Beef recall expands to eight states and Guam
The USDA warns meat from a Holstein cow slaughtered after mad cow disease was found could have reached markets in Alaska Hawaii Idaho Montana and Guam along with Washington Oregon California and Nevada. Officials stress the recalled meat poses essentially zero risk to consumers and identify brain spinal cord and lower risk parts as most dangerous.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kenneth Petersen
Washington State
Alaska
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Guam
Oregon
California
Nevada
Petersen
USDA
Food Safety Agency
Recall of meat from infected cow raises mad cow fears
Federal officials recalled 10,000 pounds of meat from one infected cow and 19 other cows slaughtered December 9 at Vern's Moses Lake Meat Co in Moses Lake Washington. Health experts warn brains and spinal matter may transmit bovine spongiform encephalopathy to humans.
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Britain
Vern
Moses Lake
Heart failure study seeks healthier living through exercise
Anne Hospodarsky, turning 85, joins 150 Eastern Iowans in a national five year trial led by University Hospitals and St Luke's Hospital. The $37 million study measures how regular exercise affects survival and quality of life for heart failure patients. St Luke's nurse Greg Clancy notes she is one of fifty patients included in this phase.
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Tom Walsh
Gazette Ane Hospodarsky
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mary Tangeman
Anne Hospodarsky
St. Luke's Hospital
Hospodarsky
Sharpton heats up Iowa caucus profile in heated remarks
In a profile of Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination, Rev. Al Sharpton is portrayed as a volatile outsider turned “thermostat” who vows to raise heat. The piece notes Sharpton’s protests, FBI informant past, and Tawana Brawley controversy, with indictments and a defamation suit shaping his public image.
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Iowacaucus.com
James Q. Lynch
Sharpton
Navy
Vieques
FBI
Ing
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Brawley
al Sharpton
Des Moines
Iowa
South Carolina
Iraq
Two Americans and two Iraqi children killed in Baghdad roadside blasts
Roadside bombs in Baghdad and near Fallujah killed two U S soldiers and two Iraqi children. The blasts hit a densely populated area in Baghdad and wounded 14 people, including five American soldiers, an Iraqi interpreter, and eight civil defense members. Mourners buried victims in Karbala after a separate attack the prior day.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Karbala
Saddam Hussein
U.S. Army
Patrick Compton
Army
1St Armored Division
Iraqi Civil Defense Corps
Compton
Fallujah
Pediatricians outline healthy New Year’s resolutions for children
The American Academy of Pediatrics offers age specific health pledges. For toddlers to wash hands and brush teeth, avoid teasing dogs, and tidy toys. School-age kids should drink milk and limit soft drinks while staying active. Teens should eat fruits and vegetables daily and cap screen time.
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Chicago
American Academy of Pediatrics
Academy
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