Private food standards gain favor. Amid growing fears about food safety and impatience with government response, standards set by the private sector in Europe are starting to spread to other parts of the world, including the U.S. [News Source]

More News (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin) CHINO - A local livestock market owner and a Chino dairyman are lamenting the loss of the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. slaughterhouse, a place they called an "asset to the community." [News Source]

Ostrich sushi makes the cut in Japan (Cape Argus) Care for some ostrich sushi? This could soon be a common call at some Japanese restaurants - where diners' favourites have included yakitori grilled chicken and beef bowls - as bird flu outbreaks and mad cow disease drive nervous consumers to seek an alternative meat. [News Source]

Ostrich sushi makes the cut in Japan (Pretoria News) Care for some ostrich sushi? This could soon be a common call at some Japanese restaurants - where diners' favourites have included yakitori grilled chicken and beef bowls - as bird flu outbreaks and mad cow disease drive nervous consumers to seek an alternative meat. [News Source]

Ostrich sushi makes the cut in Japan (Pretoria News) Care for some ostrich sushi? This could soon be a common call at some Japanese restaurants - where diners' favourites have included yakitori grilled chicken and beef bowls - as bird flu outbreaks and mad cow disease drive nervous consumers to seek an alternative meat. [News Source]

US stands to lose a generation of young researchers (Environmental News Network) (Washington, D.C.) — Five consecutive years of flat funding the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is deterring promising young researchers and threatening the future of Americans’ health, a group of seven preeminent academic research institutions warned today. In a new report released here, the group of concerned institutions (six research universities and a major teaching ... [News Source]

US Stands To Lose A Generation Of Young Researchers (Science Daily) Leading academic research institutions seek increased NIH funding to reverse effects that are threatening advances in medicine. They warned that if NIH does not get consistent and robust support in the future, the nation will lose a generation of young investigators to other careers and other countries and, with them, a generation of promising research that could cure disease for millions for ... [News Source]

Excerpts: ‘Windy City’ (NPR) In Windy City, several Chicago aldermen are maneuvering to succeed a mayor who died in office. Just before the selection is made, one of the contenders is caught in a sex scandal; he had sexual relations with two men on his security detail. [News Source]

US stands to lose a generation of young researchers (PhysOrg) Five consecutive years of flat funding the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is deterring promising young researchers and threatening the future of Americans` health, a group of seven preeminent academic research institutions warned today. [News Source]

The Almanac — weekly (Moldova.org) Today is Monday, March 17, the 77th day of 2008 with 289 to follow.This is St. Patrick's Day.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The evening stars are Mars and Saturn.Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. [News Source]