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Chipotle closes 43 stores in Seattle and Oregon over an E. coli scare

Chipotle closes 43 stores in Seattle and Oregon over an E. coli scare

  SEATTLE (AP) — An investigation was underway Saturday in an E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants in Washington state and Oregon, health officials… Read More ›

Miami – Two Passengers Still In Hospital In Florida As Plane Fire Investigated

Miami – Two Passengers Still In Hospital In Florida As Plane Fire Investigated

  Miami – Two adult passengers remained hospitalized as National Transportation Safety Board investigators began examining the engine on a Venezuela-bound 767 airplane that burst… Read More ›

Damascus – New U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebel Alliance Launches Offensive Against Islamic State

Damascus – New U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebel Alliance Launches Offensive Against Islamic State

  Damascus – A newly formed U.S.-backed Syrian rebel alliance on Saturday launched an offensive against Islamic State in the northeast province of Hasaka, a… Read More ›

WTA Finals 2015: Petra Kvitova stuns Maria Sharapova

WTA Finals 2015: Petra Kvitova stuns Maria Sharapova

  Petra Kvitova and Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the title match at the WTA Finals Saturday after upset victories in semifinal matches in Singapore. Fomer… Read More ›

Blogger killed in Bangladesh, three others wounded, police say

Blogger killed in Bangladesh, three others wounded, police say

  Dhaka, Bangladesh – Another secular blogger was hacked to death and three other people were severely wounded in two separate attacks in Bangladesh’s capital on… Read More ›

Russian plane crashes in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board

Russian plane crashes in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board

Cairo – A Russian passenger plane crashed early Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard, officials said. Russian state media reported that many… Read More ›

Rafsanjani revelation on Iran drive for nuclear bomb eludes alleged Khamenei fatwa

Rafsanjani revelation on Iran drive for nuclear bomb eludes alleged Khamenei fatwa

The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, is investigating whether Iran’s nuclear program ever had a military application.   Former Iranian president… Read More ›

Here’s why the US is selling almost 10% of its oil

Here’s why the US is selling almost 10% of its oil

  The U.S. Congress is moving on abudget deal to avert a standoff over raising the debt ceiling, at least until 2017. The emerging budget… Read More ›

Hampton Creek’s response to the FDA: Mayo is different than mayonnaise

Hampton Creek’s response to the FDA: Mayo is different than mayonnaise

  In August, the US Food and Drug Administration told eggless-mayo startup Hampton Creek that it needs to drop all claims of making mayonnaise. The startup has… Read More ›

Google is merging its Chrome OS into Android

Google is merging its Chrome OS into Android

  Google will fold its Chrome operating system used in personal computers into the Android mobile OS, according to The Wall Street Journal. Beginning in… Read More ›

New York – Tarantino, Condemned By Police, Gets Support From Protesters

New York – Tarantino, Condemned By Police, Gets Support From Protesters

  New York – Organizers of a rally against police brutality spoke up Thursday in support of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who has been condemned by… Read More ›

Los Angeles, CA – Doctor Who Helped Launch Modern Paramedic System Dies At 98

Los Angeles, CA – Doctor Who Helped Launch Modern Paramedic System Dies At 98

  Los Angeles, CA – As a cardiologist in Los Angeles during the 1960s, Dr. Walter S. Graf became alarmed by the number of heart… Read More ›

Pentagon: ‘We’re in combat’ in Iraq

Pentagon: ‘We’re in combat’ in Iraq

Washington- The Pentagon conceded Wednesday that U.S. troops are in combat in Iraq after days of dancing around the characterization following the first death of U.S.… Read More ›

U.S. jets intercept Russian planes near aircraft carrier

U.S. jets intercept Russian planes near aircraft carrier

The U.S. Navy launched four armed fighter jets to intercept two Russian Tu-142 Bear aircraft that were flying near the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan… Read More ›

China one-child policy: Member of first generation looks back at rule’s impact

China one-child policy: Member of first generation looks back at rule’s impact

Beijing – Growing up in Shanghai in the 1980s, I never thought much of the fact that most of my classmates were only children. Years later… Read More ›

Report: Iran signals readiness to compromise before key Syria talks

Report: Iran signals readiness to compromise before key Syria talks

On Thursday the United States said it was hoping to hear from Iran and Assad’s other main ally, Russia, on whether they would be ready… Read More ›

Iran poets sentenced to 99 lashes for holding women’s hands

Iran poets sentenced to 99 lashes for holding women’s hands

Widespread crackdown on free expression by judiciary and regime security services seen as effort to prevent ‘soft revolution’   DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —… Read More ›

Today’s college graduate is expected to retire at age 75 — here’s how much you have to save to stop working sooner

Today’s college graduate is expected to retire at age 75 — here’s how much you have to save to stop working sooner

  Today’s recent college graduates probably feel like retirement is a long way off. It might be even further away than they think. A study… Read More ›

Theranos is reportedly shaking up its board of directors amid criticism over its lab testing technology

Theranos is reportedly shaking up its board of directors amid criticism over its lab testing technology

  Theranos, the lab-testing company currently embroiled in questions about the legitimacy of its test methods, is reportedly preparing to shake up its board of… Read More ›

The first reviews of the Apple TV are in and it sounds completely underwhelming

The first reviews of the Apple TV are in and it sounds completely underwhelming

  Apple’s TV streaming box hits stores on Friday, but we’re seeing the first reviews trickle out. The device, which connects to your TV to make it… Read More ›