Were you having a good day? No longer! The FDA announced that the crispy french fries you love so much could contain acrylamide, a carcinogen that’s known to cause cancer in animals. While the limp, pale fries no one wants are in the clear, well-done fries are reportedly to be …
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has unveiled a 3-D reconstruction of the face of Simon Bolivar, who died in 1830 after leading the fight against Spanish colonial rule in the region. The computer-generated image was created by artists studying Bolivar’s remains. It looks remarkably like known portraits of the South American …
My favorite American heroes are the ones who went for the long slog, even when their cause appeared to be hopeless to the point of ridiculous. Civil rights activists in the 1950s. Generations’ worth of suffragists who trudged around the country collecting signatures on petitions to give women the right …
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (CNN) — Health officials say they have made an important discovery in the mystery surrounding the deaths of 64 children in Cambodia. The Institut Pasteur in Cambodia tested samples taken from 24 patients and found 15 had tested positive for Enterovirus Type 71 — a common cause …
HONG KONG — This is the grim track of a mysterious new illness that has already killed scores of children in Cambodia: First, there’s a severe fever. Then comes encephalitis, a swelling of the brain. Finally, the lungs go, and the child dies. All this happens within 24 hours. The …
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Health officials in Cambodia are searching for the cause of a disease that has killed more than 60 children. The Health Ministry and the World Health Organization said in a statement Wednesday that they are investigating the severe respiratory disease which also has neurological symptoms. …
Here’s a sobering statistic to keep in mind this summer: One in five Americans who take a trip out of the country suffer an illness or injury while abroad. Follow our tips for avoiding the most common travel woes so you return home safe and sound. Be informed. Check out …
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president cleared the way Wednesday for a possible autopsy on Yasser Arafat’s remains, following a request from his widow after a Swiss lab said it found elevated levels of a lethal radioactive isotope on the longtime Palestinian leader’s belongings. The developments have reignited …
Crucial data that might explain why the cruise ship the Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Italy is missing, an Italian newspaper says. Documents leaked to the Corriere delle Sera have raised doubts over whether the black box data recorder was working at the time of the disaster …
At 6 a.m. last Wednesday, residents rushed out of a Shanghai housing compound and discovered the bloody aftermath of the latest episode in what may be China’s most ancient and intractable conflict: the war between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. In this case, the carnage was particularly ferocious. Two women, a 60-year-old …
WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) — The U.S. Supreme Court disposed of the Dick Cheney “touching” case earlier this month, but its unsettling lessons will linger for some time. Many Americans may share the fantasy of walking up to a powerful official and telling him exactly what they think of him, …
War. Whatever the problem, the ever-eager Bill Kristol believes that other people dying can solve it. The ardent cheerleader of our invasion of Iraq, where more than 4,400 U.S. soldiers died for a cause yet to reveal itself, now champions that same “solution” for Iran, a much more difficult problem. …