Over the course of the last few days, we have seen the caustic effect that E. coli has had not only on an important California industry (spinach growers), but on the lives of Americans across the country who have been hospitalized and even killed by this bacterial infection. Read more...

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MEDFORD, Mass. “”mdash; At the recent meeting of the United Nations, everyone was expecting President Ahmadinejad of Iran to dominate the press and be the loudest critic of the U.S. Read more...

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STORRS, Conn. “”mdash; The potential to buy more stuff at lower prices sounds like a godsend for American consumers. But for Wal-Mart ““ who prides itself on the ideal of “Always low prices!” ““ this pursuit has not been undertaken without criticism. Read more...

Members of the United Nations and students at UCLA have achieved a strange parallel in recent months. Both institutions are in the midst of choosing new leadership, one searching for a new secretary-general and the other a new chancellor. Read more...

We all remember the recall election of 2003. Then-Gov. Gray Davis, re-elected just one year earlier, had become very unpopular, weighed down by an energy crisis and obstructionist Republicans in state government. Read more...