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Industry surveys show double-digit growth in the number of home gardeners this year and mail-order companies report such a tremendous demand that some have run out of seeds for basic vegetables such as onions, tomatoes and peppers. See the full Associated Press article. Photo: AP

SF Gate reports that Yale University researchers found a link between Alzheimers and the prion protein, which can cause mad cow disease and other maladies.