BRUSSELS, Belgium – Italy must urgently take further action to ensure dioxin-tainted mozzarella does not end up on store shelves, the European Union said Thursday, warning that the bloc could impose a ban on the popular cheese from Italy’s Campania region. The European Commission said Italian health officials had not …
Read More »Apple Farmer Finds Pigs Work Better Than Pesticides
CLAYTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Jim Koan has gone hog-wild in his battle against a beetle that threatens his 120-acre organic apple orchard. As part of a research experiment believed to be among the first of its kind, Koan is using pigs to help protect his fruit from the plum curculio, …
Read More »Anti-Immigration Groups Targeting Businesses
LAKE FOREST, Calif. – The white van eases into a liquor store parking lot and is swarmed by 30 Hispanic day laborers who begin intense job negotiations with the driver. Within seconds, another wave of people descend on the van. Mostly white and middle aged, they snap pictures as they …
Read More »Having an Abortion Linked To Long-Term Anxiety, Stress
Miscarriage and abortion are both stressful events, but a study from Norway suggests that abortion may be associated with more long-term psychological distress. Researchers interviewed 40 women who had miscarriages and 80 women who had abortions and followed them for five years. Women who had miscarriages suffered more anxiety and …
Read More »Flu Vaccine: A Flop for the Elderly?
For people over age 65, flu vaccines may not work as well as predicted. The finding, from two careful University of Washington studies, is a big surprise. Yes, elderly people don’t get the same vigorous boost of immunity from flu vaccine as younger people. But public health experts almost universally …
Read More »Boeing, Bell Receive $1B Navy Contract
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy on Tuesday awarded Textron Inc.’s (TXT) Bell Helicopter unit and Boeing Co. (BA) a $1 billion contract to buy components for 16 V-22 tiltrotor aircraft through September 2009. The Navy said the contract would pay for long lead components associated with the manufacture and delivery …
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See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight, “The O’Reilly Factor” is on … It’s the interview you’ve been waiting all week for, now we bring you PART TWO of our explosive interview with Howard Stern as the shock jock dares to …
Read More »N.Y. Mayor To Go On Trial For Gay Marriages
ALBANY, N.Y. – The village mayor who challenged New York law by attempting to marry gay couples last year will face trial, the state’s highest court ruled Friday. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, the high court there rejected a Roman Catholic activist’s bid to halt gay marriages in that state until after …
Read More »Is Paris Hilton's New Video Too Spicy for TV?
This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” May 23, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Back of the Book” segment tonight: Carl’s Jr. (search) …
Read More »Brown Says Houston Has Finished Rehab
NEW YORK – Bobby Brown (search) says he believes that his wife, Whitney Houston (search), has successfully completed a second stint in rehab. “I’m very confident,” Brown told “Access Hollywood” in an interview Tuesday night. “She’s my lady and she’s doing wonderful. Everything about her spirit right now is just …
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