Yahoo! NEWS: May 2007

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Brazil offers drug factory to AIDS-ravaged Mozambique (Reuters)

Reuters - Brazil has offered to build a $23
million pharmaceutical plant in Mozambique that will provide
drugs to treat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases,
Mozambique's national newspaper said on Tuesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED (Ted Rall)

Ted Rall - Funding Battle Highlights American Embrace of Moronitude

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Sikorsky blasts U.S. handling of helicopter contest (Reuters)

Reuters - Sikorsky Aircraft, a unit of United
Technologies Corp., blasted the U.S. Air Force's handling of a
$15 billion helicopter bidding competition, saying proposed
changes appeared to favor Boeing and could waste billions of
dollars.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Investigation involves Alaska senator (AP)

AP - Federal agents are looking into Sen. Ted Stevens' role in the ongoing investigation into the remodeling of his Alaska home, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the probe.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Blood Marker Could Point to Alzheimer's Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have zeroed in on blood
biomarkers that could someday help doctors predict who's at risk for
Alzheimer's disease. They might even help guide treatment, the U.S.
researchers added.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Most Errors in Pediatric Chemo Make It to Patients (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- The vast majority of
potentially harmful errors in chemotherapy for children with cancer do
find their way to these young patients, a new study finds. And they are
more often caused by dispensing or administration mistakes than by
prescribing mix-ups, the researchers found.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Simple Guide Helps Diabetics Manage Their Meds (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- An easy-to-follow guide can boost
the number of diabetes patients who take their cholesterol-lowering statin
medications as prescribed, according to a new Mayo Clinic-led study.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Nerve damage may occur after weight-loss surgery (Reuters)

Reuters - Patients can develop
potentially disabling neurological complications after gastric
bypass surgery performed to treat morbid obesity, most likely
due to deficiencies in certain nutrients, a new study shows.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

AMA wants doctors to swap idea online (AP)

AP - The American Medical Association is working with a startup company that encourages doctors to swap ideas online and charges investment firms to view postings that could serve as tip-offs to drug side effects and other market-moving medical trends.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Resistant TB leaves few options (AP)

AP - The highly dangerous form of tuberculosis that has infected a man now in quarantine resists almost all drugs used to treat TB, leaving only less effective options.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Trio heading "East" for HBO comedy pilot (Reuters)

Reuters - Katy Mixon, John Hawkes
and Andrew Daly have joined the cast of the HBO comedy pilot
"East Bound and Down."

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Ford predicts rise in retail sales (AP)

AP - A Ford Motor Co. official predicts that his company's overall U.S. sales will drop in May, but its retail sales to individual buyers will show a year-over-year monthly increase for the first time since October of 2006.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

IBD's Top 10 - Tuesday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - 1 Big M&A deals kicked off the shortened week as a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland launched a $96 bil bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro , and Archstone-Smith , a REIT, agreed to a $22.2 bil buyout by 2 equity groups. RBS' offer for ABN topped Barclays ' earlier $86.6 bil bid, but analysts said ABN's previous decision to sell LaSalle to Bank of America clouded the deal.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Deal speculation and data lift Wall St (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks were higher at midmorning on Tuesday, as deal speculation for a number of companies greeted investors returning from the Memorial Day long weekend.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Economy - Tuesday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - U.S. home prices declined 1.4% in Q1 compared with Q1 '06, the first year-over-year drop since 1991, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index. It could take years for housing prices to rebound, said David Seiders, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders. He predicted that new-home construction won't return to last year's level for at least 4 years.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

ISS opposes Biomet buyout: report (Reuters)

Reuters - Shareholder advisory firm
Institutional Shareholder Services recommended that Biomet Inc.
shareholders vote against a $10.9 billion
private-equity buyout of the orthopedic device maker, the Wall
Street Journal reported on its Web site on Wednesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Viacom to sell music publishing unit: report (Reuters)

Reuters - Viacom Inc. agreed to sell its
Famous Music publishing business to Sony/ATV Music Publishing
for about $370 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on its
Web site on Wednesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Google CEO hopes DoubleClick deal closes by yr-end (Reuters)

Reuters - Internet search leader Google Inc.
is open to new acquisitions and remains hopeful it can
close the $3.1 billion purchase of Web ad supplier DoubleClick
by end-2007 despite a U.S. federal probe, its CEO said on
Wednesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

U.S. growers pitch agricultural deals to Cuba (Reuters)

Reuters - With a catfish fry for Cuban officials
and pleas to U.S. President George W. Bush to ease sanctions,
dozens of American businessmen began negotiating new sales of
agricultural products to communist Cuba on Monday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Pakistan losing territory to radicals (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - In this valley of orchards near Afghanistan, 90 police hid along the banks of a riverbed in March, preparing to arrest the powerful Pakistani cleric Maualana Fazlullah. Informants said the target, charged with terrorism, would soon appear with a modest contingent of followers. Instead, Mr. Fazlullah rode into sight on a white horse, surrounded by hundreds of people.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

States vie with US on emissions rules (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Four months after making headlines with its new program to fight global warming by reducing carbon-dioxide emissions from vehicles, California finds its new plan is stalled – as do 11 other states waiting to do the same.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Blood Marker Could Point to Alzheimer's Risk (HealthDay)

Most Errors in Pediatric Chemo Make It to Patients (HealthDay)

Simple Guide Helps Diabetics Manage Their Meds (HealthDay)

Heavy infants run high risk of being obese later on (Reuters)

Reuters - Babies who are born heavy and grow
fast have a 150 percent chance of being overweight or obese by
the time they are seven years old, a survey of more than 8,000
children in Hong Kong has shown.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Conjoined twin boys separated in India (AP)

AP - Doctors separated 10-month-old conjoined twin boys in five hours of surgery in central India on Tuesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

WHO urges smoking ban in public places (AP)

AP - The U.N. health agency on Tuesday issued its strongest policy recommendations yet for controlling tobacco use, urging all countries to ban smoking at indoor workplaces and in public buildings.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gucci Names Bonnin as CEO of Sergio Rossi (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Gucci Group has appointed Didier Bonnin as the new CEO of Sergio Rossi, succeeding Isabelle Guichot, who was made CEO of Balenciaga two weeks ago.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

"Acquaintance" will be renewed after 66 years (Reuters)

Reuters - Previews begin Friday on
the Roundabout's revival of John Van Druten's "Old
Acquaintance," best known today for the 1943 movie version that
famously pitted Bette Davis against her archrival Miriam
Hopkins.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Composer takes them out to the ball game (AP)

AP - Composer Richard Danielpour has always loved baseball.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

FTSE higher as Vodafone shines (FT.com)

FT.com - London equities moved higher in morning trade on Tuesday after an extended bank holiday weekend. Banks were in focus on further bid news while Vodafone cheered investors with strong annual results.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Broadcom wins Qualcomm California patent case (Reuters)

Reuters - Qualcomm Inc. said on Tuesday
that a U.S. federal jury had found it infringed three patents
held by Broadcom Corp. in the latest of their ongoing
legal disputes.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Umbilical cord cells could produce insulin: study (Reuters)

