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Thursday, March 28, 2013  Ready, aim: Phillies' minor league club to debut 'urinal gaming system' at Pennsylvania ballpark

Monday, March 18, 2013  Federal wildlife managers look to New Mexico pilot project in battle against feral pigs

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  A proposed hog confinement is back in the hands of the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

Friday, October 05, 2012  Final fate of pet pig still up in the air.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Keokuk's code revision committee met Thursday night to discuss Bacon. Yes, Bacon ... the potbellied pig.

Monday, September 10, 2012  One family says it didn't know pot-belly pigs were prohibited in Keokuk until a neighbor complained about their five-year-old's birthday present.

Friday, August 24, 2012  Beardstown's Cargill plant is still in negotiations with its union, despite two rejected contract offers.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  More than a hundred sows and baby pigs lost in a Tuesday afternoon fire near Monroe City, Mo.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  Jackie Burns was in the process of being discharged from the hospital when he collapsed and died.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  Judge orders Pieper, Incorporated to pay $18 thousand fine for violations of manure management laws.

Monday, July 18, 2011  PHOTOS ADDED:  Hog confinement operation in Monroe County, Mo. sustains damage in fire.

Saturday, July 10, 2010  42nd annual Pig Days in Pittsfield.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010  Seven people were arrested for swine theft at a local hog confinement

Monday, July 13, 2009  Officials with the Cerro Gordo County Health Department say 12 bags of pig parts were dumped someone in the past couple of weeks.

Friday, June 05, 2009  That's what one livestock expert says about continued bans on U.S. pork by China, Russian and more than a dozen other countries.