Fish warnings you probably don’t know about. The seafood diets of many Floridians pose a growing concern for scientists. Stacks of test results, they say, show some of the state's residents are exposed to troubling levels of mercury. And state efforts to warn them haven't accomplished much. [News Source]

The Year Of The Cow (Sin Chew Jit Poh) Depending on who you consult, 2009 is the year of Brown or Earth Cow, and it can be either a very good year or turn out just the opposite. It seems Japanese punters are very superstitious about the cow, brown or otherwise. [News Source]

FLASHBACK January 26, 1999-2001 (Saipan Tribune) Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio said yesterday the Northern Marianas is still capable of implementing reforms and vowed to maintain control of minimum wage and immigration amid plans of Washington to introduce a new proposal on federal takeover of these commonwealth functions. [News Source]

Beef industry looks to strengthen its export resurgence (Denver Post) Q: What's your favorite cut of beef, and how do you like it cooked? [News Source]

Old guard guards only the past (Lincoln Journal Star) Although Barack Obama has been president but a few days we can already say with certainty — unlike before his inauguration — that he cannot fly, leap tall buildings or walk on water. [News Source]

Fish warnings you probably don’t know about (The Florida Times-Union) Curtis Poole hasn't eaten beef since mad cow disease hit the news. He hasn't touched pork in years. The fish he catches from bridges and ocean piers is both his passion and his dinner. "I've got a freezer full of fish," Poole said, including a stack of fillets from some big sharks he caught in St. Augustine. It's not unusual for the 44-year-old Jacksonville native to fish every day ... [News Source]