With new year comes host of new state laws (The Press-Enterprise) SACRAMENTO - Starting Thursday, it will be illegal to text while driving, pet shops will have to meet new standards, and a hallucinogenic plant will be off-limits to people 18 and under. [News Source]

With new year comes host of new state laws (The Press-Enterprise) SACRAMENTO - Starting Thursday, it will be illegal to text while driving, pet shops will have to meet new standards, and a hallucinogenic plant will be off-limits to people 18 and under. [News Source]

CTV Winnipeg’s Top Ten (CTV Winnipeg) From the Taman Inquiry to taser deaths and murder trials ... CTV News looks back at Manitoba's biggest stories in 2008. [News Source]

Irish pork recovering slowly after feed scare (The Christian Science Monitor) Organic producers failed to escape industrial farm problems, despite efforts. [News Source]

Mexico suspends imports from 30 U.S. meat plants, 3 in Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) Mexico suspended meat imports from 30 processing plants in 14 states, including three in Nebraska, on Wednesday and Friday, according to a list posted on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Web Site. [News Source]

Mexico suspends orders from Triumph (St. Joseph News-Press) Mexico has suspended meat imports from 30 processing plants in 14 states. Triumph Foods, a pork processing company in St. Joseph, is among the suspended plants, said Patt Lilly, chief administrative officer. [News Source]