USDA extends mad cow testing at WSU veterinary college (The Columbian) PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -- The only mad cow testing laboratory in the Pacific Northwest will remain open for another six months, but officials insisted Wednesday it isn't because of increased fears of the chronic brain-wasting disease in the region. [News Source]

WSU mad cow testing lab to remain open (KHQ Spokane) PULLMAN, Wash. - The only mad cow testing laboratory in the Pacific Northwest will remain open for at least another six months, but officials insist it isn't because of increased fears of the chronic brain-wasting disease in the region. [News Source]

USDA extends area mad cow testing (The Spokesman-Review) PULLMAN — The only mad cow testing laboratory in the Pacific Northwest will remain open for another six months, but officials insisted today it isn’t because of increased fears of the chronic brain-wasting disease in the region. [News Source]

Creekstone ready to test its animals (Arkcity.net) Creekstone Farms Premium Beef is getting ready to test all the cattle it slaughters for mad cow disease, after a U.S. district court judge ruled that the federal government does not have the authority to regulate the test, a Creekstone official said Tuesday. [News Source]

USDA extends mad cow testing at WSU veterinary college… (KXMA-TV Dickinson) The only mad cow testing laboratory in the Pacific Northwest will remain open for at least another six months, but officials insist it isn't because of increased fears of the chronic brain-wasting disease in the region. The U-S Department of Agr [News Source]

Canada finishes probe of 9th BSE case (CIDRAP) Apr 4, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Canada recently released a report on the investigation of its ninth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, the first case of 2007. [News Source]

Texas Chainsaw Management. Spinning the revolving door between government and business as never before, the White House has handed more than 100 top environmental posts to representatives of polluting industries. [News Source]

South Korea may import U.S. bone-in beef by year’s end. South Korea could ease import rules that will allow U.S. bone-in beef to reach consumers by the end of the year, an official source said Tuesday. [News Source]

U.S Protectionist Sentiment Rising, Impacting Cross-Border Relationships (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) Michael Panzner submits: On Friday, the United States announced that it was imposing penalty tariffs on imports of Chinese coated paper. A report in Australias Herald Sun noted that that the dispute between the two nations threatens to escalate and impact American sales of Chinese steel and textiles. [News Source]