In the News; May 4, 2008

The Derby.Track personnel try to hold down Eight Belles after the 134th Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Eight Belles was euthanized after breaking both front ankles following a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby.
(AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)
Big Brown wins Kentucky Derby . With a crowd of 157,770 was on its feet and cheering as the big, unbeaten, muscular bay crossed the line first, 4 3/4 lengths ahead of the filly Eight Belles.

Filly Eight Belles was euthanized when she had broken both front ankles and could not be saved.The joy of the Derby and the promise of a new Triple Crown season were upended when Eight Belles was euthanized by injection on the track.She went down about a quarter mile past the finish line.


Microsoft loves Yahoo no longer. Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc. on Saturday, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc.

The Austrian Father was also a Convicted Rapist.The wife of the Austrian man accused of imprisoning their daughter for 24 years never believed her husband was involved in her disappearance, even though he served 18 months for a 1967 rape conviction.



One in 10 U.S. children.HealthDay News is reporting that approximately one in 10 U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week, according to new research from Boston University.
While cough and cold medications for children are widely marketed in the United States, how frequently they are used had not been scientifically studied. This new finding, from researchers at Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center, gives increased weight to recent revelations that cough and cold medication use can lead to serious adverse effects, including death.In terms of active ingredients, most used were decongestants and antihistamines (6.3 percent each), followed by anti-cough medicines (4.1 percent) and expectorants (1.5 percent).