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D.C. meetings examine barriers to rural broadband, proposed policy for universal Internet access'); document.write('
Obama: Through Thanksgiving, it\'s Farm-City Week'); document.write('
More states may OK raw-milk sales to help dairies, but FDA may ban sale of aged raw-milk cheese'); document.write('
Top ethanol maker says it has cut cost of cellulosic product to the verge of commercial production'); document.write('
Students in 18 Appalachian Kentucky counties to get education in entrepreneurship'); document.write('
Report says biotech crops increase use of herbicides'); document.write('
Bank: Clean coal would help West more than East'); document.write('
Appalachia, Black Belt highest in diabetes, obesity; CDC has first national, county-by-county maps'); document.write('
Physicians say coal waging assault on human health'); document.write('
University of Kentucky is going tobacco-free today'); document.write('
Last year, clean-coal group spent almost $40 million on lobbying, broadly defined (including TV spots)'); document.write('
Rural superintendents tell education secretary his plans for poor schools may not fit their districts'); document.write('
Feds vow tougher strip-mine inspections'); document.write('
Experts say broadband makes local less important, so rural papers should boost identity online'); document.write('
AP layoffs underway; hit at least one state capital'); document.write('
Democrats say climate bill won\'t pass this year'); document.write('
EPA to tighten rules on sulfur dioxide emissions'); document.write('
Fired official says he lost job for blocking Ky. mine permits for land without right of legal entry'); document.write('
Most-viewed stories on The Rural Blog last week'); document.write('
Ariz. journalist shows how to localize budget cuts'); document.write('