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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts in the fall.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (TSX: ANS) (the "Company") announced today that pursuant to the previously announced recapitalization (the "Recapitalization") described in the management proxy circular dated June 24, 2008 (the "Proxy Circular"), the following individuals will be appointed to serve on the new Board of Directors of the Company (the "New Board") upon the Recapitalization becoming effective:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is updating its warning to consumers nationwide concerning the outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul. After a lengthy investigation, the FDA has determined that fresh tomatoes now available in the domestic market are not associated with the current outbreak. As a result, the agency is removing its June 7 warning against eating certain types of red raw tomatoes.

India said it was one of the main factors that "systematically undermined" the agricultural productive capacity and "devastated" the food security in developing nations.

This marks the 21st anniversary of the 1987 publication.The association authorized, completely revised, updated, and expanded volume includes 12 additional breeds, bringing the total to 45, all of which are illustrated in full color formal portraits of a mature bull and mature cow of each breed.

Members of the Capital Press staff won four awards in the Associate Memeber Publication Contest of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.

GLEED, Wash. (AP) -- Some states are balking at a federal effort to require them to screen potential farm hands for immigration violations before referring them to jobs, another conflict in the long-running dispute over the states' role in immigration enforcement.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The 6,000 acres of tomatoes grown on Virginia's sea-swept Eastern Shore were never implicated in the national salmonella outbreak - they were still on the vine weeks after people starting getting sick.