1. Major League Baseball has benched Manny Ramirez for 50 games for violating the league's drug policy. The Los Angeles Dodgers star says he did not take steroids and was given medication by a doctor that contained a banned substance. 2. California'...
1.Helicopters dropped water overnight in a wildfire raging in Southern California in the foothills above Santa Barbara. 1,200 homes have been evacuated, no structures have been lost so far, but flames are within a half mile of some neighborhoods. 2....
1. US health officials are no longer recommending that schools close because of swine flu. Hundreds of schools have shut around the country but now it appears the flu is not as bad as initially feared. The government does say parents should still ke...
1.Mexico is turning down the alarm on its swine flu outbreak. Officials say they will allow public places in Mexico City to reopen this week, but no decision has yet been made on when schools will reopen nationwide. 2.A medical student accused in Bos...
1. US health officials say there are now 226 confirmed cases of swine flu in 30 states. Health officials were cautiously optimistic that the new swine flu isn't as dangerous as first feared, but they urged people to keep taking commonsense precautio...
1. Mexico is hoping the worst is over with the swine flu as it had no new death from it overnight. However, health officials around the world warned the virus is still spreading and everyone needs to remain vigilant. 2. The Republican Party is takin...
1. Mexico's top health official says swine flu cases there appeared to be stabilizing. The nation is the center of the flu outbreak. Officials hope the trend continues, and the vaccine is available in six months. But this comes as new cases appear i...
1. Mexico's top health official says swine flu cases there appeared to be stabilizing. The nation is the center of the flu outbreak. Officials hope the trend continues, and the vaccine is available in six months. But this comes as new cases appear i...
1.Congressional officials say President Obama plans to withdraw most American troops from Iraq by August of 2010, but tens of thousands will stay behind to advise(原为revise) Iraqi forces and protect U.S. interests in that country. Obama is expecte...
1. President Barack Obama is sending Congress a hard-choices budget that tops three trillion dollars and would increase the deficit to 1.75 trillion dollars by year's end. The plan would boost taxes on the wealthy and cut Medicare payments to insura...