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WASHINGTON -- The government will allow food producers to start zapping fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and other dangerous germs, a key safety move amid increasing outbreaks from raw produce. >>
WASHINGTON -- Federal drug safety regulators said Thursday they are investigating whether the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin can increase patients' risk of developing cancer. >>
The discovery marks a technical advance but has a long way to go before it can be considered an alternative to donor blood. >>
One revelation is that, contrary to what some officials had claimed, the mailed anthrax had not been 'weaponized.' >>
State acts against facilities -- five in O.C. -- for incidents that placed patients in serious jeopardy. >>
The state Supreme Court decides that an antidiscrimination law takes precedence over doctors' right to religious freedom. >>
Technological wizardry brings a colossal cast of 10 prehistoric monsters to life starting Wednesday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, followed by shows at Staples Center in L.A. >>
Leroy Sievers, a broadcast journalist who candidly and poignantly commented on the disease that would take his life in My Cancer, a popular National Public Radio blog, has died. He was 53. >>
The virus triggered a violent immune response that injured the lungs, making them a target for bacterial infection, two studies say. The findings may guide preparations for future outbreaks. >>
CAMPAIGN '08
Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church draws out the candidates, who had steered clear of the contentious issue. >>
James E. Ludlam, one of the founders of healthcare law who helped shape California's healthcare environment during the last half of the 20th century, has died. He was 93. >>
BOOK REVIEW
A paleontologist takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of a London landmark. >>
A Colorado couple researching the shroud dispute radiocarbon dating of the alleged burial cloth of Jesus, and Oxford has agreed to help them reexamine the findings. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Officers and others wounded across the border are increasingly being transferred to an El Paso hospital. >>
A year after the hospital ended emergency and inpatient care, the University of California is still trying to decide if it wants to take over. >>
Visitors to the traveling World Vision display walk through a replica of an African village, view four children's pictures and listen on headsets to their harrowing tales. >>
Archaeologists say the Maya believed the complex of water-filled caves leading into dry chambers was an underground road to a mythical underworld. >>
In 2004, state and county inspectors noted inappropriate practices at the medical center that is now being sued for providing unnecessary services to patients recruited on skid row. >>
Study finds that the fruits developed their kick to ward off microbial invaders; the greater the danger, the more pungent the pepper. >>
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 A paleontologist takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of a London landmark. Aug. 17.
The first posthumously published work by Clarke, co-written with a fellow legend, looks at sexuality, aliens and a long-ago mathematical formula. Aug. 10.
Stephen Hawking and Susskind, two titans of theoretical physics, slug it out over whether or not information is lost forever once it enters a black hole. July 13.
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