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Humane society challenges meat industry over new law (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
Tuesday January 27th 2009, 8:04 pm

Advocates for the meat industry argue that a new state law barring animals unable to walk from entering the meat supply would unfairly open slaughterhouse employees to prosecution. [News Source]

Beware The Monkeys! (The Tampa Tribune)
Tuesday January 27th 2009, 2:10 pm

A father runs into a maelstrom of colds, fevers and sniffles after his daughter starts going to day care. [News Source]

GeneThera Reveals New Corporate Logo and Packaging Supplier, Stephen Gould Corporation (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tuesday January 27th 2009, 11:21 am

GeneThera, Inc. (Pinksheets: GTHR) announced today its new logo and company branding symbol. This new logo represents the shift from a company focused on R&D to Revenue Production and feels the core consumer base will easily identify GeneThera, Inc. The logo will be integrated into the company's packaging and branded materials. [News Source]

Sharpshooters prepare to cull park’s elk herd (The Bismarck Tribune)
Tuesday January 27th 2009, 10:58 am

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) - Sharpshooters will start killing elk in the next few weeks to thin the herd in Rocky Mountain National Park. [News Source]

A look at Canada during the last federal deficit (Toronto Sun)
Tuesday January 27th 2009, 10:21 am

A look at Canada in 1996, the last time it had a federal deficit. [News Source]

Hot Box: TV worth talking about (Toronto Star)
Tuesday January 27th 2009, 4:35 am

Is Betty Done For? TV blogs are buzzing with the news that ABC is pulling Ugly Betty off its schedule on March 26, replacing it with Samantha Who? , starring Christina Applegate, and the new Megan Mullally comedy In the Motherhood . [News Source]

Federal Judge Murtha to retire (The Burlington Free Press)
Tuesday January 27th 2009, 4:26 am

U.S. District Judge J. Garvan Murtha said Monday that he plans to retire from full-time work on the bench in June. [News Source]

World’s Funniest Joke - Week 1 Top Ten Jokes (Readers Digest Australia)
Tuesday January 27th 2009, 12:17 am

Read this interesting readersdigest.com.au article [News Source]

Cchronic Wasting Disease Turns Up in Southern Minnesota (KAAL Austin)
Tuesday January 27th 2009, 12:05 am

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A farm in Olmsted County has been quarantined after an elk there tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The quarantine means no deer, elk or similar animals can move on or off the farm. [News Source]

Chronic Wasting Disease Turns Up in Southern Minnesota (KAAL Austin)
Tuesday January 27th 2009, 12:05 am

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A farm in Olmsted County has been quarantined after an elk there tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The quarantine means no deer, elk or similar animals can move on or off the farm. [News Source]