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...confirmed that peanut butter is the culprit in a rash of salmonella cases nationwide, totaling 329 reported cases in 41 states. While the FDA has not attributed any deaths thus far to the peanut butter infestation, at least two wrongful death lawsuits are already in the works. On Thursday a University of Iowa lab announced the first finding of salmonella in an open jar of peanut butter. The jar had been provided by an infected patient. Experts say it's the first time in U.S. history that peanut butter has been linked to a salmonella outbreak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cleaning Up Peter Pan's Mess | 2/23/2007 | See Source »

...human voices, for others they're a nuisance - dirty, noisy and a plague that has prompted cities and institutions across the country to declare war on the black clouds that roost in trees throughout the southern U.S. So when the black birds turned up dead, suspicions about a possible culprit exposed divisions that run deep across the country between the pro- and anti-grackle camps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murder Most Fowl? | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

...well acquainted with this crew; you might even be one of them. Scroll through the pictures to get a mugshot of each culprit...

Author: By FM Staff | Title: LAMONT-STROSITIES | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

...bottom line isn't the only culprit. It does take on average more than 13 years and often several hundred million dollars for a company to research and test a major new drug before it's presented to the FDA for approval. Only about one of every 10,000 chemical compounds that are first tested end up as medicine cleared by the feds. Converting basic scientific research into effective medicines to treat complex diseases like cancer has also become more difficult the past several years with more expensive and longer drug trials, as well as higher failure rates. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Little Bang for the Buck in Drug Research? | 12/27/2006 | See Source »

...culprit? According to senior center Kevin Du, it was a misplaced emphasis on scoring “pretty goals...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Recharged Crimson Back On Ice | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

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