Farmers plant a warm-season perennial grass and fallow the field for two years, improving soil quality and water-holding capacity.

FORBES: New Technology Reduces Agricultural Water Consumption

"Now in its third year, the Federal Reserve's review of capital plans provides a regular, structured, and comparative way to promote and assess the capacity of large bank holding companies to understand and manage their capital positions, with particular emphasis on risk-measurement practices, " Federal Reserve governor Daniel Tarullo said.

BBC: Federal Reserve approves most bank capital plans

Helping both buyers and sellers of big data solutions is the squeezing of more data into less space and Toshiba has announced this week its largest capacity disk drive to date, capable of holding four terabytes.

FORBES: Big Data News of the Week: Lady Gaga Takes on FAGA

Compared with Connecticut's legislation, which, for example, bans the sale or purchase of ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds, New York restricted magazines to seven bullets and gave owners of higher-capacity magazines a year to sell them elsewhere.

WSJ: Connecticut Lawmakers Pass Wide-Ranging Gun-Control Bill

It said a 2, 000-capacity super prison would be built to replace those closing, along with four smaller ones, each holding about 400 inmates.

BBC: HMP Shrewsbury prisoners transferred ahead of closure