Saying he did not want to jump to a conclusion in a case that is still under investigation, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg nonetheless used words like “unacceptable” to describe Saturday’s shooting.
Allergic to eggs? A little egg might eventually be just what the doctor orders. Duke and University of Arkansas researchers report in the online edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology that a small pilot study exposing seven kids with egg allergies to minuscule amounts of powdered egg whites and then gradually increasing exposure over a two-year period caused most of them to develop enough resistance to eat the equivalent of two scrambled eggs without a reaction. All of the study participants gained some degree of protection.
Don't panic, but the typical consumer has already finished nearly 40 percent of his or her Christmas shopping. And the stocking will get a lot fuller today–so-called Cyber-Monday–as an estimated 61 million Americans go online to rack up more booty, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. Many of those Web buyers will be shopping from their desks, at work. Long lunch, anyone?
So it's official. America is becoming more like France in a way that few Americans would wish. Government health data revealed this week that 4 in 10 children were born out of wedlock last year. This figure was up slightly from 200, but way up from 1940, when, marriage expert and author
Stephanie Koontz reports, the rate was 7.1 births per 1,000 unmarried women.
AP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Monday sought to enlist Iran's help in quelling the escalating violence that threatens to tear his country apart.
AP - Facing rising violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Bush opened a high-stakes diplomatic mission Monday seeking more help from allies amid growing impatience at home with the war.
AP - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reached out to the Palestinians on Monday in one of his most conciliatory speeches yet, saying he was prepared to grant them a state, release desperately needed funds and free prisoners if they choose the path of peace.
Traces of polonium 210 have been found at several more locations in London during the investigation into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
World: A US-backed proposal to send African troops into Somalia to support the government raises the risk of triggering an all-out war, a leading thinktank said.