Beware the black ice (The News Journal) Everyone in Spark has already either slipped on the sidewalk or slipped on the road. Be careful out there. [News Source]

Opening border heightens disease risk to U.S. cattle, consumers (AG Weekly) USDA’s mandate is to prevent BSE from entering the United States, but the first thing the agency said (when announcing) this rule is designed to normalize cattle trade with Canada. [News Source]

Reuters Oddly Enough Summary (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) Border guards foil parrot smuggler [News Source]

Blending with the Brits (Cavalier Daily Online) London is really cold. The weather in London is terrible. London is so expensive. You will get mad cow disease if you eat the meat. These are just a few of the frankly horrifying stereotypes of London I heard before leaving for my semester abroad. [News Source]

Bailey Stephens (Cavalier Daily Online) I did it! I'm finally in London! My excitement may seem a little overenthusiastic, but trust me, you would have jumped up and down like a six-year-old on Christmas morning when you arrived too -- not... [News Source]

Premise registration continues on plan (Iowa Farmer) Editor’s note: On Nov.. 22, the Bush administration pledged not to make a planned National Animal Identification System mandatory. However, that has not derailed movement toward a voluntary tracking system. [News Source]