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Is Tribune Co. headed for a breakup? Some of the media conglomerate's largest shareholders may be eyeing a divorce, prompting the question: Who will get the children?
Longtime sufferers of seasonal depression may now have a way to stop the winter blues before they start. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that it has approved the prescription medication Wellbutrin XL to prevent major depressive episodes caused by seasonal affective disorder. The antidepressant is the first drug approved to treat the condition, which is estimated to affect as many as 10 million Americans each year.
A potential tripling of taxes on kids' future nest eggs has some financial advisers and others in high dudgeon. Congress included the surprise expansion of the kiddie tax as a revenue raiser in tax cuts it passed last month.
AP - The nation's Roman Catholic bishops signed off Thursday on a new English translation for the Mass that would change prayers ingrained in the memories of millions of American parishioners.
AP - Congress plunged into divisive election-year debate on the Iraq war Thursday as the U.S. military death toll reached 2,500. The Senate soundly rejected a call to withdraw combat troops by year's end, and House Republicans laid the groundwork for their own vote.
AP - Bill Gates plans to withdraw from day-to-day duties at Microsoft Corp., so he can focus on his charitable foundation while others run the company he co-founded and guided to industry dominance and vast personal wealth.
Controls on junk food advertising could be extended to websites, text messaging, computer games, cinemas and posters under plans being drawn up by the government.
House Democrats voted Thursday to suspend Rep. William Jefferson from his seat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi pushed the caucus to vote to suspend Jefferson, after the lawmaker -- mired in a federal bribery probe -- rebuffed requests to step down voluntarily. The suspension now goes to the full House for approval.
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Thursday he will transition out of a day-to-day role at the company in 2008 to spend more time on global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "I'm very lucky to have two passions that I feel are so important and so challenging," Gates said.