 Calls for national infant formula recall spread November 27, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) --Disclosure that laboratory tests have detected traces of contamination in several major brands of infant formula generated concern and confusion Wednesday, with a national consumer's group and the Illinois ... | |
 FTC tosses guidance on tar, nicotine in cigarettes November 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The cigarette industry for 42 years has made factual claims about tar and nicotine levels based on machine testing blessed by the Federal Trade Commission. | |
 Europeans concerned about US climate commitment November 27, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Despite widespread optimism that President-elect Barack Obama will adopt policies more to their liking, some European officials are preparing to be disappointed on global warming. | |
 Astronauts share freeze-dried Thanksgiving feast November 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- The smoked turkey is ready to be heated up. All the freeze-dried green beans and cornbread dressing need are water injections before they're served. | |
 Shipping crate zipped for shuttle return to Earth November 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- With their visit winding down, the world's 10 space travelers zipped up a huge shipping crate at the international space station on Wednesday for return to Earth aboard space shuttle Endeavour. | |
 Sling.com like video site Hulu with a twist November 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Since its launch in March, video-streaming site Hulu has become a popular place to catch TV shows, video clips and movies for free on the Web. | |
Ad watchdog: FiOS not 'so much more bright' November 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Verizon's FiOS TV service doesn't make for a brighter picture, the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said, urging the company to drop some of the claims it makes in its advertising. | |
 Patient-led drug trials defy medical establishment November 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- Until last year, Alan Felzer was an energetic engineering professor who took the stairs to his classes two steps at a time. Now the 64-year-old grandfather sits strapped to a wheelchair, able to move ... | |
Guyana to close Net cafes that offer cheap calls November 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The South American country of Guyana plans to close hundreds of Internet cafes that it accuses of bypassing the telephone company system to offer cheap international calls. | |
Space experts offer anti-asteroid plan (Update) November 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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(AP) -- It is disaster planning on a galactic scale: Space experts want to come up with a contingency plan on what to do in case a killer asteroid collides with Earth. | |
Study says HIV could be eliminated in a decade November 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
(AP) -- The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested and treated, according to a new mathematical model. | |
 Separation planned for Oklahoma conjoined twins November 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A set of 1-month-old girls believed to be the first known American Indian conjoined twins are doing well and will be separated, doctors say. | |
 Astronauts busy collecting recycled urine samples November 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- With just two more days together, the astronauts of the linked space shuttle and space station busily collected as many recycled urine samples as possible from a machine that they coaxed into operation. | |
 Thanksgiving in space: stiff turkey, bland yams November 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- The smoked turkey resembles sliced deli meat but stiffer, the candied yams are bland inside, the green beans taste like they've been microwaved to death and the corn bread stuffing has a broth-heavy, ... | |
 FDA finds traces of melamine in US infant formula November 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration said ... | |
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