Toll From Tainted Pet Food Is 14; F.D.A. Is Focusing on New Gluten (New York Times) The number of dead animals included five family pets and nine animals that died as a result of taste tests administered by the manufacturer. [News Source]

Chicago Woman Sues Over Pet Food Recall (CBS News) A Chicago woman sued Menu Foods, alleging the pet food manufacturer delayed announcing a recall of 60 million containers of dog and cat food despite knowing its products were contaminated and potentially deadly. [News Source]

Free trade pact with SKorea key to opening up trade with Asia: US (AFP via Yahoo! News) The administration of US President President George W. Bush warned Tuesday that a failure to strike a free trade agreement with South Korea could damage US relations with East Asia. [News Source]

Woman Sues Over Pet Food Recall (San Francisco Chronicle) [News Source]

Pet Death Toll Rises in Tainted Food Recall (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) TUESDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- The official pet death toll inched up Tuesday as U.S. health officials continued to look for the contamination source that spurred a massive recall of moist dog and cat food involving some of the top brand names. [News Source]

Woman with sick cat sues over pet food (AP via Yahoo! News) A Chicago woman sued Menu Foods on Tuesday, alleging the pet food manufacturer delayed announcing a recall of 60 million containers of dog and cat food despite knowing its products were contaminated and potentially deadly. [News Source]

U.S. must push Korea harder in trade deal-Congress (Reuters via Yahoo! News) U.S. negotiators must secure greater market access for U.S. automobiles, rice and beef in South Korea before Congress will accept a trade deal between the two countries, lawmakers warned on Tuesday. [News Source]

NMPF opposes opening Canadian border to breeding animals (AG Weekly) ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Milk Producers Federation, in comments submitted Friday (March 9) to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is opposing the resumption of cattle exports from Canada for breeding or herd replacement purposes. [News Source]

PS3 Update Bolsters Stanford Research Efforts (TechNewsWorld.com) A new software update for Sony's PlayStation 3 consoles includes Bluetooth support, enhanced downloading and the ability to help a Stanford University distributed-computing program hoping to cure protein-related diseases. Dubbed "Firmware 1.60," the upgrade can be installed directly to Internet-connected PS3 consoles. [News Source]

Virginia deer herd shows no signs of chronic wasting disease. There's no guarantee that Virginia's deer herd is free of chronic wasting disease, but results from the latest round of sampling are certainly encouraging. [News Source]