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No Bombshell Likely in Oil-For-Food Audit (AP via Yahoo! News)

.. The United Nations' long-secret internal audits on the oil-for-food program do not reveal any bombshells, investigators told congressional aides Friday ahead of next week's release of the reports. ..

Palace Fans Wanted For Throwing Food, Drinks (WDIV ClickOnDetroit.com via Yahoo! News)

.. Police are searching for fans caught on video throwing food or drinks at players during the brawl at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Nov. 19. ..

Fans Wanted For Throwing Food, Drinks During Brawl (WRTV TheIndyChannel.com via Yahoo! News)

.. Police are searching for fans caught on video throwing food or drinks at players during the Nov. 19 brawl involving the Indiana Pacers in Auburn Hills, Mich., Detroit TV station WDIV reported Friday. ..

Soldier's e-mail sparks food drive for Iraqi dogs (CNN.com)

.. LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- Just before the New Year, Army Reserve Capt. Gabriella Cook sent an urgent e-mail from Iraq requesting food shipments. Not for her or her unit -- for Iraqi police dogs. ..

Food bank says missing turkeys have been accounted for (WOOD)

.. DETROIT Sixty disputed Thanksgiving turkeys donated by a food bank for a congressman's staff to give away have been distributed to a Detroit area church and the poor. ..

Cows From BSE Farm May Have Hit Food Supply (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

.. Some of the cattle born at the same Canadian farm where an animal with mad cow disease was discovered could have entered the human food supply, officials said on Friday. ..

World Food Program engaged in unprecedented effort to feed tsunami survivors (KRON 4 Bay Area)

.. JAKARTA, Indonesia The U_N has begun the daunting task of trying to feed up to two (m) million tsunami survivors in south Asia for six months. The operation is being undertaken by the agency's World Food Program and is likely to cost upwards of 180 (m) million dollars. ..

UN food agency warns locust plagues still serious in west Africa (AFP via Yahoo! News)

.. The UN food agency warned that the locust plagues to have hit north and west Africa remain "serious" and urged no let up in battling the swarms that have infested millions of hectares of farm land in the region. ..

Mad cow food fears: Meat from infected farm may have been eaten (Canada.com)

.. EDMONTON - Cattle from the Alberta farm with the most recent case of mad cow disease could have ended up on people's plates, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. ..

Soldier sparks food drive for starving Iraqi police dogs (USA Today)

.. Just before the New Year, a U.S. soldier sent an urgent e-mail from Iraq requesting food shipments for Iraqi police dogs. The response to the canine crisis has been overwhelming: Offers of help poured in from New Hampshire, Florida, Texas, Ohio and New York. One sports gambling handicapper alone ponied up $5,000. ..

Columns: Could food drive rebirth of Tampa's downtown? (St. Petersburg Times)

.. Could food drive rebirth of Tampa's downtown? There are all kinds of ways to jumpstart a downtown. Last Saturday I drove to Sarasota to see the building that's supposed to do it for them. It's not an art museum. ..

UN's World Food Program Activated in South Asia (KYW News Radio 1060)

.. The UN has begun the daunting task of trying to feed up to two million tsunami survivors in south Asia for six months. The operation is being undertaken by the agency's World Food Program and is likely to cost upwards of $180 million. ..

Retail Food Prices Drop Slightly in Fourth Quarter (American Farm Bureau)

.. WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 7, 2004 â€“ Retail prices for food at the supermarket dropped about 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2004, retracting most of the increase recorded in the third quarter, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation marketbasket survey. ..

Japan's 'fake food' industry boasts a long history (Channel NewsAsia)

.. TOKYO : Mastering the art of deception - with food. The fake display samples, so commonly seen outside Japanese restaurants, is a multi-million dollar industry with a long history. ..

Middleby Acquires Nu-Vu Food Service (Associated Press via Yahoo! Finance)

.. Food service equipment maker Middleby Corp. said Friday that it acquired the Nu-Vu Food Service Systems division from Win-Holt Equipment Corp. for $12 million in cash. ..

Crackdown on Food Contact Materials (Packaging OnLine)

.. Last month the European Union (EU) started enforcing new rules on the purity of materials that come into direct or indirect contact with food. ..

Conyers gives food bank answer on turkeys (Detroit Free Press)

.. The head of Gleaners Community Food Bank said Friday that U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has provided him with an accounting of what happened to 60 Thanksgiving turkeys that some of Conyers' staffers thought might not have gone to poor people. ..

Escaped convict caught at fast food eatery in East LA (San Jose Mercury News)

.. LOS ANGELES - A convict who escaped from an Oklahoma prison camp was caught by a fugitive task force at a fast food restaurant, officials said. Carlos Ray Brewster, 34, was nabbed Thursday in East Los Angeles, officials with the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement. ..

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