An urgent hunt for Idaho’s escaped elk. Officials fear that about 100 selectively bred elk from a commercial game farm that escaped could spread disease and introduce genetic defects among wild Rocky Mountain elk. They are more likely to have chronic wasting disease, similar to mad cow disease. [News Source]

So where’s the beef? Japan is set to import 15,000 tons of U.S. beef in 2006, just a fraction of what it bought before a two-year hiatus spurred by a scare over mad cow disease. [News Source]

Review: Grisly ‘Sweeney Todd’ sinfully entertaining (Florida Today) Mad Cow stuns with provocative production of "Sweeney Todd." [News Source]