Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Pink Slime For School Lunch: Government Buying 7 Million Pounds Of Ammonia-Treated Meat For Meals

Is your child eating pink slime?

Pink slime -- that ammonia-treated meat in a bright Pepto-bismol shade -- may have been rejected by fast food joints like McDonald's, Taco Bell and Burger King, but is being brought in by the tons for the nation's school lunch program.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is purchasing 7 million pounds of the "slime" for school lunches, The Daily reports. Officially termed "Lean Beef Trimmings," the product is a ground-up combination of beef scraps, cow connective tissues and other beef trimmings that are treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill pathogens like salmonella and E. coli. It's then blended into traditional meat products like ground beef and hamburger patties.

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Pink Slime is in 70% of the Ground Beef sold in the U.S. according to tonight’s ABC Nightly News.  Click on the following to view the video: http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-15873068

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Daily Chronicle | Michael Jordan’s Chicago estate hits market for $29M

 

Michael Jordan’s Chicago-area home has officially hit the Highland Park real estate market with a price tag befitting the NBA MVP: $29 million.

Five years after Jordan’s pricy divorce from his wife of 17 years, Juanita, the longtime home is for sale. Although the home has more than just a few traces of the Hall of Famer, Juanita is the one who reportedly owns the property, winning it in their $168 million divorce settlement.

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See the pictures that are on the internet:  http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2700-Point-Dr-Highland-Park-IL-60035/4902463_zpid/

Supreme Court Ruling Prompts FBI to Turn Off 3,000 Tracking Devices - Yahoo! News

 

When the decision-U.S. v. Jones-was released at the end of January, agents were ordered to stop using GPS devices immediately and told to await guidance on retrieving the devices, FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann said in a recent talk at a University of San Francisco conference.  Weissmann said the court's ruling lacked clarity and the agency needs new guidance or it risks having cases overturned.

The Jones case stemmed from the conviction of night club owner Antoine Jones on drug charges. Law enforcement had used a variety of techniques to link him to co-conspirators in the case, including information gathered from a GPS device that was placed on a Jeep primarily used by Jones

Supreme Court Ruling Prompts FBI to Turn Off 3,000 Tracking Devices - Yahoo! News