‘Escape goats’ and ‘laxative enforcement policies’: Student howlers in age of ‘dumbed down’ degrees (Daily Mail) University students have received a very public ticking-off from dons who published their exam blunders. They included bungled references to 'laxative enforcement policies' and 'escape goats'. [News Source]

Spain probes possible fourth human case of mad cow disease. Spanish health authorities said Wednesday they were looking into the possibility that a woman who died last week at a hospital in Leon suffered from the human variant of mad cow disease. [News Source]

USDA unveils ban on using disabled cattle in food (CIDRAP) Aug 27, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Following up on a May announcement, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published a proposed rule to ban any use of disabled cattle for food. [News Source]

Mexico says “no mas” to Canadian beef (Cochrane Times) Recently the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed another case of mad cow disease in Alberta. As a result it’s been reported that Mexico has shut its borders to Alberta beef. [News Source]

Herd infected with Chronic Wasting Disease ‘depopulated’ (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids) Herd infected with Chronic Wasting Disease 'depopulated' [News Source]

Lopez: Vegetarian flavors from Europe (Midland Daily News)     Last month, I wrote a bit about a vegetarian dish I had prepared for a going-away party. Over the years, I have come across more and more people who have either chosen to eat less meat or to eat none at all. [News Source]

Spain probes possible fourth human case of mad cow disease (TODAYonline) A chef cooks beef. Spanish health authorities have said they were looking into the possibility that a woman who died last week at a hospital in Leon suffered from the human variant of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Spain probes possible fourth human case of mad cow disease (AFP via Yahoo! News) Spanish health authorities said Wednesday they were looking into the possibility that a woman who died last week at a hospital in Leon suffered from the human variant of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Spanish woman and son could be first relatives to die of BSE (EARTHtimes.org) Madrid - The Spanish health authorities are investigating the death of a woman whose son died earlier of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), the human variant of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease, experts said Wednesday in Madrid... [News Source]

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-27 09:39 POLL-S.Korea July output growth seen at 3-mth high (Interactive Investor) SEOUL, Aug 27 (Reuters) - South Korea's industrial output growth in July probably hit a three-month high due to solid exports and as firms rushed to catch up with orders that had been held back in June by strikes and protests, a Reuters poll showed. [News Source]