Reuters - Stem cells taken from the umbilical
cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may
someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers
reported on Friday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Cruciferous veggies may ward off bladder cancer (Reuters)

Reuters - Substances found in cruciferous
vegetables, like broccoli and cauliflower, may help protect
people from bladder cancer, a new study shows.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Nursing Homes Need Better Diabetes Care (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment of elderly patients
with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in U.S. nursing homes often fails to meet
American Diabetes Association standards, according to a new study.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

TV linked with poor diabetes control (AP)

AP - Diabetic children who spent the most time glued to the TV had a tougher time controlling their blood sugar, according to a Norwegian study that illustrates yet another downside of too much television.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Clinical Trials Update: May 25, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Vaccines getting to poor nations faster (AP)

AP - The timeline for getting new vaccines to poor countries that need them most is being shortened from decades to less than two years, an alliance of U.N. agencies and government and private groups said Friday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

CDC warns about contact lens solution (AP)

AP - Government officials are warning people to throw away a contact lens solution after an investigation linked it to a rare eye infection.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Universal Music closes on BMG (Reuters)

Reuters - Universal Music Group, the world's
largest music company, said on Friday it closed its $2.19
billion acquisition of BMG Music Publishing, which means it can
begin to sell off some European publishing rights as directed
by regulators.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Election soundtrack: Theme-song ideas for candidates (Reuters)

Reuters - All right, look, we've got a year
and a half to the election, right? So let's cut to the chase,
forget about the issues these clowns are going to be avoiding
anyway, and get down to what really matters: the campaign song.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Roehm: Wal-Mart CEO broke ethics policy (AP)

AP - Wal-Mart chief executive Lee Scott violated the company's ethics policy and accepted trips and received discounts on yachts and jewelry from a vendor, according to documents filed by a marketing executive fired by Wal-Mart in December.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - July crude climbed $1.02 to $65.20 a barrel on fresh supply concerns after the kidnapping of several foreign oil workers in Nigeria, including 3 Americans. June gasoline rose 4.68 cents to $2.404 a gallon. Both gasoline and crude futures were little-changed for the week while motorists faced record prices at the pump as the summer driving season gets underway.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Home Depot looks to mend investor fences (Reuters)

Reuters - Home Depot Inc.'s annual meeting this
week was a pretty staid affair after a public relations
disaster last year.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Friday, May 25, 2007

Revolt against new U.S. ID card grows (Reuters)

Reuters - New Hampshire on Thursday joined a
growing list of states to reject a controversial U.S.
identification card that opponents say will cost billions of
dollars to administer and present a risk to privacy.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Canada yanks citizenship of alleged Nazi enablers (Reuters)

Reuters - The government of Canada has revoked the
citizenship of two aged men it said had been involved in Nazi
war crimes during World War Two.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Do Car Manufacturers Drive Up Repair Costs? (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com)

WCVB TheBostonChannel.com - Judy Schotland prefers to take her car to a local mechanic. "I call on the phone, and they recognize my voice," she said. "It's very homey." Schotland just bought her first new car in 10 years, but that same new car came with another first that she's not thrilled about: Her regular mechanic turned her away. "When I turn my left signal on, my dashboard lights blink along with my signal," Schotland said. Schotland and countless other drivers are being sent to the dealers, even for the simplest service calls. "It's a racket," Schotland complained. ...

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Troops, families know too well the sacrifice you don't see (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - For almost 140 years, the purpose of Memorial Day has been to pay tribute to those who have died in our nation's wars. Memorial Day 2007 brings more heartbreaking news from Iraq and fresh evidence of the disparity of the burdens being borne in this war.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Frustrated House panel threatens to subpoena FDA (Reuters)

Reuters - A Congressional committee on
Thursday threatened to subpoena the Food and Drug
Administration unless the agency responds to lawmakers'
requests for documents about U.S. drug and food safety.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Iraq contractor sentenced for child porn (AP)

AP - A U.S. contractor who worked at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was sentenced to more than three years in prison Friday for possessing child pornography that he obtained using the prison's computer network.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Complications seen burdening type 2 diabetic kids (Reuters)

Reuters - Children and adolescents with
type 2 diabetes, like adults, are at risk for developing
complications from the disease. However, these complications
are expected to develop earlier in young patients, experts say.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Clinical Trials Update: May 25, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

TV linked with poor diabetes control (AP)

Not Yet Open, '10 Million Miles' Musical Gets Extension by Atlantic (Playbill)

Playbill - Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere musical, 10 Million Miles, featuring music and lyrics by singer-songwriter Patty Griffin and book by Keith Bunin, will play two weeks longer than originally announced.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Doors exhibit opens at Rock Hall of Fame (AP)

AP - At the top of a winding staircase, a larger-than-life photograph of Jim Morrison, shirtless, seductive and forever young, looms as the song "Back Door Man" pulses through the room.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Lubbock scraps Holly name at two sites (AP)

AP - Don't plan on strolling down the Buddy Holly Walk of Fame the next time you're in his West Texas birthplace. The City Council has rescinded a 1995 resolution that created the name.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Bourses lower as bank losses weigh (FT.com)

FT.com - Banks led European equities lower on Friday, but bid activity helped keep the market afloat after Nasdaq made an offer for Stockholm bourse operator OMX.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Wall Street rises on global deal-making (Reuters)

Reuters - Stocks rose in light trading on Friday
before a holiday, as Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.'s plan
to buy a Nordic exchanges company restored enthusiasm about
takeover activity.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

House approves stricter lobbying limits (AP)

AP - The House voted on Thursday to make lobbyists disclose when they round up campaign donations for members of Congress and to broaden prohibitions on their accepting gifts, meals and travel from lobbyists.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Rain floods parts of Midwest, Plains (AP)

AP - Torrential rainfall hit parts of the Plains and Midwest, flooding towns in Kansas and Texas on Thursday, toppling trees and power lines and pelting the countryside with hail.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Letters bring a war back to life (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - As I see the flags out for Memorial Day, I am reminded of my grandfather, a World War II veteran who fought in the Pacific theatre. He died before I was born, but I've gotten to know him this year by reading the letters that he sent home to his family during the war.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

The Sacrifice the Troops Bill (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- I spent some of Wednesday with a worried mom from Idaho Falls, Idaho, whose only son is in the National Guard. Once a month he drives 200 miles to train, then he drives 200 miles back home again. (All for $200 most of which is spent on gas.) He served in Bosnia. Will he be deployed to Iraq?

