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“The corner food store should be safe, but outdoor markets are hit and miss. Sidewalk vendors and shashlik stands are better avoided. That's the advice that food inspectors are offering after confiscating nearly 3 tons of contaminated food, including 356 kilograms of radioactive berries and mushrooms, in Moscow during the first half of this year. Of the berries, "210 ...

"After the article appeared, David Krane, Google's director of public relations, called CNET editors to complain, said Jai Singh, the editor in chief of CNETNews.com. "They were unhappy about the fact we used Schmidt's private information in our story," Singh said. "Our view is what we published was all public information, and we actually used their own product to find it." He said Krane called back to say that ...

Talk about genteel heresy! Think the queen of England and 4 o'clock teatime had anything to do with it? The odd temples of a teapot-worshipping religious sect in Malaysia have been destroyed by authorities. The group's leader, Ayah Pin, is on the lam; his wives have been arrested, and his devotees are distraught. They had been on ...