• Immigration, Keystone top first day of lame duck

    Immigration, Keystone top first day of lame duck

    Nov 13, 2014 03:45 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — A political gambit by an endangered Senate Democrat broke loose long-stalled legislation to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline as the lame-duck Congress returned to a Capitol where results of last week's GOP blowout are still sinking in. The move by Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu ...

  • How Mexican drug cartels have caused a rapid increase in lime prices, putting a squeeze on bars for Cinco de Mayo

    How Mexican drug cartels have caused a rapid increase in lime prices, putting a squeeze on bars for Cinco de Mayo

    May 05, 2014 07:29 PM EDT

    ... nearly 95 percent of its limes from Mexico, so when those damaging rains were coupled with an outbreak of a citrus-killing bacterium in the lime producing state of Colima, this year’s lime yield began to cause headaches for bar owners and tequila connoisseurs alike. Joe Hargrave, owner of ...

  • Served with high lime prices, Mexican restaurants make lemonade

    Served with high lime prices, Mexican restaurants make lemonade

    Mar 28, 2014 04:55 PM EDT

    ... Bryan Black, director of communications for the Texas Department of Agriculture, pointed to heavy rains in Mexico that have destroyed a large amount of the lime crop. “With limited supplies we are seeing lime prices skyrocket," he said Thursday. John Berry, who runs the Mexican restaurant La Fonda in San ...

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    Congress Returns to Washington to Aim For Balanced Budget in Lame-Duck Session

    Nov 13, 2012 11:22 PM EDT

    Congress Returns to Washington to Aim For Balanced Budget in Lame-Duck Session

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    Ahmadinejad Talking Tough, Walking Like a Lame Duck

    Sep 24, 2012 07:27 PM EDT

    ... Iranian diplomat present agreed Ahmadinejad seemed subdued. "It's because of what's going on back in Tehran," the diplomat said. The president is the lamest of lame ducks -- now in his last year in office, barred from seeking re-election last year, and widely believed to be on the ...

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    'Practice-Changing' Cancer Study Shows Lymph Node Surgery May Be Unnecessary

    Feb 10, 2011 12:01 AM EDT

    ... after this study was presented in June and reviewed the literature, talked about the data, and as of September 2010, we stopped removing all the lymph nodes in women who meet the criteria for this study, namely small cancers, no abnormal lymph nodes to feel, and undergoing lumpectomy and breast ...

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    Lame-Duck Congress Readies for 'Slog' on START Nuclear Treaty

    Dec 20, 2010 09:09 PM EDT

    ... you are going to see Congress move.And that's what happened. GWEN IFILL: Rich, are you surprised to see so many happening in a lame-duck session?There's been so much discussion about whether the president is moving to the middle, whether he's moving to the right ...

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    Political Checklist: Lame-Duck Congress Comes to a Close

    Dec 20, 2010 07:11 PM EDT

    DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4661qff1', 'X2HTWtzu20Y', '29'); In this week's edition of the Political Checklist, Political Editor David Chalian talks with Senior Correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about their takeaways from the final weeks of the 111th Congress - known as the lame-duck session. Over the weekend, Democrats and eight ...

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    Senate Takes Up START Debate as Clock Ticks for Lame-Duck Session

    Dec 16, 2010 11:13 PM EDT

    ... have to do is look in the mirror.That's all they have to do. JUDY WOODRUFF: The president has pushed for ratification before the lame-duck Congress comes to an end.And, late this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said they will stay in Washington for as long ...

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    Lame-Duck Senate Will Consider START Treaty

    Dec 15, 2010 09:52 PM EDT

    In the day's other top headlines, the Senate decided to consider the START nuclear treaty and at least 28 people were killed after a boat loaded with 70 refugees capsized off an Australian island.