6 hrs ago | www.msnbc.msn.com | Posted by Iria
Did food sellers overreact to tomato scare?
It’s the beginning of the summer, and it’s tough to find fresh salsa for our chips and tomatoes for our burgers.
But experts say supermarkets and fast food chains that threw out tomatoes suspected in a salmonella outbreak were acting aggressively to protect their customers’ health and avoid a consumer backlash.
15 hrs ago | www.washingtonpost.com | Posted by Mr_Bill
White House Fails Self-Examination
A glimpse of what "internal review" means to this White House supports the theory that top Bush aides have little interest in in self-examination or public disclosure. After a Sept. 2006 Congressional report based on records from convicted influence peddler Jack Abramoff's lobbying firm revealed 485 contacts between Abramoff and his associates and White House officials, then-press secretary Tony Snow promised White House lawyers would take a "good hard look" at the relationship with Abramoff. "We'll let you know what they found out," Snow said. "That's an important concern, and it's worth looking into." ...
15 hrs ago | www.physorg.com | Posted by Mr_Bill
Newly discovered extrasolar planet is the smallest known and has smallest host star
Artist's conception of the newly discovered planet MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb orbiting a brown dwarf "star" with a mass of only 6 percent of that of the Sun.
15 hrs ago | www.latimes.com | Posted by Mr_Bill
Mars Phoenix to try shake-and-bake once more
In a series of maneuvers that sounds more like cooking class than research on Mars, scientists said Monday they would try one more time to shake bits of the clumpy Martian soil into a test oven on NASA's Phoenix lander before switching to a backup strategy that called for dribbling the soil into the oven. .
15 hrs ago | health.usnews.com | Posted by Mr_Bill
Consumers Urged to Avoid Certain Tomatoes Amid Salmonella Scare
To avoid the current outbreak of salmonella in tomatoes, consumers will need to employ a little detective work and forgo certain types of tomatoes for a while.
15 hrs ago | www.bloomberg.com | Posted by Mr_Bill
Senate Republicans Defeat Oil Windfall Tax Measure
Senate Republicans thwarted Democratic-supported legislation that would increase windfall- profit taxes on oil companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp.
20 hrs ago | www.msnbc.msn.com | Posted by Iria
U.S. trade deficit hits a 13-month high
21 hrs ago | CBS13/CW31 | Posted by CBS13/CW31
Congress Considers Windfall Tax On Oil Companies
With gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon, Senate Democrats want the government to grab some of the billions of dollars in profits being taken in by the major oil companies.
Senators were to vote Tuesday on whether to consider a windfall profits tax against the five largest U.S. oil companies and rescind $17 billion in tax breaks the companies expect to enjoy over the next decade.
"The oil companies need to know that there is a limit on how much profit they can take in this economy," said Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, warning that if energy prices are not reined in "we're going to find ourselves in a deep recession."
Monday | www.msnbc.msn.com | Posted by Iria
Heavy rain, dangerous flooding hit Wisconsin
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