disease and at least six others were infected, state veterinarian Bill Barton said.

All of the Idaho owners have voluntarily quarantined their animals, Barton said, and they're being told to take precautions such as disinfecting things that come into contact with the animals and limiting contact between horses.

Colorado, which has had two confirmed cases of the virus, is now requiring permits for any horses being brought into the state. One of the two horses was so ill it had to be euthanized, officials said.

The outbreak also has prompted Colorado State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital to ban all non-emergency appointments for horses as a precaution. The university's Equine Sciences Center has cancelled two riding clinics and temporarily restricted horses from entering or leaving the campus.

Washington state veterinarian Leonard Eldridge saidU.S. legislators have a radical plan for the Federal Reserve, one of the world’s most powerful policy-making institutions: They want to remove human judgment from its decisions on where to set interest rates. It’s a terrible idea that could endanger the entire global economy.

The Fed’s monetary policy has long been set by the Federal Open Market Committee, which consists of the governors of the Federal Reserve Board, the president of the New York Fed and four regional Fed presidents on a rotating basis. Now, some legislators led by Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, want to replace this group of people with a fixed mechanical rule.





Known as the Taylor rule — after its inventor, Stanford University economist John Taylor — the rule crunches numbers such