Private auditors botch food inspections
With government inspectors overwhelmed by the task of guarding the nation's food supply, the job of monitoring food plants has in large part fallen to an army of private auditors.
China sees signs economy might be recovering
China sees signs economic growth is recovering but is watching closely to determine whether it needs to expand its huge stimulus effort as global conditions worsen, top economic officials said Friday.
Mattel opens flagship Barbie store in Shanghai
What better way for a fashion icon to mark her 50th birthday but with a bash in China's city of chic - Shanghai?
Obama invites compromise on health care
President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to end a decades-long stalemate on overhauling the health-care system.
Right to marry spars with right to change constitution
California Supreme Court hears arguments for and against same-sex marriage.
Gupta pulls out of surgeon general search
CNN said Thursday that medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta won't be the next surgeon general.
Guinea-Bissau too poor to care
Killing of leaders is met with apathy.
Illinois sheriff sues Craigslist over sex ads
Cook County's sheriff filed a lawsuit Thursday against Craigslist, saying the popular online classifieds site not only allows the solicitation of prostitution but has actively created "the largest source of prostitution in America."
Robbed of his memory, a wrestler kills
Authorities say Verne Gagne, 82 and suffering from Alzheimer's disease, apparently body-slammed a 97-year-old fellow patient at the nursing home where they both lived, causing the man's death.
Sudan expels 13 relief groups
A day after an international court called for his arrest on war-crimes charges, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday took his anger out on Western humanitarian agencies.
Housing bill clears House
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 234-191, primarily along party lines, late Thursday to pass a housing bill that has been among the most debated of the recent housing crisis.
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