USDA right to ditch onerous cattle chip plans (The Facts) There is a fine line between what is appropriate when it comes to protecting the public and onerous overregulation. [News Source]

CU sends animal waste to city sewers. An accidental release at Cornell University on Friday morning sent 4,300 gallons of digested animal carcass waste into the city's sewer system. Cornell asserts that the treated waste was neither infectious nor hazardous, but both the EPA and the DEC intend to investigate. [News Source]

Prestigious Dementia Research Honor For Two UCSF Scientists (Medical News Today) Two UCSF scientists have been selected for the American Academy of Neurology's prestigious Potamkin Prize, for their "outstanding achievements" in research on dementias. Bruce Miller, MD, W. & Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Neurology, and Lennart Mucke, MD, Joseph B. Martin Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and director of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease ... [News Source]

Lewis: Spreading germs and disease at the toy fair (Denver Post) Mattel Inc. CEO Robert Eckert and I have a slight difference of opinion when it comes to toys. [News Source]

Livestock ID plan has identity crisis (Iowa Farmer) Nebraska’s director of agriculture is watching closely as plans for a national identification system for cattle, hogs and other livestock are pulled off the federal agenda. [News Source]

Wilkins taking new position in Colorado (Fremont Tribune) During the past decade, Kevin Wilkins led efforts to bring in new industry to Fremont and fund the citys economic devel... (3 comments) [News Source]