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  • Products subject to meat giant Cargill's recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak is seen on display at a grocery store in Redwood City, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Cargill said Wednesday that it is recalling fresh and frozen ground turkey products produced at the company's Springdale, Ark., plant from Feb. 20 through Aug. 2 due to possible contamination from the strain of salmonella linked to the illnesses. The packages were labeled with many different brands, including Honeysuckle White and Kroger. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
    36M lbs. of turkey recalled in salmonella outbreak AP - 2 hrs 10 mins ago

    Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of turkey after a government hunt for the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened dozens more. More »36M lbs. of turkey recalled in salmonella outbreak

    Products subject to meat giant Cargill's recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak is seen on display at a grocery store in Redwood City, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Cargill said Wednesday that it is recalling fresh and frozen ground turkey products produced at the company's Springdale, Ark., plant from Feb. 20 through Aug. 2 due to possible contamination from the strain of salmonella linked to the illnesses. The packages were labeled with many different brands, including Honeysuckle White and Kroger. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

    Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of turkey after a government hunt for the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened dozens more.

  • IMF Managing Director Lagarde speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations forum in New York
    French court orders probe of IMF chief Lagarde AP - 11 mins ago

    A French court on Thursday ordered an investigation into new IMF chief Christine Lagarde's role in a much-criticized $400 million arbitration deal in favor of a controversial tycoon. More »French court orders probe of IMF chief Lagarde

    IMF Managing Director Lagarde speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations forum in New York

    A French court on Thursday ordered an investigation into new IMF chief Christine Lagarde's role in a much-criticized $400 million arbitration deal in favor of a controversial tycoon.

  • Obama seeks to revive base in Chicago after debt debacle
    Poll: Debt ceiling fight hurts Obama in Florida AP - 2 hrs 36 mins ago

    President Barack Obama is losing support among Florida voters, especially among independents, a poll released Thursday shows. More »Poll: Debt ceiling fight hurts Obama in Florida

    Obama seeks to revive base in Chicago after debt debacle

    President Barack Obama is losing support among Florida voters, especially among independents, a poll released Thursday shows.

  • Did the Nasty U.S. Debt Debate Sour World Opinion for Good? Time.com - 3 hrs ago

    The debt deal out of Washington may have averted a big sell-off of U.S. Treasury bonds. But even though big Treasury holders like China and Japan haven't run for the hills, the response of foreign countries to the deal has … More »Did the Nasty U.S. Debt Debate Sour World Opinion for Good?

    The debt deal out of Washington may have averted a big sell-off of U.S. Treasury bonds. But even though big Treasury holders like China and Japan haven't run for the hills, the response of foreign countries to the deal has been pretty tepid. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, for one, said the deal was "not that great …

  • Workers remove flowers and candles, placed in front of Oslo Cathedral in memory of the victims of the July 22 attacks, early Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. The July 22 bombing in Norway's government quarter in Oslo killed eight people and the shooting massacre at an annual summer camp held by the Labor Party's youth wing on Utoya island claimed an additional 69 lives. (AP Photo/Haakon Mosvold Larsen, Scanpix) NORWAY OUT
    Ex-Norway PM in tears at attack victim's funeral AP - 1 hr 9 mins ago

    Former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, who left the Utoya island youth camp just hours before a gunman massacred 69 people there, said Thursday the day will be remembered as one of the country's darkest. More »Ex-Norway PM in tears at attack victim's funeral

    Workers remove flowers and candles, placed in front of Oslo Cathedral in memory of the victims of the July 22 attacks, early Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. The July 22 bombing in Norway's government quarter in Oslo killed eight people and the shooting massacre at an annual summer camp held by the Labor Party's youth wing on Utoya island claimed an additional 69 lives. (AP Photo/Haakon Mosvold Larsen, Scanpix) NORWAY OUT

    Former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, who left the Utoya island youth camp just hours before a gunman massacred 69 people there, said Thursday the day will be remembered as one of the country's darkest.

  • Gaddafi seeks Islamist alliance, rebels to receive fuel Reuters - 8 mins ago
    A Libyan rebel fighter looks at the remains of a Grad missile at a front line position near Tiji

    BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's son said his camp was nearing a deal with Islamists within Libya's rebellion to isolate more liberal members of the insurgency, as a seized cargo of government-owned fuel docked in a rebel port.

  • Lawmakers: Piers Morgan should discuss hacking AP - 2 hrs 45 mins ago
    FILE -- Heather Mills clutches a cellphone as she leaves the High Court in London, in this Thursday March 1, 2007 file photo, following a preliminary hearing in her divorce case against Pail McCartney. Mills told the BBC in London, Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011, that a journalist from the Mirror group of newspapers boasted of having hacked into her phone.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

    British lawmakers say CNN interviewer Piers Morgan should return to Britain to answer allegations that the newspaper group he worked for hacked the voicemail of Paul McCartney's ex-wife.

