Thursday, May 22

  • Tinker Bell wands recalled  (UPI / 12:24PM EDT on 05/22) WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Tinker Bell Wands, due to excessive lead paint.
  • Disney store sleeping bags recalled  (UPI / 11:54AM EDT on 05/22) WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Pirates of the Caribbean sleeping bags, due to excessive lead paint.
  • Shaker Guiro instruments recalled  (UPI / 11:34AM EDT on 05/22) WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of West Music Shaker Guiro instruments, due to a excessive lead paint.
  • Canada's March retail trade near-flat  (UPI / 10:34AM EDT on 05/22) OTTAWA, May 22 (UPI) -- Retail sales in Canada in March were nearly flat, with just a 0.1 percent monthly gain to $35.5 billion, the Statistics Canada agency reported Thursday.
  • Crude oil prices shoot upward Thursday  (UPI / 8:14AM EDT on 05/22) NEW YORK, D.C., May 22 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices climbed dramatically overnight, gaining more than $4 per barrel and peaking higher than $135 in electronic trading Thursday in New York.

    Wednesday, May 21

  • American Plans to Add Fees While Cutting Flights, Jobs  (AP / 8:34PM EDT on 05/21) DALLAS -- American Airlines Wednesday said it will slash its domestic flying by 11 to 12 percent in the fourth quarter, eliminate thousands of jobs and begin charging passengers $15 each way to check their first bag.
  • House farm bill veto override questioned  (UPI / 7:14PM EDT on 05/21) WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to override President George Bush's veto of a $307 billion farm bill, but the vote could be reconsidered.
  • Bush signs bar to genetic discrimination  (UPI / 6:24PM EDT on 05/21) WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush Wednesday signed a bill barring employers and insurers from discriminating against people genetically predisposed to disease.
  • Grain trading influenced by oil Wednesday  (UPI / 6:05PM EDT on 05/21) CHICAGO, May 21 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices, sharply higher Wednesday, continued to exert it influence on grain trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
  • HHS buys ads to promote hospital Web site  (UPI / 5:44PM EDT on 05/21) WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is placing ads in 58 daily U.S. newspapers to alert consumers to its Web site comparing hospitals.
  • Oil prices punch up near $132  (UPI / 4:14PM EDT on 05/21) NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices, up more than $40 per barrel since February, charged up $2.93 Wednesday, closing in on the $132-per-barrel mark in New York.
  • Questions arise in casino money-laundering  (UPI / 3:14PM EDT on 05/21) TORONTO, May 21 (UPI) -- An undercover and deliberately suspicious Canadian broadcaster's investigation of Ontario casino pay-outs found loopholes for possible money-laundering.
  • U.S. closes abusive slaughterhouses  (UPI / 8:34AM EDT on 05/21) WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. food safety inspectors ordered a brief closure of 34 U.S. livestock slaughterhouses because of inhumane treatment of animals, officials said Wednesday.
  • Teenager charged for 149 mph driving  (UPI / 8:04AM EDT on 05/21) BARRIE, Ontario, May 21 (UPI) -- A teenager clocked by police radar driving 149 mph will face insurance premiums of more than $22,000 if convicted, insurance officials said.
  • Argentina: Striking farmers agree to talk  (UPI / 7:24AM EDT on 05/21) BUENOS AIRES, May 21 (UPI) -- Argentine farmers have agreed to call off their weeks-long strike and meet federal officials for talks, government officials said.

    Tuesday, May 20

  • Poland eyes new GMO rules  (UPI / 9:05PM EDT on 05/20) WARSAW, Poland, May 20 (UPI) -- Poland's Environment Ministry says it has authored a bill that would keep genetically modified organisms out of some Polish regions.
  • Grains rally Tuesday  (UPI / 8:34PM EDT on 05/20) CHICAGO, May 20 (UPI) -- Grains were sharply higher on the Chicago Board of Trade Tuesday as crop conditions indicated possible yield declines for 2008.
  • Oil prices rising on demand, Pickens says  (UPI / 4:14PM EDT on 05/20) NEW YORK, May 20 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rose to a record in New York Tuesday after Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens said prices were being pushed by inadequate supplies.
  • Gas leak blamed for San Diego blast  (UPI / 11:24AM EDT on 05/20) SAN DIEGO, May 20 (UPI) -- A natural gas leak caused an explosion in a hotel under construction in downtown San Diego, not an act of terrorism as some feared, investigators said.
  • U.S. demand for foreign oil drops  (UPI / 9:34AM EDT on 05/20) WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- Foreign oil imports fell in the United States in the first quarter of 2008, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said.

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