Food prices and global grain shortages are bringing new pressures on governments, food companies and consumers to relax their resistance to genetically engineered crops.
AP - Pope Benedict XVI's U.S. visit left behind the impression of a compassionate and candid leader who has made a successful transition from professor to pope.
AP - Older, whiter and more female than the nation as a whole, Pennsylvania looks like Hillary Rodham Clinton country. Wealthier, better educated and more African-American than the rest of the state, Pennsylvania's thickly settled southeast corner could belong to Barack Obama.
The Texas branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said it was concerned that the basic rights of the children and mothers connected to a Texas polygamist ranch were violated during a recent raid and custody hearing. Meanwhile, Child Protective Services is reportedly in the process of finding "temporary placement" for all the children.
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook southern Illinois early Monday, the latest in a string of quakes that have rattled the region since last week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Pope Benedict XVI concluded his six-day visit to the U.S. with a final address, calling on people worldwide to pursue "justice and peaceful co-existence." Earlier in the day, the pope celebrated Mass with a crowd of 60,000 at Yankee Stadium and offered prayers to the victims of 9/11 at Ground Zero.
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