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Solar Energy Poised to Go Mainstream, Say Researchers (OneWorld.net)

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 (OneWorld) - Solar power is the fastest growing source of energy in the world and likely will become much more affordable in the next few years, according to a new report out this week.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gene Findings Boost Breast Cancer Research (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- Four new studies released
Thursday are shedding new light on the genetics of breast cancer,
especially for one of the best-known breast cancer genes,
BRCA1.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Drinking While Pregnant Boosts Preemie Birth Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking alcohol during
pregnancy increases the risk of having an extremely premature baby (less
than 32 weeks of gestation), especially among women aged 30 and older,
U.S. researchers warn.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Medication errors common in U.S. kids with cancer (Reuters)

Reuters - Children with cancer often get the
wrong dose of chemotherapy or are given the drug at the wrong
time, and many require treatment because of the errors, U.S.
researchers said on Friday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

TV linked with poor diabetes control (AP)

Not Yet Open, '10 Million Miles' Musical Gets Extension by Atlantic (Playbill)

"Weeds" actor returns as series regular (Reuters)

Reuters - Andy Milder has been
promoted to a series regular on Showtime's "Weeds" for the dark
comedy's upcoming third season, which kicks off August 13.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

European equities fall as Asian markets rattle (FT.com)

FT.com - European equities fell on Thursday after Asian stock markets were rattled by comments about the prospect of a Chinese economic slowdown from Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chief.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Japan consumer prices down 0.1 percent (AP)

AP - Japan's most-watched consumer price index fell for a third month in April, edging down 0.1 percent, the government said Friday, raising doubts that deflation was really a thing of the past.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Fed's Mishkin says U.S. economic speed limit may slow (Reuters)

Reuters - Federal Reserve economists think aging
workers and a shrinking workweek mean the maximum sustainable
U.S. economic growth rate may slow, Fed Governor Frederic
Mishkin said on Thursday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Thursday, May 24, 2007

House extends benefits for military vets (AP)

AP - The House on Wednesday marked the coming Memorial Day holiday by approving a spate of bills to benefit veterans, including one aimed at improving screening and treatment of veterans with traumatic brain injuries.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

NASA lawyer destroyed meeting DVD (AP)

AP - NASA's top lawyer said Thursday that he destroyed several DVD recordings of a talk between the space agency's boss and the staff of its internal watchdog office because he wanted to make sure the meeting details weren't made public.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Teen sentenced for semen salad dressing (AP)

AP - A judge has ordered a 17-year-old to pay a $750 fine and perform 120 hours of community service for contaminating salad dressing with semen and returning it to a suburban Chicago high school's cafeteria.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

House approves lobbying limits (AP)

AP - Under strong urging by Democratic leaders, the House on Thursday voted to bar lawmakers from accepting gifts, meals or trips from lobbyists and to require disclosure by lobbyists who round up campaign donations and "bundle" them together for members of Congress.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

US intel warned of Iran, al-Qaida gains (AP)

AP - U.S. intelligence agencies warned senior members of the Bush administration in early 2003 that invading Iraq could create internal conflict that would give Iran and al-Qaida new opportunities to expand their influence, according to an upcoming Senate report.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gene Findings Boost Breast Cancer Research (HealthDay)

Diabetes complications frequently afflict elderly (Reuters)

Reuters - People who develop diabetes
late in life often suffer from a range of diabetes-related
complications, and their life expectancy is shorter than that
of nondiabetic individuals of the same age, a new study shows.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Drinking While Pregnant Boosts Preemie Birth Risk (HealthDay)

Inhaled Corticosteroids Won't Prevent Kids' Asthma (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- While inhaled corticosteroid
medications are a mainstay of effective asthma treatment, they can't
prevent the disease from occurring or recurring in high-risk children, new
research found.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Lack of doctors said hurts AIDS patients (AP)

AP - A shortage of doctors and nurses in Africa is now one of the biggest obstacles to providing life-saving drugs to AIDS patients, condemning untold numbers to an unnecessary death, a new report says.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Barnes & Noble swings to 1Q loss (AP)

AP - Barnes & Noble Inc., the largest U.S. bookseller, said Thursday it lost money in its first quarter, hurt by increased discounts for its members. But strong sales of new releases pushed revenue upward.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Ex-NFL QB Palmer retires to take TV job (AP)

AP - MONTREAL (AP) — Former Giants and 49ers quarterback Jesse Palmer has retired from the Canadian Football League to pursue a broadcasting career in the United States.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gap 1Q profit down 26 percent (AP)

AP - Gap Inc.'s first-quarter profit dropped 26 percent as a new management team scrambled to regain the clothing retailer's fashion sense.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Wall Street retreats after economic data (AP)

AP - Wall Street retreated Thursday after new housing data showed sales surged in April by its biggest amount in 14 years, dampening hopes an interest rate cut would be needed to stimulate the economy.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Hearing sought over linguists' discharge (AP)

AP - Lawmakers who say the military has kicked out 58 Arabic language experts because they were gay want the Pentagon to explain how it can afford to let the valuable specialists go.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

U.S. pushes China on food safety (Reuters)

Reuters - The Bush administration on Wednesday
pressed senior Chinese officials to bolster the safety of food
exports, a key issue for U.S. consumers after a toxic chemical
surfaced in imported pet food.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

FDA to monitor toothpaste from China (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. health officials are beginning
to check all shipments of toothpaste coming from China,
following reports of tainted products in other countries, a
government spokesman said on Wednesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Aspirin May Keep Colon Cancer Away (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Aspirin can reduce the risk
of a common form of colon cancer but not all forms of the disease, new
research suggests.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Clinical Trials Update: May 23, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Asthma Takes Tougher Toll on the Obese (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Severe, persistent asthma
is more likely to strike obese individuals than people who are not
overweight, U.S. researchers report.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Paris-set musical struggles to find right key (Reuters)

Reuters - Jacques Demy was
really the last French filmmaker to make musicals where songs,
action and romantic drama blended effortlessly. This has not
deterred French novelist-filmmaker Christophe Honore from
bravely attempting to resuscitate the (mostly) discarded genre.
The result is mixed.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Warner Bros. scoops high-profile kids' book series (Reuters)

Reuters - Warner Bros. Pictures,
whose "Harry Potter" series is past the halfway mark, may have
found its next big all-ages franchise. The studio has come out
on top of a bidding war for the rights to upcoming children's
book series "Skulduggery Pleasant" by Irish author Derek Landy.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

TCM has Room for oldies online (Reuters)

Reuters - Turner Classic Movies
has launched an online video destination devoted to classic
films.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

LA judge gives O.J. funds to Goldmans (AP)

AP - O.J. Simpson must give any money a Florida lawyer is holding for him to the family of slaying victim Ronald Goldman to satisfy a multimillion-dollar wrongful death judgment, a judge has ruled.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

It may take buyout to help Circuit City (AP)

AP - Circuit City's recent profit warning and concerns about competition have pulled the plug on the consumer electronics retailer's shares.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Eaton Vance earnings fall, share price rises (Reuters)

Reuters - Money manager Eaton Vance Corp.
said on Wednesday its quarterly profit fell 42 percent as it
spent millions to launch a closed-end stock fund that helped
boost its assets under management.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Woman, 3 girls arrested in mall beating (AP)

AP - A 40-year-old woman and three girls are facing assault and battery charges in connection with what police are calling a "group beat down" of a 16-year-old girl at a mall.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Panda at Memphis Zoo is pregnant (AP)

AP - A panda at the Memphis Zoo is definitely pregnant, officials there said Wednesday. Ya Ya, a giant panda, was artificially inseminated in January after she and a male companion failed at mating the old-fashioned way.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Fed wants to clear credit card confusion (AP)

AP - Confused by the fees and terms of your credit card? The Federal Reserve wants to make your monthly bill and solicitations that arrive in your mailbox easier to understand.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

28 detained in south China protests (AP)

