Babies are less likely to develop a respiratory or gastrointestinal infection if they are exclusively breastfed for at least 6 months, according to a Dutch study. These findings, reported in the journal Pediatrics, support the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation that infants be breastfed exclusively for 6 months and support …
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President Obama campaign found plenty of enthusiasm among students in the 2008 presidential race, but 2010 is another year — and with seats to fill at a Tuesday rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Obama team took the step of sending an e-mail message to supporters in search of …
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TEL AVIV, Israel – Police detained two bodyguards of pop star Madonna (search) on Friday after a brawl with photographers waiting for the singer outside her Tel Aviv (search) hotel. Two of the photographers and a policeman who tried to break up the fight were injured, said police spokesperson Liat …
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WASHINGTON – TheFederal Election Commission (search)has asked a court to throw out a lawsuit by President Bush’s campaign that seeks to force quick action on complaints against anti-Bush groups spending big donations in the presidential race. In a court filing made public Friday, the commission told U.S. District Judge James …
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NEW YORK – In a city where the threat of terrorism looms large, the small pipe-bomb explosion in a Times Square subway station was enough to spread panic and halt trains. The episode in July was mostly a false alarm. The real jolt was the arrest of the prime suspect: …
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CHICAGO – Shares of Tommy Hilfiger Corp. (TOM) fell as much as 26 percent on Monday after a federal grand jury subpoenaed documents on commissions paid to a foreign subsidiary of the clothing maker. The investigation focuses on whether the commission rate was appropriate, the company said in a news …
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ISTANBUL, Turkey – A bomb exploded under a police car at a pop concert Sunday in southernTurkey (search), injuring at least 14 people, the prime minister’s office said. A hospital official said at least 17 people, including two police, were injured in the southern city ofMersin (search). Two of the …
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NEW YORK – Tell us,Barbara Bush (search), just what is “Sex and the City”? “I don’t know, what is ‘Sex in the City’? the 79-year-old grandmother replies. “I’m too old,” says her husband, former President George H.W. Bush. Barbara Bush then adds, “Same as in the country, isn’t it?” Their …
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WASHINGTON – Democrat John Kerry (search)and independent presidential candidateRalph Nader (search)met for an hour Wednesday in what is expected to be the first of several conversations, but the two did not discuss Nader’s getting out of the race, a Kerry aide said after the meeting. As promised, Kerry did not …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – A U.S. brigadier general will review the military’s secretive prisons in Afghanistan, the Army announced Saturday, as officials in Washington revealed they were looking into the deaths of two more Afghans here. Brig. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby (search), deputy operational commander at the U.S. military’s main base …
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