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Go Veg! 21.7 million pounds of meat recalled
2007-10-01 15:18:00 Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded a recall issued four days ago to 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products, one of the largest meat recalls in U.S. history. In a statement, the Elizabeth, New Jersey, company said the products may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, a bacterium that can cause severe diarrhea and cramps, as well as other complications. More About: Million , Recalled
China Bans Bra, Underwear Ads
2007-10-01 15:17:00 China has banned television and radio ads for push-up bras, figure- enhancing underwear and sex toys in the communist government's latest move to purge the nation's airwaves of what it calls social pollution. More About: China , Underwear
Why the Dollar is a 98-lb. Weakling
2007-09-28 15:45:00 Spend some time in the hotels, restaurants and even newsstands of Western Europe these days, and as an American you understand pretty quickly that you're poorer than you once were. To be precise, you're 40% poorer. More About: Dollar , Doll
Bloomberg: Insurgents In Iraq Like Americans Who Fought British
2007-09-28 15:23:00 In his most detailed comments on the Iraq war, Mayor Bloom berg last night suggested the United States was in the same difficult position as the British in the Revolutionary War - facing a determined band of insurgents. More About: Americans
Court won't declare chimp a person
2007-09-28 15:21:00 He's now got a human name ? Matthew Hiasl Pan ? but he's having trouble getting his day in court. Animal rights activists campaigning to get Pan, a 26-year-old chimpanzee, legally declared a person vowed Thursday to take their challenge to Austria's Supreme Court after a lower court threw out their latest appeal. More About: Person , Clar
Men Are Now Happier Than Women
2007-09-28 15:18:00 Modern times seem to be riddled with growing gaps - the income gap, the achievement gap, the tolerance-of-celebrity-gossip gap. Now here's another one to worry about, according to today's New York Times: the growing happiness gap between men and women. More About: Women , Happier
"Childrens do learn," Bush tells school kids
2007-09-27 15:16:00 Offering a grammar lesson guaranteed to make any English teacher cringe, President George W. Bush told a group of New York school kids on Wednesday: "Childrens do learn." More About: Kids , School , Learn , Tells
U.S. joins China, India in opposing pollution rules
2007-09-27 15:12:00 The United States is lining up with China , India and the world's other biggest polluters in opposition to mandatory cuts in Earth-warming greenhouse gases sought by the United Nations and European countries. More About: Pollution , Rules , Rule
White House Seeks $42.3 Billion More for War
2007-09-27 15:08:00 ABC News has learned that the Bush Administration plans to ask Congress for another $42.3 billion to fund the global war on terror. That brings the total request for 2008 war funding to nearly $190 billion, making 2008 the costliest year, by far, for war funding. More About: House , White House , White , Billion
Gore-Clinton Reunite on Global Issues
2007-09-27 15:05:00 Global warming, poverty, health and education took center stage at the opening of Clinton Global Initiative conference Wednesday as former President Clinton and his vice president, Al Gore , briefly reunited on a common cause. More About: Issues , Global , Unit
India's tigers need miracle to survive
2007-09-27 15:01:00 India's dwindling tiger population will never recover and it will take a miracle to save those left from habitat destruction and poaching. More About: Tigers , Miracle , Survive
Jay Leno selling 'Tonight Show's set to help Brooklyn kids
2007-09-26 15:15:00 It's no joke. "The Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is hoping his old furniture will help a Brooklyn kids program build a new home. More About: Kids , Selling , Jay Leno
Mother Teresa's letters show her human side
2007-09-26 15:03:00 Suffering inside, she went about her work of helping the poorest of the poor from an order she founded in a slum in Calcutta, India. More About: Show , Human , Mother , Letters , Side
Iran Does Far Worse Than Ignore Gays
2007-09-26 15:01:00 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's seemingly ridiculous claim that "we don't have homosexuals, like in your country" masks the cruel reality that his government does far worse than ignore gays. More About: Iran , Gays
Cubans walk out during Bush U.N. speech
2007-09-26 15:00:00 Cuba's foreign minister walked out of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday in protest of President Bush 's speech in which he said the "long rule of a cruel dictator is nearing its end" on the communist island. More About: Cubans , Walk , Speech
Do You Stare at Hotties? Blame Science
2007-09-26 14:58:00 Is your squeeze checking out another? It may not be his (or her) fault. More About: Science , Blame , Lame
From Darkness to Light: Blind Man Struggles After Regaining Sight
2007-09-26 14:55:00 A New Book Chronicles How Mike May Got His Eyesight Back After Being Blind for Most of His Life. More About: Light , Sight , Darkness , Blind Man
Greenland to World: "Keep Out!"