AP - Authorities detained 28 people after thousands of farmers rioted to protest fines levied on those who had more children than allowed under China's family planning policy, state media said Wednesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Internet Tax Ban Meets Resistance in Senate (PC World)

PC World - Several U.S. senators questioned whether to extend a ban on access and other Internet-only taxes, at least in their current form, during a hearing Wednesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Aspirin May Keep Colon Cancer Away (HealthDay)

Clinical Trials Update: May 23, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Asthma Takes Tougher Toll on the Obese (HealthDay)

NYC women issue mammogram reminder (AP)

AP - With fewer women getting mammograms in New York and nationwide, some of the city's most powerful women gathered at City Hall on Wednesday to spread public awareness about the breast cancer screening tool.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Ban kept for gay men donating blood (AP)

AP - Gay men remain banned for life from donating blood, the government said Wednesday, leaving in place — for now — a 1983 prohibition meant to prevent the spread of HIV through transfusions.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Hospitals to study child seizures (AP)

AP - When children suffer life-threatening seizures, doctors have minutes to decide which of two drugs to use to try to save them — with no good research on which works better.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Woman upbeat after internal decapitation (AP)

AP - Most days are good, some not for a woman who is recovering from what has been called "internal decapitation." Shannon Malloy suffered "atlantooccipital dislocation" — that's what doctors call it. The force of her head hitting a car dashboard separated her skull from her spine.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Sparks, Parisse and Darragh Read Dark Christmas Tale, 'Dedalus Lounge,' at Irish Rep (Playbill)

Playbill - Gary Duggan's darkly comic Dublin-set Dedalus Lounge is the latest play to be explored in the Irish Repertory Theatre's New Works Reading Series.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Borat, the book, coming this fall (AP)

AP - Glorious booksellers of America: Please welcome the esteemed Borat Sagdiyev.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Bush Job Approval Hits Another All-Time Low (Rasmussen Reports)

Rasmussen Reports - After three straight days at the lowest level ever recorded by Rasmussen Reports, President Bush's Job Approval ratings slipped another point to another new low on Tuesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Latest drug scare shows need for FDA overhaul (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Americans ought to be able to feel secure that the medications they take are thoroughly monitored for safety before and after the drugs hit the market. After all, there's a government agency - the Food and Drug Administration -which does that.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Meningitis vaccine urged for summer campers (Reuters)

Reuters - Children heading to sleep-away
camp -- just like those going away to college -- face an
increased risk of contracting bacterial meningitis, warns a
mother whose son nearly died of the infection.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Arnold files for divorce from 3rd wife (AP)

AP - Tom Arnold has filed for divorce from his third wife, Shelby Roos, after five years of marriage, according to court documents.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Global Overview: China leads Asian bourses (FT.com)

FT.com - US and European stock markets struggled to make fresh headway on Tuesday in spite of a dip in oil prices although Asian equities maintained their recent record-breaking run.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

MyRichUncle: student lender leverages loan scandal (Reuters)

Reuters - At least one company is benefiting
from government investigations into the U.S. student loan
industry.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Judge warns of disability appeal backlog (AP)

AP - A special federal court that hears veterans' disability appeals is facing its highest caseload ever as the government increasingly turns down benefits for war veterans, its chief judge said Tuesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Chinese producers defend their exports (AP)

AP - It's becoming a familiar scenario: Overseas authorities warn of tainted Chinese products while Chinese producers deny any health fears and say that in any case, they're not subject to regulation.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Group: European mammals face extinction (AP)

AP - Dozens of European mammals, including the Iberian lynx, the Saiga antelope and the Mediterranean monk seal, face extinction unless immediate measures are taken to protect them, a conservation group said Tuesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

La. child rapist's death sentence upheld (AP)

AP - Louisiana's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a man may be executed for raping an 8-year-old girl, and lawyers say his case may become the test for whether the nation's highest court upholds the death penalty for someone who rapes a child.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

ENEMY OF THE STATE (Ted Rall)

Ted Rall - Or, What Does Puffy Combs Have in Common with Ted Rall?

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gum Disease Boosts Tongue Cancer Risk in Men (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic gum disease could boost a
man's risk for tongue cancer, whether or not he smokes, a U.S. study
finds.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Keeping Weight Off in Youth Pays Off in Old Age (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Staying trim and healthy in
younger years can lead to a healthier, more mobile old age, U.S.
researchers say.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Sleep Apnea Could Raise Obstetric Risks (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep apnea greatly increases
the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy, according
to a U.S. study that looked at nationwide data on millions of pregnancies
in 2003.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Clinical Trials Update: May 22, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Could Viagra Put the Brakes on Jet Lag? (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Worried about jet lag?
Researchers think they might have just the ticket to perk you up:
Viagra.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Waist size tied to urinary symptoms in older men (Reuters)

Reuters - An expanding waistline in older
men is associated with worsening lower urinary tract symptoms
and poorer sexual function, according to research reported at
the American Urological Association meeting in Anaheim.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Patients weigh options amid Avandia risk (AP)

AP - Pat Russo tried different drugs to control her diabetes before settling on Avandia, a widely prescribed diabetes pill now under scrutiny. She has taken it for three years, but on Tuesday phoned her doctor when she read news reports that it might raise the risk of heart attack.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gene therapy used to cure mice blindness (AP)

AP - Researchers at the University of Florida and The Jackson Laboratory in Maine say they used gene therapy to restore sight in mice with achromatopsia, a form of hereditary blindness that also strikes humans.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

'Sons of Providence' author wins prize (AP)

AP - Author Charles Rappleye, whose book "Sons of Providence" tells the story of the brothers who helped found Brown University, won the $50,000 George Washington Book Prize on Tuesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gibson's grandkids confirmed in Mexico (AP)

AP - A prominent Mexican cleric confirmed two grandchildren of Mel Gibson in a brief ceremony Tuesday attended by the director of "The Passion of The Christ."

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Staples gives cautious profit outlook (AP)

AP - Office supply retailer Staples Inc. nudged its profit guidance lower on Tuesday, saying that the pressure to cut costs among consumers and businesses could slow already sluggish U.S. sales.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

FTSE in the red as Glaxo extends losses (FT.com)

FT.com - London equities slipped into the red on Tuesday as Marks and Spencer fell on the back of annual earnings and GlaxoSmithKline was hit by several broker downgrades.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Economy - Tuesday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Holding interest rates at 5.25% may not be enough to curb core inflation, said Richmond Fed chief Jeffrey Lacker. He isn't a voting member of the central bank's policy board this year, but last year he dissented by continuing to vote for rate hikes. "Core inflation has been fluctuating between 2% and 2.5% for two years now. ... We need to get back to containing core inflation between 1% and 2%," Lacker told CNBC.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Fed's Lacker says comfortable with rates now (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. interest rates are appropriate
for the Federal Reserve to achieve its goals, but may need to
be re-evaluated later this year, a top Fed official said on
Tuesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

New DNA Kit Shows Breeds Found In Fido (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com)

KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com - A new doggie DNA kit is designed for the owners of mixed-breed mutts and tells you the exact combination of breeds found in your dog.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

The Call to Impeach Gonzales (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has lied so many times and in so many circumstances that he now finds himself lying about the lies.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Trashed: Much left behind at colleges (AP)

