Sunday, May 03, 2009

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Which Pets aren't Adopted? (WCTV Tallahassee)

Sun, 03 May 2009 15:11:15 -0700
A local pet store hosted a spring "adopt-a-thon" May 1st through 3rd to find new owners for animals.

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Egypt Pig Cull Suggests Ethical Risks of DNA-based Public Policy

Sun, 03 May 2009 14:49:43 -0700
The Egyptian government has ordered a 100% blanket cull of its entire pig stock in response to the outbreak of "swine flu" in Mexico and the US. The problem is, the new strain of the virus, technically influenza A H1N1 , has not been found in pigs. The H1N1 strain is a flu virus that affects the human population and is spread by person to person contact. It contains genetic material showing it is a hybrid flu containing genetic segments linking it to avian-borne, swine-borne and human-borne flu

Philips Said to Have Bought Traxtal, Boosting Health-Care Unit (Bloomberg)

Sun, 03 May 2009 14:30:08 -0700
May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Philips Electronics NV , the world’s largest maker of patient-monitoring systems, acquired Traxtal Inc. to expand its health-care business, a person familiar with the matter said.

Republican Rebranding Effort-- Taking Over the Democratic Party?

Sun, 03 May 2009 14:00:00 -0700
Everyone agrees that the GOP needs a new image A gaggle of Republican would-be leaders-- from Jeb Bush , Mitt Romney and Eric Cantor to Stormy Daniels -- are launching listening tours to figure out what voters want. While Stormy stumped in her native Louisiana to gage the dissatisfaction with obstructionist fanatic David Diapers Vitter, the others ate some pizza. "Fewer than 35 percent of white voters said they will definitely vote to re-elect Vitter; 39 percent said they would consider