Planes, plows and subsidies: Denver airport harvested farm cash by renting out land for crops

September 25th, 2009 Bomb plot suspect transferred from Denver to NYCNEW YORK — A Denver airport shuttle driver accused of plotting a bomb attack in New York City on Sept. 11 is in custody in New York.

September 21st, 2009 JetBlue launching direct service JFK-St. LuciaNEW YORK — JetBlue will launch direct service to St.

September 9th, 2009 Chipotle to hike wages for some tomato workersDENVER — Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has agreed to give workers for one of its Florida suppliers an extra penny per pound of tomatoes harvested, or a 64 percent increase.

September 7th, 2009 Southwest flight makes emergency landing in TampaTAMPA, Fla. — An airline spokesman says an indicator light that warned of possible smoke aboard a Southwest Airlines flight forced the pilot to make an emergency landing in Tampa, Fla.

September 3rd, 2009 Labor Department proposes new rule on farm workersWASHINGTON — The Labor Department is taking another crack at rolling back a Bush administration regulation that made it easier for farmers to hire temporary foreign farm workers. The agency is proposing a new rule that would boost wages and increase safeguards for thousands of seasonal workers brought in each year to help farmers pick their crops.

August 20th, 2009 Man spells out marriage proposal in Ohio fieldKALIDA, Ohio — A wheat farm, large plastic letters and his dad's small plane? Jason Kahle thought it had a ring to it. He took his 23-year-old girlfriend, Aleasha Decker, up in the air Aug.

August 19th, 2009 Denver airport plans solar power for its fuel farmDENVER — Denver International Airport wants to build a $7 million solar electric-generating system to power its fuel storage and distribution system. Airport officials said Wednesday they will ask the City Council for approval to sign a contract with two companies to develop the 1.6-megawatt project on about 9 acres north of the airfield.

July 22nd, 2009 Land mine left in Colorado Goodwill donation boxARVADA, Colo. — A land mine found in a suburban Denver Goodwill donation box forced the evacuation of a strip mall.

July 17th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh government has given alternate land for a mosque demolished during the construction of the international airport at Shamshabad on the city outskirts and also promised to bear the expenses of building it. However, a Muslim political party has rejected the gesture and called for rebuilding the mosque at its original site.

July 6th, 2009 Big Western power generator plans Colo wind farmDENVER — A major regional power supplier has reached a deal to buy electricity from a new wind farm in Colorado. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association formally signed a 20-year deal on Monday to buy power from a wind farm that Duke Energy will build near Burlington in eastern Colorado.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The flow of credit to the farm sector increased to Rs.264,455 crore ($55 billion) last fiscal from Rs.254,657 crore in 2007-08, India's Economic Survey for 2008-09 released Thursday said. But agriculture growth fell sharply to 1.6 percent from 4.9 percent the year before.

June 24th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Farmers in Orissa have been told to go for short and medium duration paddy crops in upland non-irrigated areas this kharif season as there was a delay in the arrival of the monsoon, officials said Wednesday. Orissa is one of the major rice-growing states in India, with about four million hectares under paddy cultivation.

June 22nd, 2009 Wet, soggy spring hurts Colorado hay harvestILIFF, Colo. — Colorado's wet spring has helped some farmers, but it's leaving Eastern Plains hay farmers with a soggy mess.

May 6th, 2009 2 small planes crash at Florida airport, killing 2LANTANA, Fla. — Authorities say two people are dead after two small planes crashed while on the ground at an airport in south Florida.

January 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Short of funds and fearing revenue losses, India's airport operator has shelved plans to upgrade the 35 non-metro airports at the same time, and target only a few big ones among them, a government official has said. 'We are now targeting 10-12 major non-metro airports to meet the deadline,' an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said.