Texas Hearing Considers Deeper Conservative Stamp on Textbooks

The Texas school board held hear­ings on pro­posed changes to the state’s social stud­ies cur­ricu­lum that would por­tray con­ser­v­a­tives in a more pos­i­tive light. Read more »

Fitness : Hula-Hooping Fans Hope It Is the Next Big Trend in Fitness

Hula-hooping con­verts are hop­ing it is the next big trend in fit­ness, but some exer­cise pro­fes­sion­als are doubt­ful. Read more »

P&G Joins Industry Ingredient Recall by Voluntarily Recalling Two Flavors of Pringles® in the United States in Response to FDA Industry Guidance

The Proc­ter & Gam­ble Com­pany (NYSE:PG), in response to a rec­om­men­da­tion from the Food & Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) to the food indus­try, announced today that it is vol­un­tar­ily recall­ing Pringles Restau­rant Cravers Cheese­burger potato crisps and Pringles Fam­ily Faves Taco Night potato crisps as part of an indus­try ingre­di­ent recall to pro­tect con­sumers from poten­tial Sal­mo­nella expo­sure. Read more »

Attacks on Detainee Lawyers Split Conservatives

Liz Cheney crit­i­cized lawyers who rep­re­sented ter­ror­ism sus­pects. A group of right-leaning legal schol­ars objected. Read more »

Dutch Valley Food Distributors, Inc. Announces a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Black Pepper and Products made with Black Pepper

As a result of a recall of Black Pep­per by Minc­ing Over­seas Spice Com­pany and dis­trib­uted by Dutch Val­ley Food Dis­trib­u­tors due to the pos­si­bil­ity of con­t­a­m­i­na­tion with Sal­mo­nella, an organ­ism which can cause seri­ous and some­times fatal infec­tions in young chil­dren, frail or elderly peo­ple, and oth­ers with weak­ened immune sys­tems, a prod­uct recall is being issued. Healthy per­sons infected with Sal­mo­nella often expe­ri­ence fever, diar­rhea (which may be bloody), nau­sea, vom­it­ing, and abdom­i­nal pain. Read more »

3 Daylight Saving Tips

How to help kids ease into the tran­si­tion of chang­ing the clocks Read more »

Recipes for Health: Winter’s Greens

Look­ing for new ways to get greens in your diet? An inno­v­a­tive panino and lux­u­ri­ous gratin are among this week’s recipes Read more »

Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in Education

Edu­ca­tion Sec­re­tary Arne Dun­can plans to say an office “has not been as vig­i­lant as it should have been” on dis­crim­i­na­tion. Read more »

National Pretzel Co. Annouces Precautionary Recall of Honey Mustard Onion Seasoned Pretzels Because of Possible Health Risk

As a pre­cau­tion­ary mea­sure, National Pret­zel Com­pany of Lan­caster, Pa. is vol­un­tar­ily recall­ing all Honey Mus­tard Onion fla­vored pret­zels pro­duced since Decem­ber, 2009 because an ingre­di­ent used in the sea­son­ing has the poten­tial to be con­t­a­m­i­nated with Sal­mo­nella. The honey mus­tard onion sea­son­ing con­tains Hydrolyzed Veg­etable Pro­tein (HVP) which was recalled by Basic Foods Fla­vors, Inc Read more »

White House Postpones Picking Site of 9/11 Trial

The Obama admin­is­tra­tion said it would make no deci­sion on where to pros­e­cute the ter­ror case “for weeks.” Read more »

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