Life’s a bitch, and so are all the anti-Hillary slogans (Salon.com) Creative ways to smear Hillary Clinton hit new highs, lows. [News Source]

Alzheimers Research Target May Be a Dead End (MedicineNet.com) Title: Alzheimers Research Target May Be a Dead End Category: Health News Created: 1/28/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/28/2008 [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]

Teed Off (Việt Nam News) There’s an old saying that "insanity is hereditary – you get it from your children", but for expats working in Viet Nam, there are many other possible causes to consider and if you’re a club manager the possibilities are truly endless. [News Source]

Ex-University of Florida vet in center of cloning furor. The FDA's approval of cloned milk and meat has drawn the ire of many: Consumer groups have vowed to sue, while the European Union's ethics advisers are decrying harm they say cloning poses to surrogate animals. [News Source]

granma.cu -Lula (Granma Internacional) Havana. January 28, 2008 [News Source]

Patience is a virtue (Inside Bay Area) AL'S PASSION for the Raiders and his timeline for success disrupts the ability to build a great team. [News Source]

Help needed to prevent rural suicides: researcher (CTV.ca) Canadian farmers and ranchers, beset for decades with disasters from drought to mad cow disease, appear to be suffering more than just financially. [News Source]

Ex-prof at UF sinks his teeth into food safety (Miami Herald) Stephen Sundlof speaks in a friendly monotone that you would expect from a veterinarian giving your dog an exam. That's why his old colleagues at the University of Florida vet school are so amused. The Food and Drug Administration this month handed the mild-mannered veterinarian the top job at its Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. [News Source]

Funding To Explore Controversial Theory Of Alzheimer’s Origin (Medical News Today) Dr. Shaohua Xu, Florida Tech associate professor of biological sciences, has an original theory of the origin of Alzheimer's Disease and has earned a $150,000 grant from Space Florida to test it. The grant was matched with $30,000 from NASA's Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Health Branch. [News Source]