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Hit-and-run toddler death sparks outrage in China

PodcastOct 18, 2011

BEIJING (AP) _ A video showing a toddler hit twice by vans and then ignored by passers-by is sparking outrage in China.The 2-year-old girl, identified as Wang Yue, is in critical condition following Thursday's accident. State media on Tuesday quoted the Guangzhou Military District General Hospital a
N. Korean leader's grandson arrives in Bosnia

North KoreaOct 13, 2011

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) _ Officials in Bosnia say North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's grandson has arrived in the country to enroll at a private high school made up of international students.A border police spokeswoman said 16-year-old Kim Han Sol entered the country at Sarajevo airport Wedn
Readers seek solace, answers from psychotherapy books

PodcastOct 12, 2011

When life is hard, people seek solace from whatever source they can find, and if a market trend is any indication, more and more South Koreans are turning to books for mental healing.Psychiatrist Kim Hye-nam became an instant celebrity with her book, whose title roughly translates as “Thirty-year-ol
Gasoline cars sales up despite high fuel prices

IndustryOct 12, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- Sales of gasoline-powered cars in South Korea rose this year from the previous year despite high local fuel prices, an industry report showed Wednesday.The Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA) report showed that in the first eight months of the year 67.5 perce
Sarkozys unusually mum about First Baby

PodcastOct 12, 2011

PARIS (AP) — Their early courtship was hardly discreet: President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni visited Disneyland Paris together, then jetted off to Jordan with cameras in tow. Weeks later, they were married.Now, Bruni-Sarkozy is about to have a baby, and the pending birth has taken on the
Vitamin E pills linked with prostate cancer risk

HealthOct 12, 2011

CHICAGO (AP) — There is more evidence that taking vitamin E pills can be risky. A study that followed up on men who took high doses of the vitamin for about five years found they had a slightly increased risk of prostate cancer — even after they quit taking the pills.Doctors say it's ano
French, Swiss men top smelly socks ranking: survey

PodcastOct 12, 2011

When it comes to socks, one is more likely to find a French or Swiss man wearing a smelly pair than a German or a Brit.A study by Swiss firm Blacksocks found that only 66 percent of Frenchmen changed their socks daily, while just seven in ten Swiss men put on a clean pair every day.On the other end
EU to propose bank recapitalization Wednesday

PodcastOct 12, 2011

BRUSSELS (AP) — The president of the EU's executive arm says he will unveil proposals on how to make European banks fit enough to sustain the worsening debt crisis on Wednesday.Jose Manuel Barroso said Tuesday that the European Commission would unveil several initiatives that should contribute
Senate passes bill to sanction China over currency

PodcastOct 12, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Senate voted Tuesday to threaten China with higher tariffs on Chinese products made cheap through an artificially undervalued currency, which lawmakers blame for destroying American jobs. The House of Representatives, though, is unlikely to take up the bill, which some American
Number of S. Koreans with over 1 trillion won in assets rises

PodcastOct 10, 2011

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The number of wealthy South Koreans with assets of more than 1 trillion won ($852 million) rose 32 percent this year from a year earlier with two self-made businessmen making the top 10 list for the first time, data showed Monday.The number of Koreans whose wealth topped 1 trillion
American growth theorists top contenders for Nobel

PodcastOct 10, 2011

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Researchers who study economic growth and how technology helps drive long-term development are among the top contenders for the Nobel prize for economics being awarded Monday, Swedish Nobel guessers say.A day before the announcement of the prestigious 10 million kronor ($1.5 millio
Looking on bright side may not be such a bright idea

PodcastOct 10, 2011

If you are always seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, be warned -- it could be an oncoming train.So says a study published Sunday in Nature Neuroscience which concludes that our well-known penchant for donning rose-tinted glasses may be a failure to store risk awareness in a key part of the b
California train kills woman with stroller; baby fine

PodcastOct 10, 2011

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A woman pushing a baby in a stroller across railroad tracks in Southern California Saturday night was killed by a train but she shoved the stroller to safety just in time, authorities said.The woman was trying to walk through the Riverside crossing when the stroller be
Fan throws hot dog at Woods

PodcastOct 10, 2011

SAN MARTIN, California (AP) -- A strange year for Tiger Woods took another bizarre twist Sunday when a fan was arrested for running toward the seventh green at CordeValle and tossing a hot dog in Woods' direction.The bun barely reached the green. The hot dog landed on the putting surface. Tiger Wood
New prostate cancer test advice overturns dogma

PodcastOct 10, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — Men finally may be getting a clearer message about undergoing PSA screening for prostate cancer: Don‘t do it.They may not listen. After all, the vast majority of men over 50 already get tested. Dr. William Catalona, right, director of the prostate cancer program at Northweste