The Blood Donor (The Sentinel) Prodding Ardis Featherman’s arm with her finger, Megan Bettinger looks for that perfect vein n the one that will yield a pint of blood quickly and with little discomfort to the woman in front of her. [News Source]

Swiss fret over sausages (The Monterey County Herald) BERN, Switzerland — Amid the news of global warming and huge losses at UBS, the country's largest bank, the Swiss were confronted this winter with an even more dire report: the possible extinction of cervelas, the national sausage. [News Source]

Lovers of Swiss sausage fret over how to save their skin (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune) BERN, Switzerland -- Amid the news of global warming and huge losses at UBS, the country's largest bank, the Swiss were confronted this winter with an even more dire report: the possible extinction of cervelas, the national sausage. [News Source]

Schools scramble to find questionable meat (Los Angeles Times) Many districts have stopped serving ground beef products in response to allegations that a packing house used 'downer' cattle. Leave no patty unturned, no meatball overlooked. [News Source]

Local groups given possibly tainted meat (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) Revelations of what an animal rights group described as “torture” of sick cows at a slaughterhouse in California is having repercussions locally. [News Source]

More elk are headed to Sunquist (Knoxville News Sentinel) For the better part of a week, Terry Lewis was living the life of a poacher. [News Source]

Quiz Bowl XXX (Kinston Free Press) Are you ready for the big game? Although there was no half-time show, competition was in the air as students went head-to-head in a clash of wits Saturday at the Public Library’s 2008 Quiz Bowl. The event marked the 30th anniversary of the competition. [News Source]