For the first time in nearly six years the Senate will hold a pair of votes Tuesday on a sweeping overhaul of the country's...
By Nick Corcodilos People who market themselves as "headhunters" may not always have their clients' best interests at heart. Photo courtesy of David McNew/Getty Images. Nick Corcodilos started headhunting in Silicon Valley in 1979, and...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The uproar over sweeping government surveillance has now expanded to the source of the revelations. He's defending his actions, saying the public is owed an explanation about what's been going on....
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: For more on all this, we turn to retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who was the director of national intelligence in 2009 and 2010. In that position, he oversaw the entire intelligence community, including the...