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Bordeaux Wine Producers Told to Cut Output
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:39 pm PDT
 AP - Makers of Bordeaux wines have been told to reduce their output this year by an unprecedented amount because of overproduction and falling prices, the body that controls French winemaking said. Full Story | Top |
Study: Breakfast Helps Girls Stay Slim
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 05:27 am PDT
AP - Girls who regularly ate breakfast, particularly one that includes cereal, were slimmer than those who skipped the morning meal, according to a study that tracked nearly 2,400 girls for 10 years. Full Story | Top |
A child in charge of `6 babies'
Tue, 06 Sep 2005 06:40 am PDT
Chicago Tribune - In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader. Full Story | Top |
Gimme another shot of this beer..
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:24 am PDT
Reuters - A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world's strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass. Full Story | Top |
Daily stress may stop breast cancer: study
Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:54 pm PDT
Reuters - Women with high levels of stress in their everyday lives are at less risk than others of developing breast cancer for the first time, according to research in the British Medical Journal published on Friday. Full Story | Top |
FDA Panel Endorses New Diabetes Pill
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 02:53 pm PDT
AP - A day after recommending the first inhaled form of insulin to treat diabetes, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Friday endorsed a new pill that helps control blood sugar levels as well as cholesterol in people with the most common form of the condition. Full Story | Top |
Doctors Emerging As Heroes of Katrina
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:38 am PDT
AP - Dr. Jessica Lee fought the urge to panic. All week long, women stranded by Hurricane Katrina had been giving birth in primitive conditions at New Orleans' University Hospital, their only after-effect a colorful story to tell their children someday. Now one was in trouble. Full Story | Top |
FEMA to Halt Debit Cards, Use Bank Deposit
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 03:55 pm PDT
 AP - The federal government's relief agency said Friday it will discontinue its program to distribute debit cards worth up to $2,000 to hurricane victims, two days after hastily announcing the novel plan to provide quick relief. Full Story | Top |
Analysis Sees Deficits Growing Under Bush
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 04:59 pm PDT
AP - Even before the cost of Hurricane Katrina is added to the federal ledger, a Congressional Budget Office study commissioned by Democrats predicts President Bush will fail to keep his promise to cut the deficit in half by the time he leaves office. Full Story | Top |
Relief head replaced, dead collected
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 04:50 pm PDT
Reuters - The Bush administration moved to quell a political storm on Friday by replacing the embattled head of emergency operations along the U.S. Gulf Coast and rescue workers in New Orleans ended recovery efforts to focus on collecting bodies left by Hurricane Katrina. Full Story | Top |
FEMA Dumps Brown As Katrina Relief Chief
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:05 pm PDT
 AP - The Bush administration dumped FEMA Director Michael Brown as commander of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts Friday, then abruptly scrapped plans to give $2,000 debit cards to displaced storm victims as it struggled to get a grip on the recovery operation. Full Story | Top |
Hurricane Simulation Predicted 61,290 Dead
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 04:13 pm PDT
 AP - As Katrina roared into the Gulf of Mexico, emergency planners pored over maps and charts of a hurricane simulation that projected 61,290 dead and 384,257 injured or sick in a catastrophic flood that would leave swaths of southeast Louisiana uninhabitable for more than a year. Full Story | Top |
FEMA Chief Faces Questions Over Resume
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:50 am PDT
AP - Michael Brown, the beleaguered head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, faces questions about whether he padded his resume detailing his experience in emergency preparedness. Full Story | Top |
Officials: Guard Deployment Hurt Response
Fri, 09 Sep 2005 03:14 pm PDT
 AP - The deployment of thousands of National Guard troops from Mississippi and Louisiana in Iraq when Hurricane Katrina struck hindered those states' initial storm response, military and civilian officials said Friday. Full Story | Top |
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