Potential food contamination is nothing to take lightly. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 76 million cases of food-borne illness occur every year in the United States. Most are minor, but 325,000 people require hospitalization. And 5,000 deaths are linked to food-borne illness every year.
UCLA took another opponent's best shot and barely survived. Freshman Kevin Love scored 11 points in a 15-2 run to open the second half that propelled the second-ranked Bruins to a 57-54 victory over Southern California in the Pac-10 tournament semifinals Friday night.
Chattanooga, Tenn. |For auction: rare flying saucer house on Chattanooga mountain. Buyer needs fascination for outer space, tolerance for gawkers and at least $100,000.The home, an eye-catcher for almost four decades on a twisting road to Signal Mountain, will be sold to the highest bidder today.
Title's a rare one for 2A divers. Marian's Shickora, Saucon's Shoemaker also state champs. Area District 11 Class 3A swimmers mined gold Wednesday and Thursday at Bucknell University's Kinney Natatorium. On Friday, the local Class 2A girls took to the water and wasted no time in taking their share of the precious metal -- in the first event.
Sat, Mar 15, 2008 (2:37 a.m.) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stopped her typically fast-moving motorcade on Friday to stroll the streets of Salvador, a Brazilian town known historically for its slave trade.
He is a magnificent animal, his coat a glossy amber, his fangs long and sharp. He flicks his long tail and paces restlessly up and down along the bars of the cage. But this tiger, known only as 327, is on the outside and longs to get in.
In a rare case of 'reverse trap' by the ACB, a special sessions court has acquitted two people who were charged with offering a bribe to a police officer on duty.