They even bend TV’s laws (Calendarlive.com) * 'Boston Legal' attorneys speak of their lives as television characters in what's called breaking the fourth wall. Timing is everything. "Cue the music," says the affable mad-cow-deranged legal eagle Denny Crane in the opening of tonight's episode of "Boston Legal." [News Source]

Terrorists could target the food supply. From the time food is grown on the farm until it reaches your table, it is at risk for tampering — and the government believes terrorists may well try to make food a weapon. [News Source]

TWO BELGIANS JAILED IN FRANCE FOR ILLEGAL TRADE IN BRITISH BEEF (The Tocqueville Connection) PARIS, Sept 25, 2006 (AFP) - A Paris court Monday handed jail sentences to two Belgians for illegal trade in British beef exports while these were subject to an embargo because of mad-cow disease during the 1990s. [News Source]

PlayStation’s serious side: Fighting disease (Financial Express) Kids aiming to persuade their parents to buy the PlayStation 3 have some new ammunition -- donating their PS3's down time to researchers could help cure Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or mad cow disease. [News Source]

Abe signals policies in filling key party posts (International Herald Tribune) Japan's presumed next prime minister appointed a fiscal conservative and a hawkish cabinet member to top governing party posts Monday. [News Source]

BSE likely came from feed (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA (AP) -- An Alberta, Canada, dairy cow that was diagnosed last month with BSE (mad-cow disease) probably contracted the disease from contaminated feed, federal regulators said. [News Source]

Tough-talking Nakagawa to policy for Japan’s ruling party (AFP via Yahoo! News) Shoichi Nakagawa, who was given a top post crafting policy for Japan's ruling party, is a tough-talking hawk who has become the country's face overseas in trade talks. [News Source]