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Bloomberg News reports here at the Washington Post website: The U.S. ban on offshore Internet gambling payments is illegal, the World Trade Organization said yesterday, upholding a decision that allowed for sanctions. The WTO said the United States ignored the previous ruling, which challenged the U.S. ban on payments to gambling Web sites while allowing bets on its own soil.
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: As April Fools’ Day looms, the curator of the Museum of Hoaxes has a word of caution for those who want to believe the unbelievable — a good hoax is hard to find.
Reuters reports here at CNN News: Easter worry: CDC cites salmonella threat from chicks
Story Highlights
• 81 people sickened last year by salmonella from baby chicks and other birds
• Chicks, ducklings might not appear dirty but can have feces on feathers, beaks
• Children under age 5 should not be permitted to handle baby birds, CDC says.
Spiegel Online reports here: Earlier, German Wimbledon champion Michael Stich fought for victory on the tennis court, but today he is campaigning to prevent children from contracting the HIV virus. However, he has shocked people with a new ad campaign that features explicit photographs of simulated sexual acts.
Green tea has been linked to many health benefits, BBC News reports here: Scientists found a component called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) prevents HIV from binding to immune system cells by getting there first.
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: OSLO – Better architecture and energy savings in buildings could do more to fight global warming than all curbs on greenhouse gases agreed under the U.N.’s Kyoto Protocol, a U.N. study showed on Thursday.
Spiegel Online reports here: Germany has joined a trend toward vaccinating girls against cervical cancer, with plans to immunize girls against the virus that causes hundreds of thousands of cancer cases worldwide each year.
ZDNet reports here: Yahoo will begin offering unlimited storage for its free Web-based e-mail in May, the company announced late Tuesday. The move makes Yahoo the first of the major free e-mail providers to offer unlimited storage, but it likely will not be the last.
The Washington Post reports here: A major medical group is recommending for the first time that women at greatest risk of breast cancer undergo MRI exams every year to try to catch more tumors at their earliest, most treatable stages.