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Schools seek better notification of meat recalls

Mar. 5, 2008

By Lesley Clark - McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON _ Local school districts got incomplete _ and at times tardy _ information about last month's massive recall of suspect beef, several school administrators told Congress on Tuesday. Testifying before a House of Representatives committee that's looking at ways to improve the safety and nutrition of school meals, Doris Rivas, the director of nutrition for the Dallas schools, said she first was under the impression that the district "did not have any of the product in question," only to learn weeks later that it did.

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Once written off, McCain caps comeback with GOP nomination

Mar. 5, 2008

By Matt Stearns - McClatchy Newspapers

DALLAS _ Eight years after his first bid for the White House ended in a painful defeat and nine months after his second appeared to have sputtered to an embarrassing end, John McCain capped a spectacular political comeback Tuesday with a four-state sweep that clinched the Republican presidential nomination.

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Risks of hormone therapy dwindle after a few years, study finds

Mar. 5, 2008

By Judy Peres - Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO _ The risks famously linked to post-menopausal hormone therapy largely vanish within a few years after women stop using the drugs, researchers reported Tuesday. An average of 29 months after going off hormones, women no longer have higher odds of getting heart disease, according to the latest analysis from the federally funded Women's Health Initiative.

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OAS to convene emergency meeting

Mar. 5, 2008

By Pablo Bachelet and Frances Robles - McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON _ Trying to quell a spiraling crisis between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, the Organization of American States agreed Tuesday to convene an emergency meeting of foreign ministers and was considering sending a special mission to Ecuador. The mission would explore diplomatic options and investigate Colombia's Saturday raid to bomb a FARC guerrilla camp about one mile inside Ecuador, killing the top rebel commander known as Raul Reyes.

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Clinton wins Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island; McCain takes nomination

Mar. 5, 2008

By David Lightman - McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON _ Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama in the Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island presidential primaries Tuesday, dramatically breaking the Illinois senator's month-long winning streak and guaranteeing that the two Democrats' tense duel will continue through Pennsylvania's April 22 primary.

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