WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The White House on Thursday picked Bart Chilton, a lobbyist for the National Farmers Union, and Jill Sommers, a former lobbyist for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, to fill vacancies on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

VALDERS Chiltons Derrick Meier fired a 1-under par 35 to lead the Tigers to a victory over Valders in an Olympian Conference golf match at Autumn Ridge on Monday.

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After resigning his post Tony Blair should... Loading ... Behind You! 'BEHIND you! No, not you. Pete Burns. That monkey jacket had us in mind of a pantomime character, a gorilla-Widow Twanky chimera.

SAN CARLOS, Calif.----Cellerant Therapeutics today announced the publication of data suggesting that established autoimmune disease can be reversed or stabilized by the transplantation of purified allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells in a mouse study of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus .

VIENNA - A group of well-meaning Austrian wackos have launched a campaign to have a chimp legally recognized as a "person." "Our main argument is that Hiasl is a person and has basic...

Supporters of a 26-year-old chimpanzee in Austria are going to court, hoping to have him legally declared a "person." They say that will allow the chimp to receive donations to continue his upkeep - and get a guardian to look out for his interests.

EUREKA -- Famed primatologist Jane Goodall, known for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees in East Africa, paid a visit to the area's favorite ape Friday, spending about 45 minutes with Bill the chimp.

Critics deride requests to return relocated chimps as 'appalling.'

An American fugitive accused of raping his daughter and posting videos of the abuse on the Internet lived openly in China, even enjoying visits from his new wife and registering at a local fitness club under his own name.

For an elderly woman just above 5 feet tall, Carol Channing can certainly command an audience. From the moment the Broadway actress descended the University Theatre steps on Thursday to the moment she finished speaking, she had media, students and faculty listening to every word and note.

Location: Mountlake Terrace. Length: One mile each way. Level of difficulty: Flat-to-moderately sloped paved/packed-gravel trail. Setting: This long...

FOSTORIA - Eight to 10 fabric Para-Port Doors usually leave their Fostoria factory every year, bound for aviation hangars or industrial buildings worldwide.

Four Asian-American groups, along with the YWCA and Chicanos Por la Causa, have asked a Sabino Canyon-area business to drop advertising that they say contains racial slurs against Chinese people.

Rapper CHINGY has returned to Ludacris' Disturbing Tha Peace record label - three years (04) after he left the company for allegedly cheating him out

Commercial fishing for spring chinook salmon resumes in the lower Columbia River tonight after a two-week hiatus. The Columbia River Compact on Monday approved 10 hours of gillnetting starting at 8 p.m. from the mouth of the Willamette River at Kelley Point downstream to the ocean.

We all have fiends living inside ourselves; some are dormant and hibernating, others are alive and vicious, states front man Adam Harrell.

TORONTO (CP) - Canada's mumps outbreak has moved out of the Maritimes and into Ontario, with three confirmed and five suspected cases, officials confirmed Friday.

Two students and two professors at SUNY Oswego will conduct meaningful research on the genetics of local species under a Student/Faculty Collaborative Challenge Grant.

Both companies just reported blowout earnings, but should high-growth stocks with an equally high price really be considered?

A Contra Costa County school district's use of wood chips in play boxes makes it harder for boys and girls in wheelchairs to get to swings and slides, a violation of the disabled children's rights, a federal judge has ruled. The decision by U.S....

Shane Colberg is excited to be working in his hometown of Dassel with his new chiropractic center now open in the old medical center building. Charger Chiropractic officially opened last week in a location Colberg is satisfied with.

MIDDLETON - A well-known Middleton chiropractor will have to give up his license for two years and spend the next five years on probation after pleading guilty to insurance fraud charges yesterday.

Jeff Hardy sounds mellow and laid-back, hardly like the ladder-diving wild man who goes by the ring moniker The Charismatic Enigma and who, along with brother Matt, was half of the dynamic tag-team duo the Hardy Boyz. Could this be the same man whose disregard for his personal safety invokes awe among fans and makes chiropractors see dollar signs?

HEMET - Friday was a day of chivalry, romance and feasts for Dartmouth Middle School, which was holding its 12th annual Medieval Faire. The all-day event included activities such as printmaking, leather working and archery.

Chivas USA has announced the acquisition of Brazilian midfielder Paulo Nagamura in a trade with Toronto FC. In exchange, Chivas USA sends its first-round 2008 MLS SuperDraft pick to Toronto.

THERE are some places in Zimbabwe where life is as it was many years go, places where traditional social structures and leadership systems are still in place, and are operational to the way society functions and people live, think and behave.

The eighth graders lined up in front of the class, boy-girl, boy-girl, three of each, fidgeting and giggling in their white polo shirts over plaid skirts or dark blue slacks. They had all raised their hands to volunteer for a demonstration on sex education.

DILLON Chloe Mosey, a 6-foot forward/post from Bremerton, Wash., has signed a Frontier Conference/NAIA letter of intent to play basketball for the University of Montana-Western, womens coach Kevin Engellant announced Thursday Mosey will graduate this spring from Kings West High School.

The consumer market for organic products is very robust. About 75% of the U.S. population now buys organic products, driving 15-20% annual growth for the past 10 years. One segment of the organic market seeing incredible growth is organic nutraceutical ingredients.

Dozens of families were on the move Thursday night in Lake County due to a chlorine leak.

An eight-hour air quality test in a Rite Aid store where five employees fell ill recently found levels of benzene and chloroform that were higher than state standards.

Peter Braunstein looked at him. The University of Memphis cop looked back. Braunstein fumbled in his pocket, pulled out a black handled knife, and began stabbing himself repeatedly in the neck, even as the campus cop pepper sprayed him in the face...

30/04/2007 - A new fluorescence-sensing laser sorter scans products for chlorophyll to identify and remove foreign matter from fresh and frozen vegetables.

By Heiber, Isabelle; Strher, Elke; Raatz, Bodo; Busse, Ingo; Et al A network of enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants protects chloroplasts from photooxidative damage.

By Heiber, Isabelle; Strher, Elke; Raatz, Bodo; Busse, Ingo; Et al A network of enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants protects chloroplasts from photooxidative damage.

So many shows, so little time. There just never seems to be enough hours in the day! This week we have a ton stuff to check out and our buddy Wen-Tsai chimes in with hopes to save your some money.

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One of the delights of a well-designed role-playing game is the feeling that youre exploring uncharted territory. The stories may be intriguing, the battles may be pulse-pounding, but the real thrill comes when you discover a new city, an abandoned ruin or even an unsettled planet.

U.S. dark chocolate sales are anything but bittersweet, as its much-touted health benefits and mass marketing introduced by companies such as Hershey Co. and Lindt & Sprungli Co. Plc. turn the product into a popular, guilt-free indulgence.

Congratulations for LG Chocolates phone success. 18 months ago this mobile phone was release in Korea, and for 11 moths it is presents in global markets. Well at this time there was sold 10 million phones. LG Chocolate has been sold until now in several versions that were meant to capture the interest of as many people as possible. There was an LG Chocolate for every taste. It comes in colors of ...

Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas). Mothballed slightly less than three years ago and lessthan a year after its commissioning, Choctaw Power Station is ready for acomeback. Once citing weak wholesale market conditions in the Southeast,Reliant Energy Incorporated (NYSE:RRI) has decided that the market cansustain this efficient, natural gas-fired, combined-cycle ...

France's presidential election Sunday is a ground-breaker a choice between an immigrant's son and an army officer's daughter, each offering a radically different vision of how to put a dispirited nation back on track.