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Western leaders warn Iran over nuclear site

U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of Britain and France accused Iran on Friday of building a secret nuclear fuel plant and threatened tough new sanctions unless Tehran comes clean about its nuclear program.

Unilever pays 1.3 billion euros for Sara Lee brands

Sara Lee Corp will sell its personal care brands like Sanex and Brylcreem for $1.87 billion (1.275 billion euros) to consumer goods giant Unilever and set a $1 billion share buyback plan, sending its stock up 6 percent.

New home sales rise 0.7 percent in August

Sales of newly built U.S. single-family homes rose to their highest level in nearly a year in August, according to government data on Friday that indicated the housing market was gradually recovering from a three-year slump.

One in five U.S. drivers admits to texting: survey

Nearly one out of five U.S. drivers surveyed has read or sent a text message while behind the wheel, even though nearly all of the respondents in an AAA survey released on Friday considered such action unacceptable.

Former Manson cult member Atkins dies in prison

Susan Atkins, one of the leading members of Charles Manson's notorious violent cult who carried out brutal murders at his behest in 1969, died in a California prison, her husband said on Friday. She was 61.

Susan Denise Atkins dies

Member of the Manson cult, Susan Atkins, died Thursday night at the Central California Women's facility at 61.

U.S. Senate panel backs health insurance requirement

A U.S. Senate panel considering a sweeping healthcare overhaul upheld a requirement on Thursday that individuals purchase health insurance and rejected a proposal that could have scuttled an $80 billion White House deal with drugmakers.

Early form of breast cancer may need new name

A common, nonmalignant tumor of the breast called ductal carcinoma in-situ or DCIS may need a name change because the word carcinoma scares so many women, a U.S. panel of experts said on Thursday.

J&J recalls some infant's, children's Tylenol lots

Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it is recalling some lots of infants' and children's Tylenol because of a possible bacterial contamination of the popular pain and fever treatment. Tylenol products being recalled were manufactured between April and June 2008, the diversified healthcare giant said. The company identified 21 varieties of the products, which come in various flavors and forms, an...

Statoil says field leaking water, cuts oil output

Norway's oil and gas producer StatoilHydro said on Friday that production at its Statfjord C platform in the North Sea was slowed to minimum levels due to a water leak that has shut down satellite fields.

MRI, solar cells, aging work lead Nobel predictions

Scientists who discovered the secrets of how cells age, who made efficient solar cells possible and who figured out how to watch the brain work in real time are all leading contenders for Nobel prizes, Thomson Reuters predicted on Thursday.

Antidepressants in pregnancy up heart defect risk

If you take antidepressants such as fluoxetine (marketed as Prozac) early in your pregnancy, you may be doubling the risk that your newborn will be born with a heart defect, according to a new study.

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