Dead farm animals bound for landfill (The Leaf Chronicle) Other than farmers, not many people think about how to dispose of a dead cow or horse that would likely weigh more than 1,000 pounds. [News Source]

THE JOKE’S ON YOU: The Week 34 winner is… (Evansville Courier & Press) It's time for another week of The Joke's On You! This time, cartoonist James MacLeod offers a look at a species that's been in the news a lot lately: Pigs. [News Source]

You’ve Got Mail 05-12-09 (Plainview Daily Herald) (NOTE: You've Got Mail offers e-mails received by Herald staffers.) [News Source]

Drink up Ted, our glass is more than half-full (Stuff) OPINION It has been suggested we're a nation of four million and three people. Four million are the unofficial All Black selectors, the other three the official ones. [News Source]

Sign, seal and deliver our anger to Europe — JOHN R. HUNT’S ON THE ROCKS COLUMN (The North Bay Nugget) I want to buy Prime Minister Stephen Harper a coat. I cannot do it all by myself but if a bunch of us got together it would not be much of a burden and we could get him a very nice coat. I am looking for some upstanding citizen to handle the details.[...] [News Source]

Nebraska group wants government to buy extra pork (Lincoln Journal Star) Nebraska’s Farm Bureau Federation wants the U.S. government to consider making large additional purchases of pork to help the industry which has been hurt by the recent swine flu news and low prices. [News Source]