Sex may increase risk of mono virus (Reuters)

" NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Though mononucleosis is known as the "kissing disease," sexual intercourse may increase the odds of contracting the virus, a UK study suggests. The findings, say researchers, could have implications for the vaccines now being tested against...

As A/C whirs, consumer budgets tighten (The Christian Science Monitor)

" NEW YORK - The temperature's not the only thing rising: So is the cost of keeping cool. Across the sunbaked nation, utility companies, which are churning out a record amount of electricity as they try to keep up with the heightened demand for air conditioning, are watching...

Murray, OCC build 'Caddyshack' motorcycle (AP)

" NEW YORK - Try to imagine the motorcycle that Bill Murray " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Bill Murray 's classic "Caddyshack" character Carl Spackler would ride. Would it incorporate his love of greenskeeping, his hatred of gophers or his experiences as...

Heat makes Pat Robertson a global warming "convert"

It's amazing what a hot day in Church can do to a man. Pat roberston is a believer!"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson said on Thursday the wave of scorching temperatures across the United States has converted him into a believer in global...

Sen. Clinton says Rumsfeld should resign (AP)

" WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday called on Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to resign, hours after excoriating him at a public hearing over what she called "failed policy" in...

AOL to slash payroll by 5,000 employees (AP)

" NEW YORK - AOL said Thursday it expects to drop as many as 5,000 employees, or a quarter of its global work force, within six months as the company restructures its business to draw more online advertising dollars. The announcement came a day after the Time Warner Inc....

Captured Israeli soldier's wife pleads for US help (Reuters)

" By Michelle Nichols 1 hour, 15 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - The wife of an Israeli soldier seized by Hizbollah guerrillas pleaded on Thursday for U.S. help to free her husband and said her quest to bring him back home was the only reason she had flown to the United...

Researchers confirm Charles V had gout (AP)

" NEW YORK - A 450-year-old piece of Charles V's pinkie lends support to the theory that it was gout that led one of the most powerful rulers of all time to abdicate, Spanish researchers report. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, whose empire stretched across Europe and included...

Methadone pioneer Vincent Dole dies at 93 (AP)

" By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer Wed Aug 2, 7:16 PM ET NEW YORK - Dr. Vincent P. Dole, whose research in the 1960s established that methadone could be used to treat heroin addiction, died Tuesday. He was 93. Dole had suffered from complications of a ruptured...

"War Is Over" billboards promote Lennon film (Reuters)

" LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In an effort to tap into anti-war sentiment, billboards will appear in New York and Los Angeles this month declaring "War Is Over! If You Want It." The statement is not so much political as commercial: independent film distributor...

Britain and the US swing behind Middle East ceasefire - Times Online

" From James Bone in New York, Stephen Farrell in Jerusalem, and agencies Britain and the United States, in a dramatic about-face, are ready to back a UN resolution calling for an immediate end to the fighting in Lebanon as the first step in a political settlement, diplomats...

AOL e-mail accounts, software to be free (AP)

" NEW YORK - Stepping up the chase for online advertising dollars, AOL will give away e-mail accounts and software previously available only to its paying customers in a strategy shift likely to accelerate the decline in its core Internet access business. The decision,...

Study: Women like tech toys more than shoes (USATODAY.com)

" By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY Tue Aug 1, 11:04 AM ET NEW YORK - Is a plasma TV a girl's new best friend? An Oxygen Network survey released Tuesday found that more than three out of four women said they'd choose the TV over a diamond solitaire necklace. Women preferred a...