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Scientists have identified a form of herpes as the culprit in a widespread viral outbreak that has killed as many as 8 billion French oysters in recent weeks. Experts warn that the great oyster devastation of 2008 will result in a shortage in supplies of the shellfish over the next two years, and could push many people who cultivate and sell the creatures to financial ruin...
...Researchers have been scrambling to respond to a crisis that has rocked France's ostreiculture industry since last month: the discovery that 40% to 100% of oysters aged 12 and 18 months being raised in France's Atlantic cultivation beds had died. The reason, officials at the French Institute for Research Into Use of the Sea (Ifremer) say, is Oyster Herpes Virus type 1 (OsHV-1). That virus, has proliferated along France's Atlantic coast due to a mild winter and abundant rains that allowed ocean water to remain warm, scientists believe. Those same conditions have also created an abundance...
...Ulysses S. Grant told his White House staff that if anything happened to his son's beloved Newfoundland, they'd all be fired. Teddy Roosevelt had, along with a badger, a toad, some snakes and a pig, a bull terrier named Pete who once ripped the pants of a French ambassador. Cousin Franklin's dog Fala had a press secretary, starred in a movie and was named an honorary private in the Army. George H.W. Bush's springer spaniel Millie wrote a book, which sold more copies than the President's autobiography. And then, of course, there was Checkers. Harry...
...help usher the 23rd purebred dog into the White House, is conducting a survey (you can vote at presidentialpup.com before Aug. 19). Since the Obama girls have allergies, the AKC has limited the ballot to five hypoallergenic breeds. It suggests that the bichon frise's history as companion to French noblemen would qualify the breed for the White House, but I'm not sure that's the image Obama's looking for. It commends the miniature schnauzer as an excellent watchdog, for a little added security, or the sweet-tempered soft-coated wheaten terrier as a goodwill ambassador, though...
...reasoning is sound and Meetic has committed at least $15.5 million to strategic endeavors like these. But while the French love a lover, they're less enamored of entrepreneurs. Meetic's stock price has halved since last January, slashing its market value to $280 million - quite a haircut for Simoncini, who owns nearly a third of the company. "It's far and away the worst side of France - they're always telling you that whatever you do, it won't work," he says. "I'm sad for everyone who's lost money, but I'm not going...