AP - With 1,700 students, Davidson College may be small. But you'd never know it when you see the stuff students leave behind at the end of year.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Global carbon emissions in overdrive (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Global emissions of carbon dioxide are growing at a faster clip than the highest rates used in recent key UN reports.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gum Disease Boosts Tongue Cancer Risk in Men (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic gum disease could
boost a man's risk for tongue cancer, whether or not he smokes, a U.S.
study finds.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Inhaled steroids may not control kids' asthma (Reuters)

Reuters - Daily inhaled steroid therapy
is recommended to keep mild-to-moderate asthma from flaring up,
but it seems there are children whose condition remains poorly
controlled even though they consistently use inhaled steroids.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Clinical Trials Update: May 22, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Could Viagra Put the Brakes on Jet Lag? (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Worried about jet lag?
Researchers think they might have just the ticket to perk you up:
Viagra.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Birth control pill halts women's periods (AP)

AP - A new birth-control pill can halt women's menstrual periods indefinitely.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

New prize launched for manga artists (AP)

AP - Japan will hand out its first "Nobel Prize of Manga" this summer for artists in the comic book genre abroad, another step in its efforts to harness the power of pop culture diplomacy.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Staples gives cautious profit outlook (AP)

Girl calls for police help over messy room (Reuters)

Reuters - A nine-year-old German girl was so upset
about having to tidy her room she put up a sign in her window
urging passers-by to call police for help.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Bacteria cause La Brea tar pits bubbles (AP)

AP - A newly discovered bacteria is bubbling in the goo at La Brea tar pits.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

HK experts develop new graft technique for cancer surgery (Reuters)

Reuters - Doctors in Hong Kong have developed a
new technique to reconstruct large wounds left behind by
surgery to remove advanced head and neck cancers.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Eating Apples, Fish During Pregnancy Protects Kids From Allergies, Asthma (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Filling up on apples and fish during
pregnancy might protect your child from developing asthma and allergic
diseases, a new study shows.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

UK-Odd Summary (Reuters)

Reuters - Australians pay millions of dollars for
an apartment overlooking famous Bondi Beach, but only the
"Bondi Caveman" enjoys the panoramic water view for free.
Jhyimy Mhiyles has camped rough for the past five years on
Bondi's southern headland.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

N.J. lawmakers push proposals on autism (AP)

AP - Amid concern about New Jersey having America's highest autism rate, state senators on Monday pushed toward law proposals to promote research into autism and provide lifetime care for those with the disorder.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Khaled Hosseini to release second novel (AP)

AP - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — It's an image that haunts Khaled Hosseini, the Afghan-born author whose debut novel, "The Kite Runner," has become an international best seller.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Revolving cast door adds color to "Gray" (Reuters)

Reuters - Prevues begin Friday on
Stephen Lang's "Beyond Glory," written by and starring Lang,
directed by Robert Falls for the Roundabout Theater Company at
the Laura Pels Theater.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Viacom, India's TV Eighteen in JV for entertainment (Reuters)

Reuters - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. and
India's Television Eighteen group said on Tuesday they were
forming an equal joint venture for general entertainment
business in India.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Lawyer says Hasselhoff visits restored (AP)

AP - A judge has restored David Hasselhoff's right to visit his two teenage daughters after that access was suspended over a videotape showing the recovering alcoholic apparently intoxicated, an attorney for the actor said Monday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Economy - Monday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - U.S. housing-related jobs should decline along with weakness in the housing sector, but that should have only a moderately negative impact on overall hiring in '07, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. The MBA predicts housing will gradually recover by year-end, with sector employment rising next year.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

CORRECTED: Halliburton seeks investors, eyes $80 bln in projects (Reuters)

Reuters - (Corrects spelling of Halliburton chief executive surname
to Lesar)

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Monday, May 21, 2007

How safe is our food? FDA could do better (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Our system for inspecting food and drug imports into the USA is woefully outdated, designed to regulate a mostly domestic industry, not to deal with a globalized world.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Lott, `Scorned' After Katrina, Targets State Farm, Allstate (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - May 21 (Bloomberg) -- ``Are you kidding me?'' says Senator
Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican, when asked why he's so
critical of insurance companies.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

NASA Rover Finds Surprising Evidence for Mars' Watery Past (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The strongest evidence yet that ancient Mars was much wetter
than it is now has been unearthed by NASA's Spirit rover.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Chronic gum disease linked to tongue cancer (Reuters)

Reuters - In a small study, the gum
disease periodontitis was associated with an elevated risk of
developing tongue cancer.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Hopes rise for Alzheimer's drug from Elan & Wyeth (Reuters)

Reuters - Ireland's Elan Corp and U.S. partner
Wyeth plan to start final-stage clinical tests of a new
antibody drug to fight Alzheimer's disease, offering new hope
to patients and boosting both groups' shares.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Eating Apples, Fish During Pregnancy Protects Kids From Allergies, Asthma (HealthDay)

Clinical Trials Update: May 21, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

N.J. lawmakers push proposals on autism (AP)

Singapore sees rise in dengue infections (AP)

AP - Singapore recorded a nearly 50 percent increase in dengue infections in the first 4 1/2 months of this year compared to the same period in 2006, authorities said Monday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Elan, Wyeth plan advanced trials of drug (AP)

AP - Ireland's Elan Corp. PLC and Wyeth of the United States said Monday they are planning advanced trials of a drug to combat Alzheimer's, the incurable brain disease that afflicts more than 20 million people worldwide.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

New Hosseini book exceeds 'Kite Runner' (AP)

AP - "A Thousand Splendid Suns" (Riverhead Books, 370 pages, $25.95) — by Khaled Hosseini: Mariam is a loathsome creature — the out-of-wedlock daughter of a wealthy businessman and his uneducated maid.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Vionnet Appoints Marc Audibet; Kokosalaki Out (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - The legendary Paris fashion house of Madeleine Vionnet has appointed Marc Audibet as its new Artistic Advisor, a somewhat novel title in fashion

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Bo Diddley to move out of intensive care (AP)

AP - Bo Diddley, who suffered a stroke after a performance eight days ago, has improved enough to be moved into a regular room at Creighton University Medical Center, his publicist said.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

`Shrek' opening weekend pulls in $121.6M (AP)

AP - "Shrek the Third" was rolling in green with a $121.6 million weekend, smashing the franchise's own record for best animated opening ever and delivering the third-best debut of all time.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Nasdaq service aims to match directors, companies (Reuters)

Reuters - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. said
on Monday that it is launching a service that aims to match up
companies and prospective board members.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Bride turns down "dark" groom (Reuters)

Reuters - Turned down for marriage due to
his dark complexion, an Indian man staged a hunger strike
outside his would be bride's house for two days before she
finally relented, an official said Saturday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Ancient coelacanth caught in Indonesia (AP)

AP - An Indonesian fisherman hooked a rare coelacanth, a species once thought as extinct as dinosaurs, and briefly kept the "living fossil" alive in a quarantined pool.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Hershey sues man who made pot candy (AP)

AP - It was a big enough bummer for Kenneth Affolter when he was sentenced to more than five years in prison for making pot-laced treats and soft drinks. Now he faces the wrath of a candy giant.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Staples starts computer recycle program (AP)

