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Asparagus and new potato soup
May 13, 2009OK, asparagus is expensive, but it's also highly seasonal, so why not treat yourself once a year to this delicious vegetable? If the answer is unprintable in a family newspaper and involves the effects of the...
Read moreBird flu case reported in Egypt
May 13, 2009CARIO, May 11 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian authorities confirmed another human case of bird flu, after more than 25,000 pigs were killed in that country and trips to Saudi Arabia to perform Unrah pilgrimage were canceled, as...
Read moreVIDEO Comedian Wanda Sykes skewers Rush Limbaugh
May 12, 2009Comedian Wanda Sykes pulled no punches as she skewered extremist right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh at the White House Correspondents' Dinner -- accusing him of treason for saying he wants President Barack Obama to fail.
Read moreA nightmare interrupted: Home foreclosure is postponed
May 12, 2009OAKLAND, Calif. -- When does keeping a promise turn into a nightmare? When it involves a home whose price has ballooned beyond reason, a realtor who fails to make loan terms clear, and a lender who...
Read moreLabor, allies vow Never Again, one year after Postville immigration raid
May 12, 2009POSTVILLE, Ia. — The people of this town will never forget what happened here a year ago, today. At first, there was confusion. There were so many helicopters in the sky and, one by one, they...
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