PILGRIM'S SHAME

That massive listeria recall from late last summer lives on in a new "wrongful death" lawsuit filed by a widow whose husband ate Pilgrim's Pride deli meat and died with the same strain of listeria as that found in the "Wampler" plant. Here's hoping the negligence and apathy of the USDA, which played such a huge part in this story, is a casualty of the spotlight, bringing a semblance of a silver lining to this egregious tragedy.