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China's food safety officials have once again come under intense scrutiny this week as the number of infants sickened by a batch of tainted milk powder expands daily. On September 17, Chinese Health Ministry authorities announced that over 6200 babies had fallen ill, many developing kidney stones, from drinking milk made from toxic powder. At least three have died, and more than 50 remain in serious condition. Officials have said the number of victims could climb, the China Daily reported...
...wonder T-shirts saying Go Sarah! started sprouting up by mid-afternoon. Beagley's own homemade batch of 150 McCain/Palin t-shirts arrived at 2 p.m. and were sold out within the hour, leaving Palin fans sifting in vain through piles of shirts that say Grim Reefer and Chicks Dig Me. In town, businesses have been putting up exuberant messages of support, as if Sarah! was once again on the high school basketball team, headed off to state finals...
What do you think about the latest batch of stoner films - Pineapple Express, Harold & Kumar? I read some reviews about Pineapple Express and one was very interesting. They said these movies, including ours, are an experience. It's like a contact high. If you look at all the Cheech and Chong movies, no one ever got hurt, no one ever got killed - the most you ever got was high...
...feel like, 'What can I do that will make me a little different?'' she says. At a recent awards ceremony, she turned heads with a glittering turquoise outfit, complete with matching wig. This month at a celebrity ''epicurean gala'' in Los Angeles benefiting cancer research, she fried up a batch of her mother-in-law's sesame chicken, complete with ''beer, spices and everything that is bad for you.'' Since she was freshly shorn for a fashion-modeling assignment, she also took the occasion to show off another of her many wigs, along with a crocheted headdress dripping with beads...
...notes that doctors in IVF clinics necessarily focus their attention on good embryos, selecting those that appear to be growing more vigorously than others, then choosing the most robust from that collection for implantation. But her study hints that taking into account the quality of the entire batch of embryos a couple produces might give doctors and their patients a better idea of their chances with IVF. Indirectly, says Yao, the four factors reflect all the other elements that play a role in a couple's fertility, including a woman's age and her medical history...