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Sunlight streams into a corn storage building at a Michlig Grain storage facility in Sheffield, Illinois, U.S., on Oct. 31, 2014. The price of corn has been falling for months.

National

Why Farmers Aren't Cheering This Year's Monster Harvest

6:32pm November 04, 2014

by Grant Gerlock

Farmers will haul in a record-breaking harvest of soybeans and corn this year, but they could be victims of their own success: Prices for these crops, falling for months, are at five-year lows.

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Iraqi Yazidi women who fled the violence in the northern Iraq take shelter in the city of Dohuk on Aug. 5. The Yazidis, are a small community that follows an ancient faith and have been repeatedly targeted by jihadists. Yazidi leaders say several thousand

World News

Iraq's Yazidis Appeal For Help In Finding Their Missing Women

6:32pm November 04, 2014

by Michele Kelemen

U.S. airstrikes helped save thousands from the Yazidi community in northern Iraq in August. But the group says the Islamic State has seized many Yazidi women and is selling them as sex slaves.

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Ray Gerrish repairs a drilling rig near Watford City, N.D. Oil industry analysts predict that oil prices will have to remain low for at least several months before having a significant effect on U.S. production.

It's Still Too Early For Tanking Oil Prices To Curb U.S. Drilling

6:32pm November 04, 2014

by John Ydstie

The U.S. is now the world's largest oil producer, and some worry that falling prices could mean an industry slowdown. But with production costs also falling, drillers are unlikely to cut back soon.

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Harvard evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman has studied the evolution of running.

What Makes Kenya's Marathon Runners The World's Best?

5:57pm November 04, 2014

by Mary Brophy Marcus

Kenyan distance runners won both the men's and women's divisions of Sunday's New York City Marathon. A Harvard evolutionary biologist suggests some possible reasons why.

Still from the 'organic' McDonald's prank.

How 'Foodies' Were Duped Into Thinking McDonald's Was High-End Food

5:54pm November 04, 2014

by Maria Godoy

A viral video shows people lauding fare billed as an "organic" fast-food option that was actually McDonald's. It wasn't just pranksters playing tricks on these poor folks, but maybe their brains, too.

This gladiator tombstone was excavated in a cemetery for these ancient power athletes in what was once Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey.

Gladiator Gatorade? Ancient Athletes Had A Recovery Drink, Too

5:54pm November 04, 2014

by Maria Godoy

Gladiators guzzled a drink made from plant ash to help their bodies recover after a hard day of sword fighting, according to Roman accounts. New tests of old bones back up that idea.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton campaigned for Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown (right) in October. President Obama and Michelle Obama have also campaigned in the state. This level of Democratic star power so late in the

Politics & Government

Sleeper Maryland Race Could Be Tuesday's Biggest Upset

5:31pm November 04, 2014

by Brakkton Booker

The governor's race in one of the bluest states in the nation has gotten uncomfortably tight.

That 'I'm A Voter' App At The Top Of Your Newsfeed Actually Makes A Difference

4:39pm November 04, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

No, really. Some serious scientists collaborated with Facebook in 2010 and found that the app added 340,000 additional voters that election cycle.

Aside from this little guy, there are 1,999,999 more rats in New York City, according to a new study. That's still significantly less than tales of 8 million.

National

Rats! New York City's Population Might Be Seriously Overestimated

4:26pm November 04, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

If one urban legend is to be believed, there are as many rats as people — 8 million. Statistician Jonathan Auerbach decided to test that idea.

Vikings' Adrian Peterson Pleads No Contest In Child Abuse Case

3:43pm November 04, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The star running back avoided jail time after being indicted in September for using a wooden switch to punish his 4-year-old son. The case reignited the debate over corporal punishment in the U.S.