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Outrage Over Government's Animal Experiments Leads To USDA Review

Cattle raised at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Neb. A New York Times investigation of animal suffering at the federal research center has prompted a USDA review. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption

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The Salt

Outrage Over Government's Animal Experiments Leads To USDA Review

Lawmakers also introduced a bill to strengthen laws protecting farm animals used in research. Both moves come out of a New York Times investigation of animal suffering at a federal research center.

The Feds Can Tell Ernest Hemingway's Cats What To Do; Here's Why

"Hairy Truman," one of the six-toed cats at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West, Fla. Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

The Feds Can Tell Ernest Hemingway's Cats What To Do; Here's Why

Cats descended from one given to the writer live at the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum in Key West. A visitor filed a complaint with the law. Now, judges have said the U.S. Department of Agriculture can regulate those felines. Yes, Hemingway's cats are a federal case. It's a long story.

The Feds Can Tell Ernest Hemingway's Cats What To Do; Here's Why

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