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How to cut your business travel costs: There are sane ways to cut travel and entertainment expenses. You won't be living the lush life, of course, but you won't feel like a traveling tramp either. ›20:03
Buffett's Constellation bid challenged again: France's state-controlled power company challenged a proposed takeover by Warren Buffett of Constellation Energy Wednesday. ›15:17
World Blog: Cleaning up, and hoping, in Thailand: Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will shame the U.S., Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons. ›12:48
Bush, first lady mark World AIDS Day: President Bush says his presidential initiative has already met its goal of treating two million people with the deadly AIDS disease in sub-Saharan Africa. ›15:53 1 Dec, Mon
Interview: Susan Faludi on 9/11 Myths: In her new book, Susan Faludi examines the cultural impact of the 9/11 terror attacks. What she says about their effect on U.S. politics, feminism and the differences between American and European approaches to history. ›17:08 8 Oct, Mon
Q&A: Policing School Shootings: A disturbed 14-year-old wounds four before killing himself in Clevelandjust another spasm of violence in another bloody year for Americas schools. How to spot trouble before it opens fireand the ongoing debate over blame for a cycle that just wont stop. ›23:25 11 Oct, Thu
Asthma inhalers to go 'green' on Dec. 31: Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. ›20:50 1 Dec, Mon
GM CEO heading to Capitol by way of Malibu: Eager to avoid another scathing lecture about corporate excess from members of Congress, top U.S. auto CEOs will travel to Washington this week in hybrid vehicles. ›12:46
Message in bottle found after 4 decades: A message in a bottle tossed into the ocean off Barnegat Bay has turned up in North Carolina 39 years later. The note was sealed in a Schaefer beer bottle and dated Aug. 17, 1969. ›01:25
China: 6 babies likely died from toxic milk: Chinas Health Ministry says six babies may have died from tainted milk, up from a previous official figure of three deaths. ›18:38 2 Dec, Tue
Bigger waist may spell more success for women: An imperfect body might be just what the doctor ordered for women and key to their economic success, an anthropologist now says. ›19:29
Obama: Gov't must help homeowners, too: President-elect Barack Obama signaled a clear desire Wednesday to use a significant portion of $700 billion in financial bailout funds to stanch foreclosures. ›19:54
'Miracle' at Lourdes? Don't ask these doctors: An international doctors' panel appointed by the Roman Catholic Church says it's getting out of the "miracle" business at Lourdes. ›22:58
Pope: Banks should help society's weakest: Pope Benedict XVI says one of the primary objectives of banks is to support the weakest in society while also spurring productivity. ›18:09
U.S., Russia refuses to sign cluster-bomb ban: Riot police charged into a group of doctors and nurses protesting Zimbabwe's deepening economic and health crisis, eyewitnesses said Wednesday as deaths rose sharply from a cholera epidemic. ›13:20
Q&A: Hip Size and Breast Cancer Risk: A new study shows that having a mom with wide hips could be a risk factor for breast cancer. ›15:16 8 Oct, Mon
Do Women Lead Differently Than Men?: Americans could elect our first female president in 2008. What the most powerful women of the past can teach us about how to rule in the future. ›21:39 6 Oct, Sat
Travel pinched by global financial crisis: Many major cities around the world are seeing dramatic declines in hotel occupancy this fall as consumers and businesses cut travel spending. ›15:51 2 Dec, Tue
Newsweek: Do the Big Three deserve $34 billion?: Newsweek: Do the Big Three deserve $34 billion? ›15:13 2 Dec, Tue
A lifeline abroad for Iraq children: Faith was breathing for Hope. So when the newborn conjoined Williams twins were separated, it turned out that Hope couldn't live without her sister. ›16:05
Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so: As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs. ›17:42 30 Nov, Sun
Best PSP games of 2008: Three years after its release, and the PSP is still lacking games most people use it to watch movies on the go. But a nice mix of sports, arcade, shoot-em-ups, creative and traditional titles have made their way to the handheld this year. ›13:46 2 Dec, Tue
Fewer toys with high lead levels, group finds: After the high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys last year, a watchdog group said that its tests found fewer toys with high levels of chemicals in them this year. ›23:06
Binge drinking may hike stroke risk: People who occasionally binge-drink may have a heightened long-term risk of suffering a stroke, even if they do not regularly drink heavily, a new study suggests. ›00:38 4 Dec, Thu
