Wednesday April 08th 2009, 6:59 pm
All organics aren't created equal. Here's what's hidden behind the label.
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Marie Claire: 6 myths about organic food (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Press freedom tested in South Korea (UPI)
Wednesday April 08th 2009, 10:18 am
SEOUL, April 8 (UPI) -- Unionized employees of a South Korean broadcaster prevented government prosecutors from raiding their workplace Wednesday by blocking the entrance.
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Student hospitalized with rare disease (Daily Pennsylvanian)
Wednesday April 08th 2009, 5:52 am
A senior admitted to the hospital last week has been diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human strain of bovine spongiform encephalopathy - commonly known as Mad Cow disease. The disease is fatal, and there is no known treatment or cure.
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Fyi: Business (Tulsa World)
Wednesday April 08th 2009, 3:44 am
Consumer borrowing plunged in February by more than analysts expected as Americans cut back their use of credit cards by a record amount. The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that consumer borrowing dropped at an annual rate of $7.48 billion in February, or 3.5 percent, from January.
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Dr. Donohue: CJD, a form of dementia, causes rapid deterioration (Pioneer Press)
Wednesday April 08th 2009, 1:04 am
Q My dad died last August of confirmed sporadic CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. He had a very short and terrible illness. Although CJD is a very rare disease, will you explain it to your readers to make more doctors and families aware of it?
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Mad about racing (Kokomo Tribune)
Wednesday April 08th 2009, 12:40 am
WINDFALL — To say that what would become Mad Cow Racing got off to less than a stellar start would be putting things mildly.Parked outside a barn on the outskirts of Windfall sat three Dodge Neons and a Honda Civic, all white with black spots.
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