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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationEthanol: Blessing or bane?OSCO, Ill. - Gary Asay raises thousands of hogs in this small town near the Mississippi River, and for years he's had nothing much around him but farmland stretching in every direction.Now an ethanol plant will be opening just 25 miles to the south in Galva. Another is coming to Annawan, about 25 miles to the east, and another just 30 miles across the river in Buffalo, Iowa. The town of Fulton, 44 miles to the north, will be getting a big one, too, leaving Asay to wonder if all those factories amount to too much too soon: "Anyone who has looked into it is concerned," he says. "There are too many plants too close together." The ethanol boom is spreading money around the heartland like so much fertilizer. Billions of dollars in new government subsidies have touched off a flurry of private investment at biofuel operations across the Midwest.
Enduro title goes to the Manx masterAT the successful annual Weston Beach Race, the top 10 finishers in the solo event were: David Knight (Isle of Man); Stefan Everts (Belgium); Brad Anderson (Bishop Auckland); Steve Ramon (Belgium); Ashley Greedy (Rhondda); Arnaud Demeester (France); Nick Life (Totnes); Glen Phillips; Jamie Lewis (Abergavenny); Rob Meek (Lambley).Weston rider Rob Drinkwater came a creditable 44th on his RJD Tree Services Yamaha 250.Youth 85cc section: Jack Rowland (Doncaster); Matthew Moffat (Newton Aycliffe); Fraser Morrie (Turiff); Matt Burrows (Rugeley); Joe Jones (Birmingham); Lloyd Morgan (Tredegar); David Sweet (Leamington Spa); David Pearce (Isle of Man); Dan Thornhill (Stonehouse); Jake Millward (Sheffield).Youth 65cc section: Ben Watson (Lambley); Callan Cooper (Isle of Man); Daniel Clarke; Corie Southwood (Tonypandy); James Harrison (Romsey); Luke Cockburn (North Hylton); Danny Blair (Telford); Liam Garland; Ricky Roderick; Todd Kellett (Langport).Man Quads section: John Natalie (USA); Dana Creech (USA); Paul Winrow (Birmingham); Jason Macbeth (House Green); Richard Tordoff (Elland); David Baldwin (Bishop Auckland); Nick Selwyn (Bromsgrove); Carl Bunce (Reading); Jason Wildman (Devizes); Matt James (Stourport).Friends Provident beats forecastsBusiness Finance and city news online from Interactive Investor (www.iii.co.uk). Plus financial and currency market news and information 24/7. Stock prices, share prices, currency markets news and business finance headlines. Also news from AFX and Reuters. UK online business, currency, markets and financial news .What you need to know about the Humane SocietyMeet Nina, a 9-year-old female cat (number 0609S057) available for adoption at the Butte Humane Society. Nina is spayed and a tortie point Siamese mix — she is also a Manx, with no tail. Nina is quiet and loving, and an indoor cat. The society is located at 2579 Fair St. in Chico.(Jason Halley/Enterprise-Record) <p class='dotPhoto'>All Chico E-R photos are available <a href='http://chicoer.mycapture.com/'>here</a>.</p> .Methadone fails 97% of drug addictsA KEY government drugs policy has been exposed as a shocking failure after it emerged that giving methadone to heroin addicts has a 97% failure rate.In a damning indictment of the Scottish Executive's 'softly softly' approach to managing the heroin problem, research found that three years after receiving methadone only 3% of addicts remained totally drug-free. . |
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