S.Korean court clears TV staff over beef protests (AsiaOne) SEOUL, Jan 20, 2010 (AFP) - A South Korean court on Wednesday cleared staff at a leading TV station of intentionally distorting a report which fuelled weeks of mass street protests in 2008 against US beef imports. [News Source]

donga.com[English donga] (donga.com) A court yesterday cleared staff members of the MBC investigative news program “PD Notebook” of distorting U.S. beef safety. Anyone with common sense must reject the ruling, however. [News Source]

New Disinfectant Could Help Hospitals Fight Germs (HealthCentral) Solution is touted as less corrosive, cheaper and more effective than existing products. [News Source]

Boutique Aussie beef to hit EU shelves (Stuff) Europe will allow upmarket Australian beef to be sold in its markets duty free by Easter. [News Source]

Devil Makes Three Cal-Neva show moved to Sunday, Jan. 24 (Sierra Sun) Due to the huge series of snow storms hitting Lake Tahoe this week, The Devil Makes Three decided to change the date of their Cal-Neva Resort show to Sunday, Jan. 24. Weather calls for the storms to be over this weekend and the roads should be clear. Sunday, Jan. 24, Cal-Neva Resort, doors open at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Opening Mad Cow String Band, all ages welcome. Catch Renegade's first show in ... [News Source]

Winery scam; Martini Madness sold out and other food and wine events; Disappeared restaurants updates; nibs and sips (Sonoma Index-Tribune) Martini Madness sold out ... As some of you may have, I received an e-mail purportedly from one "Anna Maldonado" who identifies herself as "an American" and whose e-mail address appears to be an Italian hosting site called Katamail.com . She says she lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand, and that "when I was around last time I got a bottle of one of your wines from a friend as a gift and I love ... [News Source]

New Disinfectant Could Help Hospitals Fight Germs (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that they've developed a new formula for a disinfectant that's effective against bacteria, viruses, fungi and even prions, the proteins that cause mad cow disease. [News Source]

Duty free Aussie beef (BigPond News) Europe will allow upmarket Australian beef to be sold in its markets duty free by Easter. [News Source]

Aussie beef to be sold duty free in Europe (Daily Telegraph) EUROPE will allow upmarket Australian beef to be sold in its markets duty free by Easter. [News Source]

Aussie beef to be sold duty free in EU (Sky News Australia) Europe will allow upmarket Australian beef to be sold in its markets duty free by Easter. [News Source]