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Study finds strong genetic link to bowel ailment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a handful of genes that boost the risk of developing Crohn's disease, confirming that the often debilitating inflammatory bowel ailment has ...
Developing states must help curb emissions: World Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some developing countries, rapidly catching up to the industrialized world in greenhouse gas emissions, must take more responsibility for the output and act to curb ...
Corzine has unscheduled operation after crash
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine had an unscheduled operation to remove fluid from outside his left lung on Sunday after he was seriously injured in a car crash last ...
Mega-church weathers gay sex scandal
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Five months after its senior pastor Ted Haggard was felled in a gay sex scandal, the massive New Life church he founded seems to have weathered the storm.
Iowa fund-raiser draws nine Republican hopefuls
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Nine Republican White House hopefuls auditioned for party faithful in Iowa on Saturday, nine months before the state kicks off the 2008 presidential nominating ...
Chicago is U.S. candidate to host 2016 Games
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chicago was selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee on Saturday to be the U.S. candidate to host the 2016 Summer Games.
New York tests payments to poor for school, health
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, said 2,500 poor families could earn up to $5,000 a year for meeting goals such as ensuring their children go to ...
Key lawmaker says won't rush climate change bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. John Dingell, a key player in building consensus for first-ever climate change legislation in Congress, said on Friday he won't rush to get a measure passed ...
Bush tells Congress he will sign Panama trade pact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush notified Congress on Friday his administration plans to sign a free trade agreement with Panama before the White House's fast-track trade authority ...
Controversial birth control official steps down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversial U.S. health official, Dr. Eric Keroack, has stepped down from his position overseeing programs that include birth control for poor women, the Health ...
Rice calls Saudi envoy over Abdullah's remarks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice telephoned Saudi Arabia's ambassador after Saudi King Abdullah criticized the U.S. presence in Iraq, the State Department ...
U.S. sets new duties on China goods
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it was slapping anti-subsidy duties on imports of glossy paper from China, turning to a new weapon to oppose what it says ...
Odd friends, Bush and Lula foster Brazil-US ties
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Bush come from opposite ends of the political spectrum but good personal rapport and mutual interests are ...
U.S., S.Korea trade talks stumble at last minute
SEOUL (Reuters) - Trade talks between the United States and South Korea stumbled on Friday just hours before a deadline, with the White House saying they could fail.
NY gallery cancels naked chocolate Jesus exhibit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan art gallery canceled its Easter-season exhibit of a life-size chocolate sculpture of a naked Jesus on Friday after an outcry by Roman Catholics.
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