Archive for August 8th, 2009

Mice, anyone? Making a meal out of mice in Malawi (AP)

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In this June 16, 2009 photo, Joseph Mitengo, from Ntcheu District, Malawi, holds long sticks strung with mice while selling them alongside a road in Lilongwe, Malawi. Cooked, salted or dried, field mice are strung on sticks and sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi in markets or at roadside stalls. The rodents are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and insects. Malawi, with a population of 12 million, is among the poorest countries in the world, with rampant disease and hunger, aggravated by periodic droughts and crop failures. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP – Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a well loved delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls. The mice are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and the odd insect. The most widely eaten species is known locally as Kapuku, gray in color and with a shorter tail than the more common rat.

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ABC wants Paula Abdul to dance on over post-’Idol’ (AP)

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FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, 'American Idol' judge Paula Abdul arrives at the American Idol Top 13 Party in Los Angeles. Fox said Tuesday Aug. 4, 2009. 'We made an offer we feel is very fair to Paula' that included a substantial raise, Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Rice told the Television Critics Association on Wednesday Aug. 2009. But Abdul decided against returning for the hit singing contest's ninth season, he said. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP – ABC is joining the chorus of those seeking to hire Paula Abdul, who said she’s quitting “American Idol.”

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

AP – ABC is joining the chorus of those seeking to hire Paula Abdul, who said she’s quitting “American Idol.”

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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