2007-09-25 15:24:00 Greenlanders get asked some fairly predictable questions when they're out and about in the world. They get asked, for instance, if it's winter all year long in Greenland. (No.) They get asked if they live in igloos. (No.) And they get asked if it's true that Iceland is really green, and Greenland is really ice. (Sort of. For now.) More About: World
Indian actress Jaitley turns prankster
2007-09-25 15:23:00 Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley played a practical joke on an unsuspecting New Zealand director by teaching him insults in Hindi language. More About: Indian , Actress , Prankster
U.N. summit urges action on climate change
2007-09-25 15:20:00 With tales of rising seas and talk of human solidarity, world leaders at the first United Nations climate summit sought Monday to put new urgency into global talks to reduce global-warming emissions. More About: Action , Climate Change , Climate , Change , Summit
How the Rich Hide Their Wealth
2007-09-24 02:28:00 The Rich Go to Great Lengths to Shield Assets From the Public and Sometimes the Government. More About: Wealth , Hide
Hillary Clinton: I'm not a lesbian
2007-09-24 02:26:00 Hillary Clinton officially declared she's not a lesbian - not that there's anything wrong with that. More About: Hillary Clinton , Lesbian , Hillary , Linton
Dying Professor's Lecture of a Lifetime
2007-09-24 02:24:00 Randy Pausch Has Months to Live, but Inspires Others With Lecture on Living Life to the Fullest More About: Lifetime , Dying , Fess
The Toughest Call: Love After Tragedy
2007-09-24 02:18:00 Keith Cavill and Christine Coppa were young and in love. When tragedy struck, Chrissi was faced with a devastating choice. More About: Love , Tragedy , Call
Rising Seas Predicted to Overtake U.S. Coasts Within a Century
2007-09-24 02:16:00 In about a century, some of the places that make America what it is may be slowly erased. More About: Seas , Predict , Century , Vert
Giving Globally: The Search for Solutions
2007-09-24 02:14:00 A doctor, a banker, an engineer and a scientist are working separately?and together?to bring lifesaving vaccines to children around the world. How inspired individuals can take on and conquer some of the world's biggest problems. More About: Search , Giving , Solutions , Solution , Ally
Bill boasts that world leaders are pulling for Hillary
2007-09-24 02:07:00 "Every African leader I talked to, every single one when I was there, without any prodding from me, said, 'For God sakes, I hope Hillary wins. We don't like disliking America here,'" Bill Clinton said at a fund-raiser for her last month. More About: World , Leaders , Lead
Do Not Call Listings To Expire In 2008
2007-09-21 15:18:00 The cherished dinner hour void of telemarketers could vanish next year for millions of people when phone numbers begin dropping off the national Do Not Call list. More About: Listings , 2008
Glamorous politician wants marriage to expire after 7 years
2007-09-21 15:14:00 Bavaria's most glamorous politician -- a flame-haired motorcyclist who helped bring down state premier Edmund Stoiber -- has shocked the Catholic state in Germany by suggesting marriage should last just 7 years. More About: Marriage , Years , Politician , Glamorous , Politic
Study says soccer is better than jogging
More articles from this author:2007-09-21 15:12:00 There's a new slogan for weight-watchers: Burn it like Beckham. A friendly game of soccer, a new study has found, works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging. More About: Soccer , Study 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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