Rockland AM Report (The Journal News) A Bronx man was charged with driving while intoxicated around 3:45 a.m. Saturday. Dwight Spence, 26, was stopped after he was seen driving at a high rate of speed on Route 59 in West Nyack, the county Sheriff's Department reported. [News Source]

Ethical dilemma as scientists reveal vCJD test ‘could be available in 18 months’ (Daily Mail) A test to identify carriers of the human form of mad cow disease could be available within 18 months, raising the ethical dilemma of offering people a test for an untreatable disease. [News Source]

Richard Laermer: It’s The Bad News Bores: Celebratory Nature of News (HuffingtonPost) Welcome to news observation as a sport. It's based on how often and how fast we can celebrate (typically bad) news with each other, and we all want to win as often as possible. [News Source]

Blood test for vCJD ‘unrealistic’ (BBC News) Screening donor blood for the human form of mad cow disease is unrealistic and would scare away donors, government advisors say. [News Source]

Blood test for vCJD ‘unrealistic’ (BBC News) Screening donor blood for the human form of mad cow disease is unrealistic and would scare away donors, government advisors say. [News Source]

French Left: From the fringe to vindication (AP via Yahoo! Finance) As printing presses churn out revolutionary leaflets, one of France's most popular leftist politicians says plunging stocks, frozen credit markets and bank failures are signs the world economic system is rotten -- and needs to be overthrown. [News Source]

Nelson Urges Administration To Ratchet Up Efforts To Open Markets To U.S. Beef (Yankton Press & Dakotan) Nebraska’s Sen. Ben Nelson today called on the Administration to ratchet up its efforts to re-open important foreign markets for U.S. beef in light of a new report from the International Trade Commission (ITC). The report shows that U.S. beef producers lost nearly $11 billion between 2004 and 2007 due to barriers on U.S. beef exports not warranted under the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) ... [News Source]

Nelson Urges Administration To Ratchet Up Efforts To Open Markets To U.S. Beef (Yankton Press & Dakotan) Nebraska’s Sen. Ben Nelson today called on the Administration to ratchet up its efforts to re-open important foreign markets for U.S. beef in light of a new report from the International Trade Commission (ITC). The report shows that U.S. beef producers lost nearly $11 billion between 2004 and 2007 due to barriers on U.S. beef exports not warranted under the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) ... [News Source]

Rockland AM Report (The Journal News) A Bronx man was charged with driving while intoxicated around 3:45 a.m. Saturday. Dwight Spence, 26, was stopped after he was seen driving at a high rate of speed on Route 59 in West Nyack, the county Sheriff's Department reported. [News Source]

Grant benefits local wool purchaser (The San Angelo Standard-Times) Bollman Industries, with offices in San Angelo, is one of nine recipients being funded by the American Sheep and Goat Center headquartered in Denver, said Paul Lewis, ASGC board chairman. [News Source]