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...battered enough by microbial menaces after dealing with SARS, along comes mad cow. A routine inspection of a slaughtered Black Angus in Alberta revealed it had been infected with the disease. Inspectors have quarantined 16 sites across Canada as they explore how the cow got sick. Canada's beef industry is reeling--but it could get worse. Officials are checking whether cows on at least three farms in British Columbia may have had access to chicken feed that contained protein from the contaminated cow, thus spreading the disease more widely than thought. --By Alice Park
Oliver vividly remembers Law going out of his way to ensure that the vegetable soup served in the dining hall on Friday did not contain any beef stock...
...need to reclaim education. Bush successfully neutralized the Dems? traditional strength on the issue in 2000 by making improving schools a pillar of his compassionate conservatism. He quickly pushed the No Child Left Behind Act through Congress, but two years later, the states are furious about the law. Their beef? It imposes huge new testing requirements, and yet the President has not appropriated enough money to pay for it. States have to shell out an estimated $35 billion out of their own pockets. The resulting squeeze has forced 20 states to cut k-12 education programs. Schools in 100 districts...
...prime minister of France will have beef today-Canadian western beef. I had it yesterday and look how healthy I am this morning." Jean Chrétien, Canadian Prime Minister, after one cow in Canada was found to be infected with...
...than the CIA suspected. Mad Cow Moos Again CANADA A routine inspection of a slaughtered Black Angus in Alberta revealed it had been infected with BSE. Food inspectors fear parts of the contaminated cow may have been inadvertently served to other cattle as feed, infecting them and potentially any beef eaters who consumed them. Inspectors quarantined 13 sites across Canada as they investigate where - and how - the Black Angus got sick. MEANWHILE IN COLOMBIA ... Livin' La Vida Loca Forty soldiers were arrested after stealing $9 million in drug money they found in the jungle. Military officials became suspicious when...