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GOOD MORNING Dow closes above 16,000 for first time NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 16,000 for the first time Thursday as the blue-chip index races toward its best year in a decade. The Dow has been on fire lately, propelled higher by a combination of solid corporate earnings, a steadily strengthening economy and easy-money policies from the Federal Reserve. Since the start of the year, the Dow is up 22 percent and has now topped three 1,000 point milestones in 10 months. It eclipsed 14,000 in February and 15,000 in May. If it holds onto its gains, it would notch its strongest performance since 2003. “The market has come a long way,” said Dan Seiver, an economist at San Diego State University. “It’s a sign of just how far financial markets have recovered.” The Dow has more than tripled since its bear market low in March 2009.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats eased the way for swift approval of President Barack Obama’s current and future nominees on Thursday, voting unilaterally to overturn decades of Senate precedent and undermine Republicans’ ability to block final votes. The 52-48 vote to undercut venerable filibuster rules on presidential appointees capped more than a decade of struggle in which presidents of both parties complained about delays in confirming appointees, particularly to the federal courts. At the White House, Obama applauded the vote. He said Republicans had used delaying tactics “as a reckless and relentless tool to grind all business to a halt.”
DALLAS (AP) — Loose gatherings of the curious and conspiracy-minded at Dallas’ Dealey Plaza have marked past anniversaries of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, featuring everything from makeshift memorials to marching drummers to discussions about who else might have been in on the killing. But in the place where the president’s motorcade passed through and shots rang out on Nov. 22, 1963, a solemn ceremony on the 50th anniversary of his death designed to avoid such distractions will include brief remarks by the mayor and the
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The eternal flame burns atop at the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday. Today marks the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas.
DeKalb students shine in ag competitions
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WATERLOO — Students from DeKalb High School won an area crop science contest hosted by Purdue University on Nov. 11. The winning team of Shelby Tucker, Lake Evans, Hunter Fisher and Rachel Haynes had to identify more than 70 different types of plants and diseases. They also answered questions on various agronomic situations. The team will compete for the state title Dec. 14. Individually, Tucker won the contest, and Haynes finished third, with Fisher fifth and Evans sixth overall. Also advancing to the state finals is a crop science team of Chase Hefty Taylor, Landon LaRowe and Allie Gaff. A DeKalb entomology team of Ellen Shearer, LeAnna Shearer and Kylee Stout also advanced to the state entomology contest. LeAnna Shearer placed third overall an individual, and Ellen Shearer placed fifth. Competing, but not advancing to state, were Brooke Snyder, Logan Worman, Tyler Foster, Hannah Lewis, Natasha DePew, Tucker Heffley and Lucas Pomeroy. DeKalb FFA went to Louisville, Ky., Oct. 29 through Nov. 1 for the national FFA convention. DeKalb member Leah Hefty placed seventh in the nation with her agriscience project, which qualified her for a gold placing. The agriscience competition is similar to a science fair, said Matthew T. Dice, DeKalb’s agriculture science and business instructor.
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DeKalb High School’s team won an area crop science contest at Purdue Univer-
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Students can use the same project in both areas. The agriscience research must be agriculture-related and requires a very intensive supportive notebook.
Hefty’s project involved using local pond algae to produce algae oil and livestock feed. She was coached by Dice and Susan Zuber, biology instructor at DeKalb High School.
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