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US adults still don't eat enough veggies, and diets are largely fruitless, study shows
ATLANTA - Most Americans still don't eat vegetables often enough, and fruit consumption is actually dropping a little, according to a new government report released Thursday. The Centers for Diseas...
Greece orders new investigation into Olympics wiretapping that targeted prime minister
ATHENS, Greece - Judicial authorities in Greece say they have ordered a new investigation into wiretapping that targeted Greece's prime minister and other senior officials during the 2004 Olympic Game...
Sanofi-Aventis sticking to $69-a-share offer for Genzyme, as Sanofi CEO courts shareholders
TRENTON, N.J. - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA is sticking to its original offer of US$69 a share to buy U.S. biotech company Genzyme Corp., a Sanofi spokesman said Thursday. That's despite rum...
169 houses destroyed in Colorado wildfire; residents temporarily allowed back to their homes
BOULDER, Colo. - Authorities say that a wildfire burning in the foothills near Boulder has destroyed at least 169 houses. Sheriff's Cmdr. Rick Brough said Thursday that the latest damage toll is ba...
'Idol' runner-up Bowersox finds out her records were checked in Ohio; 2 employees lose jobs
COLUMBUS, Ohio - More than a half-dozen public employees snooped in confidential state records for personal information on "American Idol" runner-up Crystal Bowersox, officials said Thursday. Two w...
Lawyer for fugitive Ratko Mladic's family to refile motion to declare him officially dead
The family of Europe's top war crimes fugitive, Ratko Mladic, will file a new motion to declare him officially dead, after a previous bid was rejected for procedural reasons, the lawyer said Thursday....
Rescuers prepare to untangle humpback whale caught in buoys in Scotland
LONDON - A rescue operation was planned to untangle a humpback whale caught in creel buoys near a remote Scottish island. Officials said the rescue would be difficult because of rough weather conditio...
Versailles goes manga: Japan's Murakami shows at gilded French chateau
PARIS - It's just about the last thing you'd expect to see in the Hall of Mirrors, the long, gilded gallery that's considered the jewel of France's most awe-inspiring of palaces, Versailles: Two overs...
Alaska sues to lift suspension of Arctic offshore drilling, citing lack of consultation
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska's governor says the state is suing to overturn the federal suspension of offshore drilling in Arctic Ocean waters. In May, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar suspended Shell ...
US judge nixes relatives' for bid guardian for reclusive 104-year-old copper heiress
NEW YORK, N.Y. - There's no proof that a reclusive, 104-year-old heiress to a copper fortune needs a court-appointed guardian, a judge said Thursday in rebuffing a request from relatives who fear her ...
