Frozen cattle heads recalled

WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) — The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall of approximately 406,000 pounds of frozen cattle heads due to a health hazard.

The FSIS said Elkhorn Valley Packing of Harper, Kan., is voluntarily recalling the frozen cattle heads because the animals’ tonsils were not completely removed, in violation of federal regulations.

The products being recalled are various weight bulk boxes of the heads bearing package codes “91700” or “93700” that were sent to distributors and wholesalers nationwide.

Consumers with questions can contact the company at 620-896-2300.

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Pope Bobblehead Removed

It seemed like a great marketing campaign: a Pope Benedict XVI bobblehead riding Metro. The Church was not amused. It was the clothes.

“Our concern is that this was a bad bobblehead,” said Susan Gibbs, a spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Washington. “You had unauthorized merchandise, and you had a misdressed pope.”

The bobblehead in the Metro video wears a red skull cap, known as a zucchetto, and a red cape. “Popes don’t wear red skull caps,” and they don’t wear red capes, only white ones, Gibbs said.

Metro yanked the YouTube video yesterday after the archdiocese complained. The video was meant to encourage people to take Metro to the papal Mass next week at Nationals Park, Metro officials said.

“We think there’s a better way to encourage people to take Metro,” Gibbs said. “This is the Holy Father, and I think a lot of people would not be comfortable with a bobblehead ad.”

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North Pole Marathon

Recognized by the Guinness World Records as the Northernmost Marathon on Earth, the North Pole event is run entirely across the frozen water of the Arctic Ocean.

Other extreme marathons from Time magazine can be found here.

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