AP - Staples Inc. is expanding its electronics waste recycling program by accepting used computers and monitors that can now be dropped off for a $10 fee at any of the office products chain's 1,400 U.S. locations during store hours.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Aerospace companies seek young recruits (AP)

AP - Justin Wong, an aerospace engineering student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was schmoozing on Facebook.com last fall when he came across a sleek Boeing job ad.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

A better way to deal with Afghanistan's poppy crop (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Afghanistan provides more than 90% of the world's heroin, which is made from poppies. The amount has skyrocketed since the Taliban regime that sheltered Osama bin Laden was toppled in 2001.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

PSA Test Still Important to Detect Prostate Cancer, Studies Find (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Despite questions as to
whether early screening for prostate cancer is accurate, new research
suggests it continues to be important.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Eating Apples, Fish During Pregnancy Protects Kids From Allergies, Asthma (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Filling up on apples and fish
during pregnancy might protect your child from developing asthma and
allergic diseases, a new study shows.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Stoppard play, rock show win early theater awards (Reuters)

Reuters - Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia"
and the well-received rock musical "Spring Awakening" won top
Drama Desk theater awards on Sunday, firming up their
front-runner positions to win big at next month's Tony Awards.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Ford, Verizon on the "Lot" as co-stars (Reuters)

Reuters - Steven Spielberg is no
stranger to product integration in his films, from the renowned
Reese's Pieces in "E.T." to the Gap, Lexus and Reebok in
"Minority Report" to a long list of retailers and restaurants
that had their businesses depicted in "The Terminal," including
Burger King, Starbucks and Borders.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Fire at LA school that inspired film (AP)

AP - A fire has gutted the historic auditorium of the East Los Angeles high school that inspired the movie "Stand and Deliver."

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Former Creed singer charged with assault (AP)

AP - Former Creed frontman Scott Stapp was arrested at his home Sunday and charged with assault related to domestic violence, authorities said.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Saks profit falls but sales rise (AP)

AP - Upscale department store retailer Saks Inc. said Monday that profit slid 86 percent in the first quarter from a year-ago period that included hefty gains on the sale of its Saks Department Store Group businesses.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Economists foresee sluggish 2007 growth (AP)

AP - Weighed down by a housing slump, the economy in 2007 will log its most sluggish growth in five years. But that showing should not cause businesses to really clamp down on hiring, economic forecasters say.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Who's Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- How touchy is the Bush administration about criticism?

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Kuwait abandons US dollar currency peg (FT.com)

FT.com - Kuwait on Sunday removed its currency peg to the US dollar, throwing plans for a Gulf currency union by 2010 into doubt and raising the prospect that other oil-producing states might abandon long-held dollar pegs.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Homemade bomb kills 6, wounds 48 in Peru (AP)

AP - A backpack containing dynamite and nails exploded during a celebration in a southern Peruvian market, killing six people and wounding 48, police said Saturday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Agent Orange Raises Vietnam Vets' Risk of Recurrent Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure four decades ago to
Agent Orange in the Vietnam War appears to boost veterans' risk for a
recurrence of prostate cancer even after the organ is surgically removed,
a new study shows.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

States balk at cancer vaccine mandate (AP)

AP - For a time, Georgia was poised to become the latest state to require preteen girls to be vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Donors hope plastinated bodies educate (AP)

AP - Stace Owens has no intention of leaving this world when he dies. He plans to stick around for decades or longer, preserved in plastic and displayed in a museum or medical school.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

'Office' actors party in Scranton, Pa. (AP)

AP - Ain't no party like a Scranton party. That's what "The Office" stars Brian Baumgartner and Angela Kinsey told a breakfast crowd as they visited the city where the NBC sitcom is set. The line was uttered this season by Steve Carell, who plays the buffoonish regional manager at Dunder Mifflin Paper Co.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Finnish band Lordi shooting horror flick (AP)

AP - Lordi, the mask-clad heavy metal monster band from Finland, is thrashing its way onto the big screen with a horror flick.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Dancer, actor Carl Wright dies at 75 (AP)

AP - Actor Carl Wright, who began his career as a tap dancer and comedian and later appeared in movies including "Barbershop" and "Big Momma's House," has died, his family confirmed Sunday. He was 75.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Oil stocks support FTSE gains (FT.com)

FT.com - London equities hit a new six-year high on Friday as oil stocks rallied and Cadbury Schweppes (NYSE:CSG) gained on bid reports.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Hologic seeks to buy Cytyc for $6.2 billion (Reuters)

Reuters - Digital mammography machine seller
Hologic Inc. said on Sunday that Cytyc Corp. ,
maker of ThinPrep cervical cancer tests, agreed to be bought
for $6.2 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would more
than double Hologic's revenue.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

China plans to invest $3 billion in Blackstone (Reuters)

Reuters - China's new state investment firm on
Sunday said it plans to make a $3 billion investment in the
Blackstone Group, one of the most prominent and powerful U.S.
private equity firms.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Camera phone pioneer mulls gadget impact (AP)

AP - The chilling sounds of gunfire on the Virginia Tech campus; the hateful taunts from Saddam Hussein's execution; the racist tirade of comedian Michael Richards.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Poll: American satisfaction at new low (AP)

AP - It's gloomy out there. Men and women, whites and minorities — all are feeling a war-weary pessimism about the country seldom shared by so many people.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Clerk finds $10 bill, buys $1M winner (AP)

AP - Kristina Schneider tried to persuade a customer at the BP station where she works to buy the last ticket on a roll of the Magnificent Millions lottery game.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Nation's top weather officials resign (AP)

AP - One day after its hurricane forecasters complained of budget cuts, the head of the National Weather Service and his deputy announced they will retire next month.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Corps: Close channel blamed for flooding (AP)

AP - The Army Corps of Engineers said Saturday it wants to build a $50 million earthen dam to plug a ship channel blamed for much of the flooding from Hurricane Katrina.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Agent Orange Raises Vietnam Vets' Risk of Recurrent Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)

CORRECTED: NOTEBOOK-Paps boo Pam, Polanski boos press in Cannes (Reuters)

Reuters - Corrects name of Polanski film to "The Pianist," paragraph
6

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Record growth to moderate in transition economies: EBRD (Reuters)

Reuters - Eastern Europe and the former
Soviet Union will see 2007 economic growth moderate slightly
from record levels, the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development said on Sunday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Virgin Media faces private equity bid: paper (Reuters)

Reuters - A private equity consortium headed by
U.S.-based Providence Equity Partners is considering making a
$15 billion approach for British cable group Virgin Media
, The Observer newspaper said on Sunday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Texas to release 226 juvenile prisoners (AP)

AP - The agency that runs the state's juvenile prison system said it will release 226 inmates after a review found their sentences were improperly extended.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Climate changes said harm sunflowers (AP)

AP - Imagine the Sunflower State without its sunflowers. That's one of the dire predictions contained in a new report on global warming released by the National Wildlife Federation, which says the Kansas state flower could move north to other states in a few decades.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Beverly Hills teen held in hammer attack (AP)

