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If a couple of bills slowly swimming upstream in the Texas Legislature make it into law, the state's anglers will have two new things to do with their hands: jam their mitts into the mouth of a big, ol' flathead catfish hiding in its lair, wrestle it out of the water and into an ice chest; and salute the official State Saltwater Fish of Texas. A new study by Purdue University researchers supports the idea that making small changes to your diet can contribute to meaningful weight loss. And the latest small change… AUSTIN, Texas, April 28 (UPI) -- Devotees of catfish "noodling" -- catching the large fish using only the hands -- may soon pursue the activity in Texas, lawmakers there say. Filed under: News, New Music, Exclusive, Spinner Interview Michael Weintrob _Bootsy's back, baby! Bootsy Collins, the most rubbery bassist alive, releases his "musical biography," 'Tha Funk Capital of the World,' on April 26. The star-packed album arrives a little less than a year after the death of Bootsy's brother, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, with whom he helped invent funk music in James Brown's original J.B.s and George Clinton's Parliament- Funkadelic. Spinner caught up with the 59-year-old legend himself to discuss the new album, his love of Jimi Hendrix and why he quit the James Brown gig._ **Were you and Catfish very close?** Oh, yeah. The closest. He was eight years older than I am. He was like the father in the house who I didn't have. I looked up to him. That's exactly why I picked up the guitar -- because that's what he was doing. I was like 8 years old, and he was a teenager. I wanted to be just like him -- practice in the band, have the little girlies hanging around. Finally, my mother was able to buy me a $29 guitar. Before I played with him, I actually played in a ... VENTIANE, Laos, April 22 (UPI) -- The world's largest freshwater fish, the Mekong giant catfish, was given a reprieve by the shelving of plans for a dam on the Mekong River, authorities say. Seafood has lots of offer a healthy diet. Much of it is lean, and even the fattier varieties are loaded with the so-called good fats. BANGKOK - Countries along the Mekong River have disagreed with Laos on its proposal to build the first hydropower dam on the main stream of the lower river. Laos says the dam will cause no serious problems, while its neighbors say more information is needed about its environmental and economic effects. Delegates from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, [...] MINNEAPOLIS -- Orangutans swim about as well as they fly, but research on three Indonesian islands shows that these long-limbed apes nonetheless catch and eat fish. Orangutans living in Borneo scavenge fish that wash up along the shore and scoop catfish out of small ponds for fresh meals, anthropologist Anne Russon of York University in Toronto [...] Higher feed costs and cheaper imports have forced many U.S. catfish farmers out of business, driving up prices for the domestically produced fish. Two new stingrays found in the Amazon are not only revealing much about the species but are also proving great indicators of ecological change Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin's well-publicised death in 2006 from a stingray attack only heightened public fascination with the animals. Their stings, located on the tail, are sharp, with backward-pointing serrations and venom from mucous secretions at their bases. Most human stings result from bathers stepping on an unsuspecting stingray, innocently resting on the sea bottom, which produces a defensive reflex of the tail forward. But stingrays are not limited to saltwater. Although the Potamotrygonidae family of freshwater stingrays has been known since 1843, two remarkable new species from South America were recently described. Both are nearly circular in shape, the most round disc of any of the current tally of approximately 200 known species of stingrays. The genus was named _Heliotrygon_, a combination of helio – sun – and trygon, which means ray. Although the two species are new to science, specimens of the genus have shown up in the aquarium fish trade under common names such as "round" or "pancake" rays. These species have tiny eyes and live in murky waters of ... Since Buck Schowalter took over as manager on August 3, 2010, the Orioles have the best record in the American League (39-24), 1.4 games better than Minnesota (37-25)… Baltimore has been 4.5 games better than the Blue Jays, 6.0 games … Continue reading -> Throwing sea creatures on the ice is a storied tradition in the NHL. We've had octopi in Detroit for decades. We've had a shark eating an octopus in San Jose.  Nashville Predators fans have thrown catfish on the ice now and again for the last few s... _Catfish_ is a pretty interesting documentary about a guy who found out that someone he was talking to on the Internet wasn't who he thought she was. (Gasp!) Now MTV is developing a pilot focused on "social network users who purposely misidentify themselves and the repercussions that occur." So, it's the MTV version of that famous _New Yorker_ cartoon with the dog. More » WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. catfish farmers thought they had pulled off a coup when they persuaded Congress a few years ago to require tougher federal inspections for the whiskered fish.... Seldom do U.S. businesses seek more regulation of their industries. But American catfish farmers see federal regulation as the only thing between their livelihoods and financial ruin. More shots were fired this week in the international catfish war, this time in an effort to stop the process of creating a U.S. Department of Agriculture program to inspect imported versions of the whiskered fish.... February is Black History Month, and there's no better place to celebrate than Harlem, a no-stay zone for most visitors until the 124-room Aloft Hotel opened this month on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 124th Street. While some may view this glossy... Georg Szalai "Tanked" and "Hillbilly Handfishin'" to put the spotlight on an aquarium manufacturing firm and people catching catfish with bare hands and feet. read more WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Agriculture Department has delayed a decision on a new catfish inspection program that threatens to derail U.S. trade relations with Vietnam....
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