The crop is salicornia. It is nourished by seawater flowing from a man-made canal. And if you believe the American who is farming it, this incongruous swath of green has the potential to feed the world, fuel our vehicles and slow global warming.

Overnight, some industries would become desperate for workers. The biggest beneficiaries would be low-skilled American workers. The big losers might surprise you.

Fake meat, unchicken, a mock chicken product will now be offered at KFC's Canadian outposts. That's right: America's favorite source for buckets of finger-lickin' good will now come with a vegan option up north.

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Eight companies -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips Co., Bank ƒƒof America Corp., AT&T, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Microsoft Corp. -- would each receive over $1 billion a year.

The expiration of patents on top moneymaking drugs is expected to reduce the top drug companies' profits to a 40 year low of $67 billion between 2007 and 2012, or by half of those companies' combined 2007 sales in the US.

in February, Barack Obama met with students at University of Texas-Pan American. "Just be careful about those credit cards, all right? Don't eat out as much," he said. After the foreclosure crisis, he warned, "the credit cards are next in line."

<p>Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. will pay $64,400 to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of withholding severance pay to force a longtime employee to withdraw a discrimination charge.</p>

<p>US consumer confidence reached its lowest level in almost three decades amid soaring gas prices, falling real incomes, and rising unemployment.</p>

The U.S. government's national debt is growing by almost $1 million per minute, or $1.4 billion per day. Merely paying the interest on what this debt has become is anticipated to place an increasing strain on public programs.