16 July 2007
Food-labeling effort gains new momentum (AP)
AP - Shoppers are in the dark about where much of their food comes from despite a five-year-old law requiring meat and other products to carry labels with their country of origin.
13 July 2007
Trade deficit rises in May (AP)
AP - America's trade deficit rose to its second-highest level of the year as the price of imported crude oil jumped and demand for Chinese products remained strong despite recalls of tainted products.
Energizer Holdings to acquire Playtex Products (Reuters)
Reuters - Battery and razor maker Energizer
Holdings Inc. said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire
Playtex Products Inc. , for $18.30 a share in cash plus
the assumption of Playtex debt.
10 July 2007
Cigarette Smoking May Lower Parkinson's Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term and current smokers have
a lower risk of Parkinson's disease than the general population,
researchers say in a report that confirms previous observations that
people with Parkinson's di...
Judge to consider new delay in Richie DUI trial (Reuters)
Reuters - Lawyers for celebrity socialite and
reality TV star Nicole Richie will get a chance on Wednesday to
argue for another postponement of her trial on a charge of
driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
S&P, Moody's eye $17.3 bln in subprime rating cuts (Reuters)
Reuters - Two leading rating agencies on Tuesday
started to slash ratings for more than $17.3 billion of
mortgage-related debt, rattling global financial markets amid
fears that growing problems in the risky subprime market could
spread to the wide...
Lawmakers drop union provision in 9/11 bill (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. lawmakers agreed on Monday to
drop efforts to extend union protection to about 45,000 federal
airport security workers as part of stalled legislation to
guard against another September 11-type attack.
Italy premier: Iran must not get weapons (AP)
AP - Italian Premier Romano Prodi said Monday that Iran must be prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons and called on Gaza's Hamas rulers to release a captured Israeli soldier.
Economy - Monday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Turnover fell 27% last month, as 105 top execs left their jobs vs. 144 in May, when turnover hit an 8-month high, consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas said. High-profile departures included the pressured resignation ...
09 July 2007
Aguero is Argentina's rising star
Argentina's Sergio Aguero would like nothing more than to get a call from home during the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
With he and his teammates having inherited his country's lofty expectations for the world stage following the graduation of FC Barcelona sta...
Texans sign Bethel Johnson, Zac Woodfin
The Houston Texans agreed to contracts with wide receiver Bethel Johnson and linebacker Zac Woodfin on Monday.
Johnson, a former Texas A&M standout, has caught 39 passes for 606 yards and four touchdowns in his four-year career. As a kick returner, he...
Mariners beat Athletics in physical game
Mariners outfielder Jason Ellison started a four-run rally and then touched off a benches-clearing shoving match in Seattle's 7-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
Ellison, in the starting lineup because of a late scratch to shortstop Yuniesky...
Marlins' Cabrera out of Home Run Derby
Florida Marlins third baseman Miguel Cabrera will miss Monday's Home Run Derby at the all-star game because of a jammed left shoulder.
Cabrera was in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Dodgers, but didn't play and was replaced by Mike Jacobs in ...
Report: More shoulder trouble for Harden
Oakland A's starter Rich Harden is having trouble with his right shoulder again. According to a report in San Francisco Chronicle, the Victoria B.C. native was scheduled to visit Dr. Lewis Yocum on Monday.
Uproar as German minister mulls 'targeted killing' (AFP)
AFP - German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble drew flak Monday for considering a security policy that would allow the indefinite detention and "targeted killing" of terror suspects.
Embattled U.S. hurricane center boss ousted (Reuters)
Reuters - The director of the U.S. National
Hurricane Center, a critical government agency that issues
hurricane and tropical storm forecasts, was ousted on Monday
after a staff mutiny.
U.S. cruise missile defense said possible in 14 months (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States could deploy a
system to protect an area ranging from Washington to Boston
from sea-based cruise-missile attacks within 14 months at a
cost of "several billion dollars," a top Lockheed Martin Corp.
executive sa...
Former Alaska lawmaker guilty of bribery (AP)
AP - A former Alaska lawmaker accused of getting thousands of dollars out of a corrections-company consultant in exchange for his help in the Legislature was convicted of bribery on Monday.
Colts coach hits road to promote memoir (AP)
AP - Colts coach Tony Dungy said some football fans may be surprised that his memoir "Quiet Strength," which hits stores Tuesday, goes beyond Super Bowl tales and delves into his Christian faith.
Tourists unearth dinosaur bones in Wyo. (AP)
AP - Can you dig it? For $150, you too can take part in a dinosaur dig at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. The program lets tourists grab a brush and unearth real dinosaur bones, just like a paleontologist.
U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,605 (AP)
AP - As of Sunday, July 8, 2007, at least 3,605 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,952 died as a res...
US mining firm faces trial for Colombian unionists' deaths (AFP)
AFP - Jury selection started in Alabama Monday in the trial of a US company accused of hiring right-wing paramilitaries to kill three trade unionists working at its coal mine in Colombia six years ago.
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