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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A prominent physicians’ group has asked federal regulators to investigate Brown University’s medical school, arguing it is violating the law by using live pigs for training in emergency medicine. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine on Tuesday asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to investigate […]

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One of America’s favorite breakfast meats may be unavailable in 2013. The National Pig Association issued a public statement saying “a world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable." The British trade group reported that the drought conditions have limited the corn and soybean crop causing a decline in pig herds across […]