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NATIONAL Audio 7:45 p.m. ET
[August 04, 2011]

NATIONAL Audio 7:45 p.m. ET


(Canadian Press Broadcast Wire (Canada) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) 168 - (Accident-Que) SHERBROOKE, Que. x--21s. Police now say a total of 53 people have been injured in an accident during a tractor ride in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Most of them are children from a summer camp in nearby Lennoxville. Reporter Nelson Wyatt of The Canadian Press says it happened during a hayride.



(``...out the occupants.'') (SOURCE:The Canadian Press) (745p) TAG: Quebec Police say some of the injuries are serious but everyone is expected to recover.

169 - (Computers-Intrusions) LAS VEGAS, Nevada. x--10s. A leading security firm says four Canadian organizations became victims of a five-year-long, worldwide cyber attack. McAfee (MAC'-ah-fee) says two unnamed government agencies, an unidentified technology firm and the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency had their systems compromised between 2006 and 2011. McAfee security strategist Toralv Dirro (TOR-av DEE-ro) says more than 70 organizations were affected, adding that's not even the tip of the iceberg.


(``...under attack.'') (SOURCE:The Canadian Press) (745p) TAG: McAfee says the choice of targets, such as government agencies, suggests the hack was sponsored by a country in search of intelligence.

170 - (US-Tainted Ground Turkey) LOS ANGELES (Alex Stone) 31s. An American meat producer has announced a massive recall of ground turkey linked to a death in California and at least 76 other salmonella illnesses. (WA) (SOURCE:ABC) (745p) 171 - (US-Tainted Ground Turkey) MILWAUKEE. x--11s. American meat producer Cargill is recalling 16 (m) million kilograms of ground turkey linked to a death in California and at least 76 other salmonella illnesses. But U-S Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says that even contaminated ground turkey is safe to eat if it is cooked to 74 degrees Celsius and handled properly before cooking.

(``...look at labels.'') (SOURCE:The Associated Press) (745p) TAG: Illnesses in the outbreak date back to March and have been reported in 26 states.

172 - (Earth-Moons) SANTA CRUZ, Calif. x--11s. New research suggests the Earth may once have had two moons. Astronomers in California and Switzerland theorize that the smaller one may have crashed into its big sister in what they call the ``big splat'' -- leaving a single, bulked-up but slightly lopsided moon. Planetary scientist Erik Asphaug (AS'-pawg) says that could explain why the moon's far side is so much more hilly than the one that is always facing Earth.

(``...geologically dead.'') (SOURCE:The Associated Press) (745p) TAG: The research is published in the journal Nature.

(c) 2011 The Canadian Press

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