European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 13 tainted chickens on voluntary hold by Rick Weiss the Washington Post Washington about 20 million Chick ens being raised for human consumption in several states ate feed made with melamine tainted pet food and have been placed on a marketing hold to keep them from entering the food agriculture depart ment officials said Friday the Agency called for the voluntary hold late pending completion of a govern ment risk analysis to determine whether the animals would be Safe for people to the which involves major Market marked a significant escalation of the pet food which started with a few companion animals dying from food laced with tainted ingredients from China and has grown to reveal big cracks in the human food safety last government officials found Evi Dence that As Many As 345 pigs and perhaps 3 million broiler chickens May have been sold for human food after having eaten contaminated about 9 billion chickens Are raised for Slaughter in this country each food and drug administration officials have said they believe the health risks of eat ing meat from animals that were fed the contaminated material Are very the 20 million live chickens now being held were being raised for bran name us a spokesman Keith Williams these Are names you would the Agency is not revealing the but Williams said the companies and the Many contract growers that were raising the Birds were cooperating fully with the thousands of pet deaths Are being investigated for possible links to the and 60 million packages of pet food have been recalled since initial tests have found no measurable traces of melamine in the chickens and the Birds appear healthy elements that Williams said were unknown for now is whether other Chick ens raised in recent weeks or months May also have eaten tainted food and have since been slaughtered and Dukes car fetches record Ebay bid of nearly the associated press san a version of the general Lee a 1969 Dodge Charger made famous in the television show the Dukes of hazzard fetched a winning bid of nearly million Friday in an online if the bidder comes through with Cash or financing for the the car will be the most expensive item Ever sold by Ebay company spokes woman Catherine England actor John who played Blond heartthrob to Duke in the sold the which was not featured in the original show but carries the signatures of the said Friday that he expected bidding for the or Ange which has 01 on the doors and is emblazoned with the Confederate to go for million at in my wildest two peo ple would get into a bidding War at about million and i would have been delighted with in three times As delighted As that he actor John Schneider of the Dukes of hazzard looks at a replica of the general Lee in Schneider put another version of the car on Ebay and it fetched a winning bid of nearly the Bush offers no hint of Compromise on War Washington president urging Congress to Craft a War spending Bill offered no clues saturday about whether hell Compromise Over linking to stability in last Bush vetoed a billion Bill that would have provided Money for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan while requiring troops to begin returning Home by Charles said Bush veto would not deter democrats from finding other ways to achieve their two goals of fully supporting the troops while dramatically changing the Mission in Justice official says he was coached on firings Washington a senior Justice department official who testified about performance Short comings of several fired attorneys has told congressional investigators he was coached the Day before at a White House meet ing attended by political adviser Karl the associate Deputy attorney general William said he was urged Dur ing the dinner hour meeting on March 5 to publicly specify Rea sons for the according to a transcript of the investigators april 24 interview with from the associated press