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When Pigs Fly At The Royal Melbourne Show (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Who knew pigs could fly? Check out these pork-bellied tricksters as they soar through the air at the annual Royal Melbourne Show in Australia. Vote fo...

Pig Roasts: The Latest NYC Restaurant Trend

Ed Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Ed Levine

Beef and chicken, so has been. Pork is in.

Hog Wild! Pigs Shut Down Arkansas Interstate

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Hogs on the highway aren't always motorcycles. Arkansas State Police say a tractor-trailer rig hauling pigs overturned early...

Housebroken Pigs Fight Climate Change With Droppings

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

STERKSEL, Netherlands — The 2,700 pigs on the farm that John Horrevorts manages yield more than ham and bacon. A biogas plant makes enough elect...

What Airports and Factory Farms Have in Common: The Possible Smithfield/Swine Flu Connection

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Leslie Hatfield

If a commercial flight is a prime breeding ground for airborne infectious disease, consider the digs of modern hogs: factory farms.

Swine Flu? Try a Sockful of Onions

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Maggie Van Ostrand

Before the days of modern medicine, people relied on folk remedies. To ward off the flu, for example, you might have to wear a sock full of onions eat...

Pigs Escape Near-Death When Vehicle Crashes En Route To Bacon Factory

The Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

They were able to break free when the vehicle was in an accident near the Malton Bacon Factory in York, which made the back doors swing open....

"Pig Brother" Austrian "Reality Show" To Promote Bacon Fair

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

From the not-making-this-up department: Move over Miss Piggy, show business has found its new pink-snouted celebrities -- meet Piggy, Lilly, Pauli an...

Feb. 2, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Richard Valeriani

Unemployment figures reach 16-year high. They now include impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who's now Bla-gone-evich. So much for presumption of innocence.

Pork Strikes Back: Farms Sue EPA Over New Regulations

AP | AMY LORENTZEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

DES MOINES, Iowa — The National Pork Producers Council said Monday it is suing to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency's requirement th...

Peak Pork: Hog Prices Defy Commodities Bust

Clusterstock | Joe Weisenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The sudden collapse of oil prices has made people really quiet about peak oil and superspikes and various theories that were popular during the run-up...

Proposed Cow "Gas" Tax Angers Farmers

AP | BOB JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if the federal government decides...

the daily szep- The Woes of Wall Street

Paul Szep | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Paul Szep

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Cal Prop 2 (Farm Animal Confinement) Interview

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jonathan Handel

Learn more about California Proposition 2, regarding cruel confinement of farm animals. Check out my interview with a representative from the Yes on 2 campaign.

Torture in the Henhouse

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jonathan Handel

Prop 2 would not require that animals be free range -- but would grant farm animals the ability to move about, even while caged, is just basic decency.

Help Stop Cruelty to Animals

Kathy Freston | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Kathy Freston

No one wants to see and hear such vile things, but we can't ignore them either. This kind of cruelty is a reflection on our country, our sense of pride for being decent people.

Chinese Bloggers Outraged By Princely Treatment Of Hogs

Wall Street Journal | Juliet Ye | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Some fed-up Chinese just want to eat like pigs. In recent weeks, news that hogs are being specially raised to feed the athletes at the next year's Be...