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Walnut, snack recall adds Ontario stores
A recall of walnuts, other nuts and snack foods has expanded to include specific stores that repackaged the nuts.
Yahoo's board under fire after firing of CEO Bartz
(AP) -- Carol Bartz's firing as Yahoo Inc.'s CEO isn't going to be enough to placate a loudening chorus of shareholders who believe Chairman Roy Bostock and his fellow...
First XXX domain names available for purchase
XXX now officially marks the spot for dirty sites on the Internet.
Google vows cooperation in SKorea amid raid report
(AP) -- Google says it will cooperate with South Korea's antitrust regulator amid a report its local offices were raided as part of an investigation.
Running backs take hardest hits, linemen take most
Researchers gathered data on the frequency, direction, and magnitude of head impacts from players who wore sensor-equipped helmets during three football seasons at Brown University, Dartmouth...
Research Addresses Security of Inland Waterways
Transportation researchers at the University of Arkansas are working to develop a national decision-support system to help local, state and federal law-enforcement and emergency-management agencies identify commercially important rivers and...
Food Safety Benefits of Irradiated Food
Christine Bruhn, PhD, director of the Center for Consumer Research at University of California-Davis, and a professor in the UC-Davis Department of Food Science and Safety, explains why foods are...
Pesticides and Produce: Myth vs. Science
Many consumers want to buy organic produce because they're concerned about pesticides. This audio interview with Dr. Carl Winter, a food toxicologist at the University of California-Davis and member of...
Ten years after 9/11, infrastructure interdependence still a challenge in US
Al Wallace was watching the live television news coverage from Manhattan when his phone rang. Only a few hours after the unthinkable terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a program...
Old fruit peel are the new healthy snacks
Japanese food researchers Noriham Abdullah, Marina Zulkifli, Mohd Hilmi Hassan, Wan Nur Zahidah Wan Zainon and Nur Ilmiah Alimin have developed a new healthy snack out of fruit peels to...
Going with the flow nets researchers Eureka Prize
A team of Australian National University researchers and a colleague from the University of Melbourne have won one of the nations most prestigious science prizes an Australian Museum Eureka...
Mexican plan on visual health for children wins award
A scheme that improved performance and dropout rates in Mexican schools by dissemination of free spectacles has won an international award.
Mosaid board rejects Wi-LAN's takeover bid
Mosaid Technologies Inc.'s board is formally rejecting the unsolicited $480-million takeover offer from Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX:WIN), another patent licensing firm based in Ottawa.
Green Blog: Plight of the Lemur: A Movie
A documentary maker gathers information about the lemurs' mating and vocalizations as well as illegal logging of the trees on which they depend.
Security first: When a footstep is like a fingerprint
How a bare foot strikes the ground as one walks reveals your identity almost as well as a fingerprint, according to a study released Wednesday.
Crash, bang, buzz! New EU cars will dial for emergency help
The European Union is moving ahead with plans to ensure an automatic emergency call system is installed in all new cars from 2015 to save hundreds of lives on Europe's...
Half of world's PCs use pirated software: report
Almost half of personal computer users around the world get their software illegally, with China's massive market the worst culprit, a report claimed Wednesday.
China renews Google's operating licence
China said Wednesday it had renewed Google's licence to operate in the world's largest online market, after the US company last year moved its Chinese search engine overseas in protest...
3 Questions: Roberto Rigobon on world markets
World markets produced a roller-coaster ride for investors in August. MIT News recently spoke to international economics expert Roberto Rigobon to hear his views about the chaos investors have been...
McAfee warns of hacker threat to autos
Cars made smarter with Internet technology are zooming into perilous hacker territory, according to a report by US computer security giant McAfee.
Indian outsourcers seek revenues from 'smart work'
For advertising executive Govind Nair, working in India's outsourcing industry for a California telecoms firm means burning the candle at both ends for his customers.
James Levine Withdraws From Met’s Fall Season
James Levine, the music director of the Metropolitan Opera, who has been plagued with health problems, has been forced to withdraw from the Met’s fall season after injuring his back.
Former B.C. official sentenced in health care scam
A former B.C. bureaucrat with the Fraser Health Authority has been handed house arrest, probation and a $2,000 fine after pleading guilty to in a government-connected corruption scandal.
So You Think You Can Launch (SYTYCL)
A fun update, Interorbital lists their filled manifest for their first N30 launch. This is everyone who is building a Tubesat or Cubesat for their first private launch. Put another...
Jaguars release Garrard, plan to start McCown
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- David Garrard lost his starting job the same way he got it: Just days before the season opener and in stunning fashion....
Ralph G. Neas to Lead the Generic Pharmaceutical Association
Ralph G. Neas, the face of some big Supreme Court nomination fights, will be the chief executive of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.
Vancouver firm settles sex-images lawsuit
A Vancouver-based software company has settled a lawsuit by an Ohio woman who alleged the firm improperly lifted naked webcam images of her from a stolen computer.
Global Smarts: Why Average IQ Is Higher in Some Places
A surprising theory may explain global variations in intelligence.