Farm raided; 400 animals seized. Tuesday a man was accused of violating a county ''sanitary nuisance'' ordinance. Investigators suspect he was killing animals in an unlicensed slaughterhouse and selling contaminated meat. [News Source]

Farm raided; 400 animals seized (Miami Herald) Some 400 barnyard animals from a 10-acre Southwest Miami-Dade County farm are headed to safety -- instead of the dinner table -- after multiple state, local and nonprofit agencies came to their rescue. [News Source]

Congressional Election, 5th District (Manhasset Press) Congressman Gary Ackerman, serving his 13th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, is running for re-election as the Democrat candidate. [News Source]

Israeli Company Barcodes Your Beef For Safety (Medical News Today) The idea started in Israel, where animal theft has become a major concern. Hundreds of beef cows worth $2,000 a head are being stolen a year, and in most cases smuggled across the green line to the Palestinian Authority. [News Source]

Media Advisory: U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins Discusses the Canada-U.S. Relationship at “Ca se discute: Fraser @ … (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) MONTREAL, QUEBEC-- - One week before the U.S. presidential election, David H. Wilkins, US ambassador to Canada, will be in Montreal to speak about the election's implications for Canada on Tuesday, October 28 as part of the Fraser Institute's 2008 cocktail speakers' series, Ca se discute: Fraser @ Ferreira. [News Source]

Farm raided; 400 animals seized (Miami Herald) Some 400 barnyard animals from a 10-acre Southwest Miami-Dade County farm are headed to safety -- instead of the dinner table -- after multiple state, local and nonprofit agencies came to their rescue. [News Source]

Order T-Shirt Now! (Malaysia Today) The news that I read today is extremely disturbing. It’s 4 am now and I’m still awake thinking about where our country is heading. [News Source]