Spinach & E. coli: Questions & Answers
FOX News - 13 hours agoBy Miranda Hitti. Fresh spinach and products containing fresh spinach should remain off US plates, following a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to one death and scores of illnesses. Here are 14 questions ...

Red Sox victory a breeze with record-setting Ortiz
Chicago Sun-Times - 1 hour agoBY HOWARD ULMAN. BOSTON -- David Ortiz homered against Johan Santana in the first inning to pass Jimmie Foxx's team record of 50 set in 1938 and added his 52nd drive in the seventh to help the Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 6-0 Thursday night. ...

Profile: General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, an unusual Thai coup leader
Monsters and Critics.com - 1 hour agoBangkok - Army Commander-in-Chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who was officially sworn in Friday as head of the junta that now rules Thailand, does not fit the common profile of past coup leaders. Thailand has experienced ...

Europe To Win Ryder Cup Again
sportnetwork.net - 1 hour agoBy Betting Zone - September 22 2006. I admit that I was being swayed towards an American Ryder Cup victory a couple of weeks ago. Tom Lehman appeared a much more impressive captain than Ian Woosnam. Lehman ...

HP spying scandal takes toll on stock price
Houston Chronicle - 5 hours agoBy YUKI NOGUCHI and BROOKE A. MASTERS. The scandal over Hewlett-Packard Co.'s conduct in investigating press leaks started affecting its business Thursday for the first time, hurting its stock price and raising questions about the future of its leadership. ...

Guidelines urge routine HIV testing
Contra Costa Times - 47 minutes agoBy Betsy Mason. Testing for HIV should be a routine part of health care for everyone from the ages of 13 to 64, according to new federal health recommendations announced Thursday. The US Centers for Disease ...

Polish conservatives see new coalition
Reuters.uk - 2 hours agoBy Natalia Reiter and Ewa Krukowska. WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's conservative leaders said on Friday they were optimistic about pulling together a new majority coalition and avoiding early elections after they ...

Branson Pledges to Finance Clean Fuels
New York Times - 8 hours agoSir Richard Branson, the British magnate and adventurer, said yesterday that his personal profits from airlines and a rail company that he controls a sum he estimated at $3 billion over the next 10 years would be invested in developing energy ...

NASA looks toward another "Great leap"
Xinhua - 1 hour agoBEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- NASA astronauts, scientists, engineers and administrators may still have fingers crossed for luck, but what has been described as a "picture perfect" end to a strenuous assembly ...

Ahmadinejad and Chavez: the straight guy and his sidekick
Monsters and Critics.com - 11 hours agoBy Chris Cermak Sep 21, 2006, 23:16 GMT. Washington - No heads of state attracted greater attention at the United Nations this week than the newly allied leaders of Venezuela and Iran, yet their style and approach ...

Lotion gives mice tan, may be cancer shield
Boston Globe - Sep 21, 2006By Gareth Cook, Globe Staff | September 21, 2006. A lotion that tans the skin without exposure to sunlight could provide a novel way to prevent skin cancer, Boston scientists announced yesterday. The research ...

Hurricane Helene weakens in Atlantic, no threat to land
International Herald Tribune - 7 hours agoMIAMI Hurricane Helene was downgraded to a Category 1 storm as it remained over the open Atlantic well east of Bermuda, forecasters said. At 11 pm EDT (0300 GMT), Helene was centered about 500 miles ( 805 ...

Sony Cuts Price of PlayStation 3
Houston Chronicle - 6 hours agoBy HANS GREIMEL Associated Press Writer. TOKYO Sony Corp. said Friday it will lower the price of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console, heating up the competition in the next-generation gaming war against rivals Microsoft and Nintendo. ...

Steroid scandal writers face jail
San Jose Mercury News - 47 minutes agoBy Dan Reed. If they continue to stick to what they believe are their moral and journalistic commitments, two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will be sent to prison, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Mark Fainaru ...

Scientists find child fossil from 3.3 million years ago
Seattle Times - Sep 21, 2006By Rob Stein. WASHINGTON Fossil hunters have unearthed the skeleton of a child who died 3.3 million years ago, marking the first time scientists have discovered the nearly complete remains of a child of an ancient human ancestor. ...

'All the King's Men'
calendarlive.com - 10 hours agoBy Kenneth Turan, Times Staff Writer. "All the King's Men" is a somber film about loss, betrayal and regret. With its emphasis on human frailty, the death of dreams and wasted potential, this celebrated story ...

Deal made on detainee questioning
Boston Globe - 2 hours agoBy Rick Klein, Globe Staff | September 22, 2006. WASHINGTON -- The White House yesterday reached a compromise with Republican senators over treatment standards for the nation's most dangerous terrorism suspects ...

Chavez sends Chomsky book sales soaring
Pioneer Press - 2 hours agoMove over, Oprah. There's a new celebrity book promoter with the clout to send sales soaring. Noam Chomsky's "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance" has rocketed up Amazon.com Inc.'s bestseller ...