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...Hong Kong government reported yet another outbreak of the virus at one of the city's largest poultry farms after 60 chickens were found dead. Putting the city on "serious alert" for further outbreaks, Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health York Chow Yat-ngok announced a 21-day shutdown of the local poultry industry, suspending all live chicken imports from mainland China, which supplies about half its live wholesale markets, and culling 80,000 birds from farms near the outbreak's locus. York said Tuesday that there were no reports of humans sickened by the virus, and that...
...Republic shutdown and the plight of its workers has attracted statewide as well as national attention. On Sunday, President-elect Barack Obama acknowledged the workers' situation, saying, "I think these workers, if they have earned their benefits and their pay, then these companies need to follow through on those commitments." The Rev. Jesse Jackson appeared at the sit-in. Illinois' attorney general, Lisa Madigan, announced that her office planned to investigate various aspects of Republic's operations. On Monday, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich held a quickly organized press conference at the plant and vowed to ask a federal court...
...first two are good reasons for Congress to take the carmakers' pleas seriously--a shutdown of GM is not what anybody wants now. The third argument is more problematic. Yes, GM and the other automakers have cut costs sharply, especially since 2005, and the United Auto Workers union has made historic concessions. But GM could accomplish even more along those lines, plus reduce the big debts it has incurred trying to settle pension and retiree health-care obligations, under Chapter 11 protection...
...Moore is also expected to see significant playing time on Harvard’s special teams—both on the power-play and penalty-kill lines.“He’s a guy who we feel can go seamlessly onto an offensive line or a shutdown line,” Donato says. “So we feel that he can be a big factor for us.”Another scorer from last Friday’s exhibition, Coassin, can be expected to play a similar role in bolstering Harvard’s special teams...
...while Harvard’s offense has dominated opponents, the goalkeepers’ complete shutdown of its opponents may be even more remarkable. The Crimson’s goaltending corps of juniors Lauren Mann and Laura Dale and senior Maggie Robinson has allowed only three goals during the past five games, and only two goals over all four of their Ivy League matches...