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California community colleges chart historic enrollment declines
L.A. NOWEnrollment at California community colleges plunged by 485,000 students in the previous three years, an unprecedented decline that could worsen if the state’s fiscal crisis continues, officials said Wednesday. The 17% drop from about 2.9 million... -
2 Valley businessmen accused of smuggling drugs from Mexico
L.A. NOWOwners of a San Fernando Valley taco restaurant and auto repair shop were among 17 people arrested Wednesday, accused by federal prosecutors of belonging to a network of four cells of smugglers importing cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine from Mexico... -
Don't revert back to these mispronunciations
I must have touched a nerve. Your complaints about mispronunciations and mangled expressions continue to pour in. I was going to space them out, but I'm worried I'll fall too far behind, so I figured I'd better share another group of them today. I...
Tags: Scranton
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Nearly 5,000 pounds of Trader Joe's chicken and rice recalled
Trader Joe’s is facing yet another recall, this time affecting nearly 5,000 pounds of its store brand Butter Chicken with Basmati Rice, which may be contaminated with listeria bacteria. The producer of the product, Canadian company Aliya’s...
Tags: Headaches, Butter
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Consumer Reports warns of pork contamination
It used to be trichinosis was the big fear when eating pork, but the risk of getting that disease has been largely eliminated. However, Consumer Reports’ latest tests of pork find there are new reasons to take precautions. Consumer Reports’...
Tags: Trichinosis, Food and Drug Administration, Lab Tests, Whole Foods Market, Abdominal Pain
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Federal workers, others oppose poultry inspection overhaul
Federal workers' unions and food safety groups have joined to oppose new rules proposed by the Department of Agriculture to streamline federal poultry inspections. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service says the rules would "modernize"...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Morgan State University, Politics, Career and Workplace, Tom Vilsack
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New Cadbury chocolate doesn't melt, even at 104 degrees
Children’s pockets everywhere are safer and parents are breathing a sigh of relief now that Cadbury UK has created a form of chocolate resistant to melting. The sweets maker, owned by American company Kraft, tested the chocolate against its...
Tags: Halloween, Cadbury plc, New Products, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Maria Sharapova
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Big bird meets its golden brown Thanksgiving fate
It takes about six hours to cook a 30-pound turkey. I know that because I may or may not have purchased a turkey roughly that size for my family’s Thanksgiving dinner this year. When Brandon told me we needed a big turkey to feed everyone, I...
Tags: Thanksgiving, Holidays, Turkey (animal)
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Iowa fruit distributor recalls cherry tomatoes
(AP) - A central Iowa fruit and vegetable distributor is recalling several lots of cherry tomatoes after the grower notified the distributor that Salmonella was found in random sample testing by the Food and Drug Administration. Capital City Fruit...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Tomatoes
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FDA: Company shipped tainted peanut butter
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Mexico peanut company linked to a recent salmonella outbreak distributed peanut and almond butters after its own internal testing showed the products were contaminated, the Food and Drug Administration says. Sunland Inc....Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Peanut Butter, Butter, Safeway Inc., Agriculture
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Scientists use genome sequencing to halt superbug outbreak
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Researchers have used DNA sequencing for the first time to identify, analyze and put a halt to an infectious disease outbreak in a hospital. The success of the technique, which used fast genome sequencing technology to control an...Tags: Chemical Industry, MRSA, Biotechnology Industry, United Kingdom, Science and Technology
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Five-second rule
Tribune NewspapersThe controversial "five-second rule" — the one that allows us to eat dropped food if it's quickly scooped off the floor — is a bunch of baloney, according to Clemson University food scientist Paul Dawson, who stirred up the long-debated...Tags: Education, Connecticut College, Clemson University, Colleges and Universities
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