WASHINGTON – President Bush said Monday the United States has a duty to continue helping victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami (search), but he did not put any more money behind his commitment for long-term assistance. After hearing Secretary of State Colin Powell’s firsthand report of damage in the region, …
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WASHINGTON – A joint session of Congress resumed meeting Thursday evening and quickly finalized certification of President Bush’s (search) 286 Electoral College votes to Democrat John Kerry’s (search) 251. A candidate needs 270 votes to win the presidential election. Kerry running mate John Edwards received one Electoral vote. The certification …
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WASHINGTON – Federal officials involved in a U.S.-funded study in Uganda endangered the lives of hundreds of patients testing an AIDS (search) drug because of careless and negligent research practices, a government whistleblower said Tuesday. Dr. Jonathan Fishbein (search) said officials at the National Institutes of Health (search) overlooked safety …
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The compound that gives the popular Indian spice curry its mustard yellow color may ward off Alzheimer’s disease (search). Researchers at UCLA have shown that the curry pigment curcumin (search) slows the formation of, and even destroys, accumulated plaque deposits in mouse brains. Brain plaque (search), sticky clumps of beta-amyloid …
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PITTSBURGH – A man who sold pit bull fight videos to investigators is the first person to be tried under a 1999 federal animal cruelty (search) statute. As the trial opened Tuesday, the lawyer for Robert Stevens, 61, of Virginia, said the dog fight videos, including one of pit bulls …
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LOS ANGELES – The Howard Hughes film biography “The Aviator,” the boxing drama “Million Dollar Baby” and the road-trip romp “Sideways” were among Writers Guild of America screenplay nominees (search) Thursday. Along with screenwriter John Logan for “The Aviator,” original-screenplay nominees were Charlie Kaufman for the quirky love story “Eternal …
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BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union and the United States agreed Tuesday to settle their dispute over subsidies to Airbus SA (search) and Boeing Co. (BA) through bilateral talks rather than asking the World Trade Organization to resolve it. The European Commission (search) said in a statement the EU and …
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – When Doris Matsui (search) announced plans last week to run for her late husband’s seat in Congress, she chose the fastest and most historic route to Capitol Hill for women: being the widow of a man who was there already. Since 1923, 44 women have gone to …
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Ronald Reagan (search) changed history with his tough-minded stance on the Soviets and his insistence on the importance of tax cuts. His influence rings throughout the White House, the Congress and the nation’s state capitals, and seemed to sound even louder this election year. Yasser Arafat (search) was a hero …
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Rocco DiSpirito’s (search) goose isn’t cooked just yet. Sources say the tempestuous chef and former reality TV star — who lost three restaurants in two years after imploding on air — has inked a lease to open a new eatery with his meatball-making mamma in New York City. While DiSpirito …
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