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Fatal Indian school meal contained pesticide, police confirms  Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 09:00 AM PDT PATNA, India (Reuters) - An initial forensic report has confirmed that the free school lunch that killed 23 children this week in India's eastern state of Bihar was contaminated with a pesticide, a senior police official said on Saturday. The children fell ill within minutes of eating a meal of rice and potato curry in their one-room school on Tuesday, vomiting and convulsing with agonizing stomach cramps. The deaths sparked protests in Bihar. The lunch was part of India's Mid-Day Meal Scheme that covers 120 million children and aims to tackle malnutrition and encourage school attendance. ... Full Story	Top
Mexico could legalize marijuana in five years: former president  Friday, Jul 19, 2013 06:27 PM PDT By Gabriel Stargardter SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico could legalize marijuana within the next five years, stripping brutal drug cartels of a major source of income, former President Vicente Fox said on Friday. Fox, who battled the powerful cartels while president between 2000 and 2006, has since become a staunch advocate of reforming Mexico's drug laws, arguing that prohibition has helped create the criminal market that sustains the gangs. ... Full Story	Top
Hobby Lobby wins a stay against birth control mandate  Friday, Jul 19, 2013 02:34 PM PDT By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal judge has temporarily exempted Hobby Lobby Stores Inc from a requirement in the 2010 healthcare law that it offer workers insurance coverage for birth control, which the retailer said violated its religious beliefs. The preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton in Oklahoma City, where Hobby Lobby is based, covers the arts and crafts chain and its affiliated Mardel Christian bookstore chain. ... Full Story	Top
Statins for healthy men may save money: study  Friday, Jul 19, 2013 02:02 PM PDT Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than $1 million worth of heart attacks, strokes and hospitalizations for other reasons were avoided by 1,000 Scotsmen aged in their 40s through 60s who had taken cholesterol-lowering statins for five years, according to a new study. ... Full Story	Top
Nasdaq, Dow slip on tech weakness, S&P 500 edges up  Friday, Jul 19, 2013 01:47 PM PDT By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and Nasdaq stock gauges fell on Friday as disappointing results from Microsoft and Google dragged on the market, while the S&P 500 index edged up to end at a second straight record high. Stronger-than-expected results from General Electric Co and oilfield services company Schlumberger NV helped the S&P 500 index to offset the tech losses and to post a fourth week of gains. For the week, the Dow rose 0.5 percent, the S&P added 0.7 percent and the Nasdaq fell 0.3 percent. The benchmark S&P is up 18.6 percent for the year. ... Full Story	Top

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