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Nonetheless, worries about what ravages the disease could bring to U.S. soil are heightening as experts consider the enormous changes in agriculture since the last U.S. case in 1929. Get the full story. Mud slinging endures as a favorite sport in the nation's capital, with national parties' opposition research machines still going strong and thwarting any talk of restoring civility to the political process.