AP - A Beverly Hills teenager attacked a prep school classmate with a claw hammer as they sat in his Jaguar, authorities said.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

LA hospital to adopt rules for homeless (AP)

AP - Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, whose discharge of a paraplegic man onto skid row earlier this year was widely publicized, says it will adopt new guidelines meant to end the dumping of homeless patients.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

HUSBAND PLAYS THE HEAVY IN WIFE'S WEIGHT-LOSS PLAN (Dear Abby)

Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I lost quite a bit of weight on a great diet that worked well for me. I did it for my health and because I was tired of carrying all that extra weight around. Everyone has been complimentary, except my husband.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Clerk finds $10 bill, buys $1M winner (AP)

AP - Kristina Schneider tried to persuade a customer at the BP station where she works to buy the last ticket on a roll of the Magnificent Millions lottery game.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

2 men survive 40 hours in Gulf of Mexico (AP)

AP - Two fishermen whose boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico survived nearly two days and nights drifting at sea before one of them climbed the leg of an offshore oil platform.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

B'desh launches emergency polio vaccination drive (Reuters)

Reuters - Bangladesh began immunizing 2 million
children against polio on Sunday in an emergency vaccination
drive in a southeastern region close to Myanmar, officials
said.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Saturday, May 19, 2007

2 mountaineers die on Mount McKinley (AP)

AP - Two climbers died after a 1,900-foot fall during a descent of Mount McKinley — North America's highest mountain — Denali National Park and Reserve officials said Friday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Plumbers fight for famous phone number (AP)

AP - One-hit wonder Tommy Tutone made the phone number 867-5309 famous in the band's 1982 hit single, which uses the digits over and over in its catchy refrain.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Ladder-Related Accidents Climb in U.S.: Study (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- The number of ladder-related
injuries in the United States increased by more than 50 percent from 1990
to 2005, says a study in the May issue of the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Cave Near Chicago Full of Ancient Wonders (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - North America's oldest conifer tree and some ancient scorpion parts are among the fossil treasures found in a newly discovered cave in Illinois.

The new discovery also unearthed fossils of plants that may be new to science and revealed evidence of prehistoric forest fires.

Scientists date the specimens to nearly 315 million years ago, according to initial findings presented last month at the regional meeting of the Geological Society of America in Lawrence, Kan. ...

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Family Wants Diploma For Son In Coma (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com)

WCVB TheBostonChannel.com - The family of a teen who has been in a coma since a November car crash is asking his high school to give him a diploma.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Two-Step Windows Vista UAC Hack Published (PC World)

PC World - Another security researcher has found a way through Windows Vista's heavily hyped User Account Control (UAC) feature.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

U.S. cracks down on smuggling of Cubans (AP)

AP - A man signaled with a flashlight in the early July morning as his pregnant wife and 30 other Cubans huddled along the coast of Matanzas, Cuba. A speedy fishing boat pulled close to shore and two smugglers loaded the group aboard.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Hedge fund guru: Improve U.S. math skill (AP)

AP - James Simons knows a thing or two about the laws of supply and demand. He has been running the successful Renaissance Technologies investment firm for more than 20 years.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Ga. Republican avoids war in campaign (AP)

AP - The Republican front-runner in the race to succeed a late Georgia congressman jumps at the chance to talk about immigration or Southern values. Ask him about the war in Iraq, and he clams up.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Ex-S. Dakota lawmaker charged with rape (AP)

AP - A former state House member was arrested Friday on charges of rape and other sexual offenses against two teen girls.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Border agents recruited for Iraq duty (AP)

AP - A military contractor is recruiting current and former agents with the U.S. Border Patrol to teach Iraqis how to secure their national borders.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Viral disease sickens hundreds in China (AP)

AP - An outbreak of a viral disease common in children has sickened almost 900 people in eastern China but the outbreak has been contained, state media said Saturday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Mom seeks better soldier health screens (AP)

AP - Barbara Damon-Day, the mother of a Maine Army National Guard captain who died of unexplained causes while serving in Afghanistan, has been on a mission of her own.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

In Its New Home, FL's Caldwell Will Have World Premiere, Florida Premiere and 'Doubt' in 2007-08 (Playbill)

Playbill - Caldwell Theatre Company's 2007-08 mainstage season in Boca Raton, FL, will launch Dec. 2 with John Patrick Shanley's Doubt in its new home, the Count de Hoernle Theatre.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Prayers at Ohio Legislature criticized (AP)

AP - Guest ministers leading prayers in the Ohio House are violating guidelines by evangelizing and speaking on political topics, the House clerk warned.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Report: San Marino men live longest (AP)

AP - A boy born in San Marino, a tiny republic surrounded by Italy, will likely live to age 80, the world's longest male life expectancy, but newborn girls in Japan and 30 other countries have even better prospects, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Space ashes recovered in N.M. mountains (AP)

AP - A rocket payload that flew briefly into space with ashes of astronaut Gordon Cooper and "Star Trek" actor James Doohan was recovered Friday in the New Mexico mountains.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Have-nots rebel as India blossoms (AP)

AP - After the paved roads have ended and the dirt roads have crumbled into winding footpaths, after the last power line has vanished into the forest behind you, a tall, red monument suddenly appears at the edge of a clearing.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

FBI: 'Frequent Fliers' Strapped Drugs To Bodies (Cleveland - NewsNet5)

Cleveland - NewsNet5 - FBI agents in Cleveland said they made several arrests and are looking for two ringleaders following an investigation into an alleged crime ring that agents call Operation Frequent Flier.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Chicago mob informant pleads guilty (AP)

AP - The star witness in the government's case against a dozen alleged Chicago mob figures pleaded guilty Friday to taking part in a conspiracy that included 18 murders.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

A year later, mine blast survivor copes (AP)

AP - Surrounded by smoke from the blast, he urges his friend to follow him, insisting he's found a way out. But the two separate in the dust and darkness. Panic-stricken, he continues to drag himself toward the mine exit, before his body weakens and he blacks out.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gardasil Guards Against Vaginal, Vulval Cancers (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- An international study shows
that the cervical cancer vaccine that received government approval in the
United States last year also protects women against vulval and vaginal
cancers.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

When Produce Is Homegrown, Kids Eat Better (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Young children who regularly eat
homegrown fruits and veggies eat more than twice as much of those healthy
foods than kids who seldom get fresh-from-the-garden produce on their
plates, U.S. researchers report.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Clinical Trials Update: May 18, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Friday, May 18, 2007

Consumer Groups Blame FCC For U.S. Broadband Drop (TechWeb)

TechWeb - A congressional committee hears complaints that the FCC has abandoned its mandate to bring true high-speed broadband service to every American household

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Colombia warlord claims US link to funds (AP)

AP - A warlord accused of spearheading civilian massacres claimed Thursday that some U.S. companies who buy Colombia's bananas had made regular payments to his illegal right-wing militias.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

NASA probes sinkhole as proxy for icy moon (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA is testing an
underwater robot in one of Earth's deepest sinkholes in a first
step toward searching for life on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

