(Dec 21, 2007) PALM SPRINGS, Calif (AP) -- This desert oasis east of Los Angeles sold itself for decades on water and all the luxury it brings: strings of emerald golf courses, lush resorts and manicured neighborhoods with sparkling pools.

(Dec 21, 2007) OMAHA, Neb (AP) -- The nation's four biggest makers of microwave popcorn have removed a flavoring chemical that has been linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers from nearly all their products.