Six men charged over bucks night fracas (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) Six men have been charged over a buck's night bust-up outside a Cairns nightclub, police said. [News Source]

Charges over buck’s night fight (The Australian) SIX men have been charged over a buck's night bust-up outside a Cairns nightclub, police said. [News Source]

Surgical patients to be screened for CJD risk (Scotland on Sunday) PATIENTS undergoing surgery or endoscopic tests are to be screened for their risk of having the deadly human form of mad cow disease following a series of infection scares last year. [News Source]

Surgical patients to be screened for CJD risk (The Scotsman) PATIENTS undergoing surgery or endoscopic tests are to be screened for their risk of having the deadly human form of mad cow disease following a series of infection scares last year. [News Source]

In Ames, lab looks into leak problem. The National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, shut down its incinerator this week because the device occasionally leaked small amounts of smoke into a room occupied by workers. [News Source]

Playing to their inner world. Autism is a spectrum disorder that encompasses a wide range of severity, behavior and cognitive abilities. But generally, people with autism are captive to their own inner worlds. [News Source]

Mad cow research to continue (NZZ) One of the world's leading experts on mad cow disease tells swissinfo why the Swiss government will continue research into the disease despite its near disappearance. [News Source]

Vegging out in the Garden City (Manila Bulletin) To cater to the significant segment of the Singapore population who are vegetarians or meat–avoiders because of religious prohibitions, vegetarian meals have long been part of the regular menu or bill of fare of many restaurants and hawker stalls. [News Source]

In Ames, lab looks into leak problem (The Des Moines Register) The National Animal Disease Center in Ames, which has been cited for a range of environmental and worker-safety violations in recent months, shut... [News Source]

MINNESOTA ROUNDUP (Grand Forks Herald) Investigators looking into a single case of chronic wasting disease in a white-tailed deer in Lac qui Parle County said Thursday that the rest of the animals in the farmed herd did not have the disease. [News Source]