Hundreds could die as scientists identify first case of ’second wave’ vCJD (Daily Telegraph) Another 350 people could die from the human form of mad cow disease scientists have warned after the first case of a "second wave" of the disease was identified. [News Source]

Baucus Urges Hanoi to Lift Restrictions on US Beef (Flathead Beacon) HANOI, Vietnam – Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday urged Vietnam's government to lift "unscientific" restrictions on U.S. beef imports and to crackdown on copyright violations. "Vietnam continues to maintain unscientific restrictions on U.S. beef," Baucus told students at the Diplomatic Academy in Hanoi. "I will urge Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to lift Vietnam's beef restrictions when I meet him ... [News Source]

One-third of Boulder’s deer infected (Boulder Daily Camera) A new study shows one out of three mule deer in south Boulder suffers from chronic wasting disease — and those results mean the traditional approach of killing infected animals to fight the disease probably won’t work. [News Source]

Baucus urges Hanoi to lift restrictions on US beef Posted on Dec. 17 (Missoulian) HANOI, Vietnam - Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday urged Vietnam's government to lift "unscientific" restrictions on U.S. beef imports and to crackdown on copyright violations. [News Source]

Baucus urges Hanoi to lift restrictions on US beef (KAJ Kalispell) Associated Press - December 17, 2008 11:05 AM ET HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Montana Senator Max Baucus is urging Vietnam's government to lift what he calls unscientific restrictions on U.S. [News Source]

Today in History: December 17th (NBC 2 Fort Myers) On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. [News Source]

Rockland AM Report (The Journal News) Grand larceny: Juel Ferdinand, 19, of 189 Englewood Drive, Orangeburg, pleaded guilty yesterday to fourth-degree grand larceny for falsely using another person's credit cards. [News Source]

Baucus urges Hanoi to lift restrictions on US beef (San Francisco Chronicle) Senator Max Baucus on Wednesday urged Vietnam's government to lift "unscientific" restrictions on U.S. beef imports and to crackdown on copyright violations. "Vietnam continues to maintain unscientific restrictions on U.S. beef," Baucus told students at the... [News Source]

Baucus urges Hanoi to lift restrictions on US beef (AP via Yahoo! News) Senator Max Baucus on Wednesday urged Vietnam's government to lift "unscientific" restrictions on U.S. beef imports and to crackdown on copyright violations. [News Source]

Almanac (Daily Press) Today is Wednesday, Dec. 17, the 352nd day of 2008. [News Source]