Morning Scan: Farming Fiesta, Targeting Cyber-Security

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Farm Bill's Feast and Famine: In a rare bout of bipartisan unity, the U.S. Senate passed a farm bill that provides a cornucopia of goodies to the well-heeled and well-connectedÂ--including bankersÂ--but a lump of coal for the poor. The long-stalled bill, which represents nearly $1 trillion in spending over the next decade, passed 68 to 32. At 949 pages, it expanded crop insurance for farmers by $7 billion over 10 years and...