WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cereal maker Kellogg Co has agreed to drop advertising claims that Rice Krispies will strengthen children’s immune systems. Read the whole article at Reuters
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Kellogg Drops Rice Krispies Health Claims
“Idol” Creator Fuller Mounts Takeover Bid For Ckx
(Reuters) – CKX Inc, which owns the rights to the popular “American Idol” television show, said it has received a takeover offer from an investor group led by Simon Fuller, a creator of the popular singing contest. Read the whole article at Reuters
Who Caused Sell-Off? Space Aliens Or Fat Finger
The initial theory that an errant trader caused Thursday’s mysterious stock market plunge isn’t the only dubious hypothesis making the rounds. Read the whole article at Reuters
Scientist Says Bolivar Likely Died Of Poison
CARACAS (Reuters) – A U.S. scientist is supporting a theory that has been widely dismissed as a personal obsession of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez: that his hero Simon Bolivar might have died from arsenic poisoning. Read the whole article at Reuters
Higgins Clarks Celebrate Mother’S Day As Best Sellers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Suspense authors Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter Carol Higgins Clark are set to celebrate Mother’s Day in high literary form — by residing together on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Read the whole article at Reuters
Women To Start Serving On U.S. Navy Submarines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Navy announced on Thursday that women will start serving on U.S. submarines as early as next year, lifting a symbolically important barrier to women in the U.S. armed forces. Read the whole article at Reuters
Turkmen President Wants To Close “Hell’S Gate”
Europe Ash Cloud Dents Gulf Arab Luxury Food Supply
DUBAI (Reuters Life!) – A Gulf Arab airline ditched a massive cargo of fresh fish and the desert region’s supermarkets are fretting over fruit and vegetable imports trapped in a backlog of flights created by Europe’s ash cloud. Read the whole article at Reuters
“Date Night” Ekes Out Disputed Box Office Win
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Television comics Steve Carell and Tina Fey scored a disputed win at the North American box office on Sunday, as “Date Night” narrowly beat last weekend’s champion “Clash of the Titans.” Read the whole article at Reuters
Rarely Seen Picasso Could Fetch $80 Million At Auction
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – One of the most valuable private art collections ever offered at auction, led by an $80 million Picasso, will be sold in May in a sign that the art market might soon flirt with the record levels seen before the financial crisis struck in 2008. Read the whole article at [...]