Low sale prices hit local cattlemen in wallet (The Daily Record) Editor’s note: This is the 10th story in an ongoing series on the local effects of the recession. This series is being done in partnership with Central Washington University professor Cynthia Mitchell’s Communications 466 class. [News Source]

Regional News Stories: July 2001 (WCPN Cleveland) The Future of Cleveland Public Health Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2001 Cleveland's mayor-elect, Jane Campbell, is in the process of formulating a transition team to fill key positions at City Hall. Ms. Campbell says one of her first priorities will be to set the city's troubled health department in order. [News Source]

Mulroney says he was ‘truthful’ about dealings (CTV British Columbia) Former prime minister Brian Mulroney said he was "truthful" in testimony he gave during an examination for discovery in 1996, which was part of a lawsuit he had launched against the RCMP. [News Source]

$23K approved for wastewater tests. Primarily in response to concerns about Cornell University's vet school waste, the committee that oversees the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant voted Wednesday to spend an additional $23,000 on testing meant to protect the plant and Cayuga Lake. [News Source]

Mulroney expected to face tougher questions (CTV Winnipeg) Brian Mulroney is expected to have a tougher time on the stand Thursday as Oliphant inquiry lawyer Richard Wolson launches his first volley of questions at the former prime minister. [News Source]

Caption Competition (BBC News) A cow in a swimming pool. How can you resist? [News Source]

Landfill agrees to carcass pickup (The Leaf Chronicle) When cows die on Bobby Wall's cattle farm in Palmyra, he doesn't leave them for the buzzards. Instead, a truck contracted by Montgomery County hauls away the carcass. [News Source]

Infected by the Swine Flu Hyperbole (The Moscow Times) There are so many conspiracy theories flying around these days that I've developed one of my own, just so I don't feel left out. Here it is: Something has been put in the world's water supply that annihilates medium- and long-term memory. [News Source]