MIAMI, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A change in Chinese meat consumption habits since 1995 is diverting eight billion bushels of grain per year to livestock feed and could empty global grain stocks by September 2010, according to a new study from Biofuels Digest.

By T.J. Greaney, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo. Feb. 24--When state law required Missouri petroleum dealers to switch last month to selling ethanol-blended E-10 fuel, the driving public barely uttered a peep.

By Max B. Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Nov. 5--FORT WORTH -- Jim Oliver, general manager of the Tarrant Regional Water District, got a vote of confidence from his governing board recently when it voted to boost his salary to $275,000 a year.

By Max B. Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Nov. 22--For the second time in two weeks, a company formed by prominent political consultant Bryan Eppstein won a lucrative contract affiliated with the Tarrant Regional Water District.

Heart disease patients who practiced meditation for four months showed slight improvements in blood pressure and insulin levels, a small, government-funded study found.