How will Iraq share the oil? (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - The reason Iraq needs to pass a new oil law, President Bush has said, is to "share oil revenues among all of Iraq's citizens" – Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds – and to help unify the country.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Defining "Progress" in Iraq (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- Three months into the job, General David Petraeus says it is difficult to predict, before the full number of troops arrive, if the surge in Baghdad will succeed. And he now says he will not have a definitive answer about prospects for progress by September, when he is to report back to Congress.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Merging Black Holes Observed in New Detail (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Scientists have pinpointed the precise locations of a pair of supermassive black holes at the centers of two colliding galaxies 300 million light-years away.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Wolfowitz Out: The Spin Doesn't Matter (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- From the statement of the World Bank's board of directors, announcing the resignation of its president, Paul Wolfowitz:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gardasil Guards Against Vaginal, Vulval Cancers (HealthDay)

When Produce Is Homegrown, Kids Eat Better (HealthDay)

Clinical Trials Update: May 18, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Conjoined twins have separate blood flow (AP)

AP - Doctors succeeded in giving independent blood flow to 3-year-old conjoined twins as they prepare for a high-risk procedure to separate them, a doctor said Friday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

WHO unveils life expectancy statistics (AP)

'Ragtime', a Hit for Chicago's Porchlight, Will Move to Apollo Theatre (Playbill)

Playbill - Porchlight Music Theatre in Chicago has a hit on its hands with its staging of the musical Ragtime, which will transfer to the Apollo Theater June 9 after a hot run at Theatre Building Chicago.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

What the Buyers Want, and What They're Getting (AdWeek.com)

AdWeek.com - NEW YORK Advertisers' budgets for spending on television for the 2007-08 season will be flat to up by a few percentage points from last year's $8.75 billion, media buyers said. And when the broadcast networks introduce their fall schedules in New York this week, buyers warned, they will need to offer shows with better hit potential, or dollars will go elsewhere.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Court: van Gogh stays with Taylor (AP)

AP - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit demanding that Elizabeth Taylor turn over a Vincent van Gogh painting once confiscated by Nazis.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Bernanke downplays fears over subprime (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks were trading modestly lower at mid-morning on Thursday, with investors in the mood to consolidate recent solid gains.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The Economic Cycle Research Institute's Weekly Leading Index ticked up 0.1 point 15 142.7 in the week ended May 11. The 4-week annualized growth rate reached a new 3-year high of 6.1%, up from last week's 5.2%. "There's reasonably broad-based strength in the forward-looking indicators of the economy," including those for the service and industrial sectors, said Anirvan Banerji, director of research at ECRI. "The prospect of a recession is minuscule at this point."

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Allstate gets subpoena from U.S. grand jury (Reuters)

Reuters - Allstate Corp. said on Friday
it received a subpoena from a U.S. grand jury in southern
Mississippi on how it handled claims from Hurricane Katrina in
2005 -- its second subpoena this month.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Senators want Baroody nomination pulled (AP)

AP - Two Democratic senators said Thursday the White House should withdraw the nomination of manufacturers' lobbyist Michael Baroody to run the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Accuweather forecasts hot summer for much of U.S (Reuters)

Reuters - Private weather forecaster Accuweather
is predicting hotter-than-normal temperatures for much of the
United States this summer, the company said in a press release.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Iran says five held in Iraq may be free by June 21 (Reuters)

Reuters - Five Iranians detained by U.S. forces in
northern Iraq could be freed within the next month, Iranian
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Friday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Another controversy for Alberto Gonzales (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - First came revelations about the firing of US attorneys. Now Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is taking criticism from Congress for a second controversial subject: warrantless eavesdropping.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Gardasil Guards Against Vaginal, Vulval Cancers (HealthDay)

'Crocodile' tells of Zimbabwe's slide (AP)

AP - "When a Crocodile Eats the Sun" (Little, Brown and Company. $24.99. 341 pages) — Peter Godwin: Peter Godwin's new book, "When a Crocodile Eats the Sun," is part personal memoir, part family history and part examination of a country's slide into disaster.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Kohl's, Penney, Nordstrom profits grow (AP)

AP - Higher gasoline prices and a slow housing market may be weighing on the economy, but retailers don't seem to be worried.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Clear Channel agrees raised bid, moves vote date (Reuters)

Reuters - Clear Channel Communications Inc.
said on Friday its board approved an increased buyout
proposal of $39.20 a share, or $19.6 billion, which includes an
option that allows current shareholders to take about a 30
percent stake in the restructured company.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Mexico: Drug gangs using terror tactics (AP)

AP - Mexico's top police official said Thursday that drug gangs are relying on a flow of arms from the United States and using terrorist strategies learned from al-Qaida to pressure the government to halt anti-drug efforts.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Aspirin May Cut Pregnancy Complication Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Women at high risk for the
pregnancy complication preeclampsia can lower their odds by 10 percent by
taking daily aspirin, a new study suggests.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Clinical Trials Update: May 17, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Severely Obese Women More Likely to Skip Cancer Scans (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Severely obese woman are
more likely than other women to skip cancer screenings, even though being
severely obese increases their risk of developing and dying of cancer.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

More Japanese seek stress compensation (AP)

AP - More Japanese workers than ever claimed and received compensation for mental-health problems caused by workplace stress last year and a similar trend was seen for families of employees who died from work-related suicides, officials said Thursday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

FDA advisers back new smallpox vaccine (AP)

AP - Government advisers backed a second-generation smallpox vaccine on Thursday as safe enough to be used if the virtually extinct virus ever reappears.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Study peeks at how normal brains grow (AP)

AP - Can you get smarter than a fifth-grader? Of course, but new research suggests some of the brain's basic building blocks for learning are nearing adult levels by age 11 or 12.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Stoppard's "Rock'n'Roll" coming to Broadway (Reuters)

Reuters - Tom Stoppard's "Rock'n'Roll" will come
to Broadway in October, its producers said on Thursday, hoping
to emulate the success of his trilogy "The Coast of Utopia"
that won 10 Tony nominations this week.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Universal taps Grass to top int'l production unit (Reuters)

Reuters - Universal Pictures
has named 20th Century Fox International executive Christian
Grass president of the studio's new production arm at Universal
Pictures International.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

"Third" time's a harm for "Shrek" rivals (Reuters)

Reuters - Paramount's "Shrek the
Third" will have the boxoffice swamp pretty much to itself this
weekend. The lucrative franchise from DreamWorks Animation will
be the lone wide release in North America.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Money fund assets rise in latest week (AP)

AP - Total money market mutual fund assets rose by $18.20 billion to $2.485 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Outlook On Euro Zone Hits New High (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Global earnings growth expectations have soared to the highest level in a year. And appetite for European stocks has surged to an all-time high. That's according to the latest Global Fund Manager Survey from Merrill Lynch.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Traveler screening program is criticized (AP)

AP - The Homeland Security Department is breaking the law by not telling the public exactly how personal information is used to screen international travelers, including Americans, congressional investigators said Wednesday.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Company recalls 129,000 pounds of beef (AP)

AP - A meat company is recalling 129,000 pounds of beef products in 15 states because of possible E. coli contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com

Funding for abstinence likely to drop (AP)

AP - Federal funding for abstinence education will likely fall considerably this year as Democratic leaders said Wednesday they will let a $50 million grant program expire on June 30.

Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com