Scientist seeks protection for lab rats birds and mice
Washington AP reports efforts to extend criminal protections to lab animals mice rats and birds. Scientist John McArdle, 20 years in animal rights, seeks formal standards after a failed last year push blocked by Sen. Cochran. Democrats now lead Senate panel under Sen. Kohl.
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Debate Over Humane Rules For Lab Rats And Mice
The U S Department of Agriculture faces a push to cover rats birds and mice under the Animal Welfare Act as researchers seek humane treatment. McArdle aims to improve ethics without hindering research, with support from Bob Dole. The dispute centers on oversight with USDA inspections and NIH gaps.
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Toddler left in car after babysitter’s ride gone wrong
In Tampa Florida a two year old boy named Javonte Riley spent over 12 hours locked in a stranger's car after his 16 year old babysitter Shalaundra Edwards and two other teens left him behind following a ride with Will Shannon. Police found the boy Tuesday night and he was treated for mild dehydration. Shannon later learned Edwards and the others went inside a housing complex and assumed the child was with them. Authorities arrested Jasmine Riley on unrelated drug warrants during the search.
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Kobayashi Sets Hot Dog World Record At Nathan's Contest
Takeru Kobayashi of Japan inhaled 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes to win the Nathan's contest in New York. His 50 frankfurters shattered the previous 28-record and drew praise from officials who called the performance the sport’s most remarkable yet.
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Ottawa Herald
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Gracie Chase
White corn StarLink chips pulled by Grocery Chains
Food Lion and Kash n Karry pulled their store brand white corn tortilla chips after FDA tests found StarLink genetic material in the chips. The recall marks the first FDA-identified white corn product containing StarLink. Delhaize Group owns the chains, with notices sent to related stores internationally.
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Modern pilots find Wright plane would be unstable
El Segundo, California AP report notes aviation experts building a flying Wright Flyer replica find the original’s design highly unstable in modern flight data. engineers and test pilots at Edwards AFB report simulators crash quickly, prompting tweaks to wings engine and a computer stability system aiming for a mid 20s flight test next summer.
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Biracial couples see rising tolerance since interracial marriage ruling
A Washington Post Kaiser Harvard survey finds 34 years after the Supreme Court ruling, biracial couples report widespread tolerance and acceptance. Among 540 couples, most introduced partners to accepting family members and say their children benefit from mixed-race parentage.
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