GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa couple have discovered an eerie presence in their pear tree, just in time for the approaching Halloween season.
Des Moines television station KCCI (http://bit.ly/p3VYpL ) reports that Phil and JaNelle Lovely recently discovered a pumpkin that appears to be growing in the tree at their Greenfield home, 50 miles southwest of Des Moines.
They say they have no …
A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables.
While the study couldn't prove that pesticides used in agriculture contribute to childhood learning problems, experts said the research is persuasive.
"I would take it quite seriously," said Virginia Rauh of Columbia University, who has studied prenatal exposure to pesticides and wasn't involved in the new study.
More research will be needed to confirm the tie, she said.
Children may be especially prone to the health risks of pesticides because they're still growing and they may …
DETROIT - High gas prices and a summer of heavy discounting sentsales of sport utility vehicles plummeting last month for U.S.automakers. Asian manufacturers, who had avoided the employee-pricing lures Detroit offered, saw their results less affected.
Several automakers reported strong car sales in their monthlyreports released Monday, but SUVs took a hit industrywide in the U.S.market as gas prices skyrocketed following Hurricane Katrina.
Sales of the GMC Envoy and Chevrolet Tahoe fell more than 50percent compared to last September. The Cadillac Escalade, MazdaTribute, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, Toyota Sequoia and NissanArmada all saw their sales fall by 18 …
MOSCOW (AP) — Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews before vanishing into Soviet captivity, may have been alive after the official 1947 date of his death — but only for a few days, says the chief archivist of Russia's counterintelligence service.
The disappearance of the 32-year-old Swedish diplomat is an abiding mystery of World War II. His defiance of the Nazis is commemorated worldwide in statues, in streets named for him and in postage stamps bearing his likeness, and to this day inspires scholarly articles, popular books and Hollywood movies.
It also has been a perpetual embarrassment for Moscow, which has failed to dislodge a stubborn belief, …
Best Buy Co. Inc. rattled investors Wednesday, warning that an already grim holiday shopping season that's expected to be the worst in decades might be getting worse.
Days after its rival Circuit City filed for bankruptcy protection, the nation's largest consumer electronics chain dramatically cut its fiscal 2009 earnings outlook and said it was being hammered by the worst retail environment the 42-year-old company has yet to endure.
"Rapid, seismic changes in consumer behavior have created the most difficult climate we've ever seen," Chief Executive Brad Anderson said in a statement. "Best Buy simply can't adjust fast enough to maintain our …
Tony Armas drove in six runs with two homers, including a grandslam in a 12-run sixth inning, and Spike Owen scored a record-tyingsix runs last night as the visiting Boston Red Sox routed Cleveland24-5, the most runs scored against the Indians in their 86-yearhistory.
Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd (12-9) allowed eight hits in seven inningsto gain his first victory since July 8 as the Red Sox scored the mostruns by an American League team this season. Boyd had lost all threeof his starts since returning from his suspension Aug. 1, compiling a5.95 earned-run average in that span.
Owen's six runs tied the modern major league record. The lastplayer and the only American …
CHICAGO - Tribune Co., parent of the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Cubs, said Wednesday its second-quarter earnings sank 59 percent on a deepening slump in advertising revenue and some hefty charges and non-operating losses.
The results fell slightly short of estimates on Wall Street, but Tribune's lagging stock rebounded after CEO Dennis FitzSimons reiterated confidence in the company's pending $8.2 billion buyout.
"Our going-private transaction is on track and the financing for it is fully committed," FitzSimons said in a statement. "We anticipate closing the transaction in the fourth quarter, following FCC approval, and expect to be in full compliance …
