- GREENPORT, N.Y. — It has been the subject of novels, a reference in movies and the topic of speculation ever since it became an animal disease lab in the infancy of the Cold War.
Now, the public is being asked for its input on what should become of the mysterious island a mile and a half off Long Island's north fork. The federal government is moving its research operations to a new lab in Manhattan, Kan., and putting up a "For Sale" sign at Plum Island. Full story:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4byfUvy8h-s-uKqbZKriHwL-a3gD9FQTTU81
* RUSSIA TODAY: "Mutant Black Lung Virus":
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2009/11/russia-today-mutant-black-lung-virus.html