  • Turkey appoints new military commanders AP - 1 hr 15 mins ago
    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, talks with Gen. Necdet Ozel, Turkey's new Land Forces Commander and acting Chief of Staff, at the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Kemak Ataturk, after the military's annual meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. Turkish Chief of Staff Gen. Isik Kosaner and the commanders of the navy, the army and the air force suddenly resigned Friday, July 29, 2011 to protest the arrest of dozens of generals as suspects in an alleged plot to overthrow the country's Islamic-rooted government. Many have questioned whether such a plot ever existed and see the arrests as part of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's long-standing campaign to establish civilian authority over Turkey's once powerful military. The Government appointed Gen. Ozel as the new Land force commander and acting Chief of Staff early Saturday, July 30, 2011.(AP Photo)

    Turkey on Thursday appointed commanders to posts left vacant by the resignation of the military's top brass in a dispute with the government that showcased the elected leaders' strengthening control over the once-mighty military.

  • Trial of Mubarak's security chief resumes in Cairo AP - 26 mins ago
    This video image taken from Egyptian State Television shows former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly, right, in a cage of mesh and iron bars during his trial in a Cairo courtroom Thursday Aug. 4, 2011. The trial of Hosni Mubarak's security chief Habib el-Adly and six top police officers charged with ordering the use of deadly force against protesters during this year's uprising in Egypt has resumed. Habib el-Adly, six senior police officers and ousted President Hosni Mubarak could be sentenced to death if convicted of ordering protesters killed during the uprising that toppled the longtime president on Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV) EGYPT OUT

    A day after the start of Hosni Mubarak's historic trial, seven of his co-defendants were back in the courtroom on Thursday on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that toppled Egypt's longtime president.

  • Police: Fake bomb placed on teen in extortion plot AP - 1 hr 12 mins ago
    William Pulver, right, makes a statement as his wife Belinda listens in Sydney, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, a day after their daughter Madeleine was chained to a fake bomb for 10 hours. Australian police said Thursday they believe a masked man broke into the home of the wealthy Sydney family, chained the fake bomb to the teenage girl's neck and left a note of demands behind as part of an elaborate extortion attempt that seemed straight out of a Hollywood thriller. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

    Police were hunting Thursday for a masked man who chained a fake bomb to a young woman's neck after breaking into her wealthy family's home in an extortion attempt that Australia's prime minister said resembled "a Hollywood script."

  • Kraft Foods plans to split into 2 companies AP - 39 mins ago
    FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2011 file photo, a shopper selects Oreo cookies by Nabisco - part of the Kraft Foods Inc. family of brands and products, are seen at a Ralphs Fresh Fare supermarket in Los Angeles. Kraft Foods Inc. said Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, that it plans to split into two publicly traded companies, with one concentrating on snacks like Oreo cookies, Trident gum and Cadbury chocolates while the other focuses on the North American grocery business which include Kraft cheese and Maxwell House coffee. (AP Photo)

    Kraft Foods Inc. said Thursday that it plans to split into two publicly traded companies, with one concentrating on its snack business like Oreo cookies and Trident gum while the other focuses on the North American grocery business, which includes Kraft cheese and Maxwell House coffee.

  • Back-to-School Special: 5 Tips on Picking Good Schools Time.com - 4 hrs ago

    I'm a policy guy, not a daddy blogger. As a general rule, I don't discuss my children in this column or on my Eduwonk blog, but when TIME asked me to write about how my wife (who also works in education) and I chose our kids' elementary school, I figured why not. We are constantly besieged by friends and colleagues about …

  • Art and sub-atomic particles to collide at CERN Reuters - 2 hrs 23 mins ago
    A graphic showing a collision at full power is pictured at the CMS experience control room of the LHC at the CERN in Meyrin

    GENEVA (Reuters Life!) - CERN, focus of research into the Big Bang and what makes the universe tick, on Thursday announced a new program -- fusing science with art to encourage painting and music inspired by the wonders of the cosmos.

  • Study: Healthy eating is privilege of the rich AP - 30 mins ago

    A healthy diet is expensive and could make it difficult for Americans to meet new U.S. nutritional guidelines, according to a study published Thursday that says the government should do more to help consumers eat healthier.

  • Wrap it up: Olympic stadium gets cloth curtain AP - 3 hrs ago
    In this artist's rendering provided by Dow Chemical Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, an innovative wraparound curtain encircling the Olympic Stadium for the 2012 Games is seen. Olympic officials had scrapped the wrap late last year because its price tag of 7 million pounds ($11.4 million) had been deemed too expensive at a time of economic austerity. Architects and artists had decried the decision, suggesting the look and image of the games would suffer. But now, the wrap is back. Dow Chemical, the Midland, Michigan conglomerate, won a bid process to take on the visual centerpiece of the Olympics. (AP Photo/Dow Chemical)

    It's a wrap: London organizers have sealed a deal with U.S.-based Dow Chemical Co. to restore an innovative wraparound curtain to encircle the Olympic Stadium for the 2012 Games.

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