VA chief offers family apology (The Washington Times) The secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs has apologized to the family of an Army veteran who died last year after being turned away from a Bronx VA hospital after he refused to participate in an Alzheimer's disease study. [News Source]

Oil, Wars, The Economy And Now “After The Olympics”? | Richard J. Welch CHA, CHME (Hospitality Net) Recently business has been beset by the Economy, 911, Job Loss, Oil, the continued war in Iraq, alarming new diseases, e-commerce discounting and even our old friend “Mad Cow” disease came back (Who names these things?). [News Source]

Sick deer in captivity in Kent County prompts quarantine (Detroit Free Press) A whitetail deer at a captive facility in Kent County has been confirmed to have chronic wasting disease. The fatal illness in its latter stages has symptoms similar to mad cow disease but affects only cervids like moose, elk and deer, state officials said Monday. [News Source]

Former Chino slaughterhouse worker to testify against managers (The Press-Enterprise) The attorney for a former slaughterhouse worker at the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. said his client has agreed to testify against company managers in exchange for as little as seven months of house arrest for prodding downer cows. [News Source]

Former Chino slaughterhouse worker to testify against managers (The Press-Enterprise) The attorney for a former slaughterhouse worker at the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. said his client has agreed to testify against company managers in exchange for as little as seven months of house arrest for prodding downer cows. [News Source]