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• People who want to volunteer can sign up through the Farm Rescue website. People also can sponsor a volunteer, paying for their lodging and meal expenses, Gross said.
• "We're not a social club -- volunteers are working hard, working long hours," he said. "The money is well spent."
• Farm Rescue is operating on a cash budget of between $400,000 and $450,000 this year, down slightly from last year.
• The organization also gets between $200,000 and $250,000 worth of in-kind contributions, such as free use of farm equipment, each year. The Farm Rescue Foundation, a separate nonprofit launched last year to provide specialized, non-medical equipment to farmers overcoming physical challenges, has a budget of about $65,000 this year. That should be enough to help six farmers, two more than last year, Gross said.
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AP News in Brief
Ukraine: Legislature votes to hand presidential powers to parliament speaker
• KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's newly emboldened legislature has voted to hand the president's powers to the parliament speaker.
• The legitimacy of Sunday's vote is unclear. President Viktor Yanukovych has said that a flurry of parliament decisions in recent days are illegal.
• The Verhovna Rada voted overwhelmingly to temporarily hand the president's powers to speaker Turchinov.
• Oleksandr Turchinov is a close ally of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the president's main foe.
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As allies fell to US-Mexican operations, noose closed on most-wanted drug lord 'El Chapo'
• MAZATLAN, Mexico (AP) -- For 13 years Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman watched from the rugged mountains of western Mexico as authorities captured or killed the leaders of every group that challenged his Sinaloa cartel's spot at the top of global drug trafficking.
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