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• For chocolate lovers: more kinds of cacao
Scientists have discovered that there are actually 10 genetic types of cacao, the plant from which chocolate is made , rather than the mere three that were thought to exist. A team of researchers did a genetic analysis of the Theobroma l. cacao ...
• Vatican says Pius protected Jews during WWII
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican stepped up its defense of Pope Pius XII on Tuesday, countering allegations the wartime pontiff was silent about the Holocaust by saying he saved Jews through his prudent diplomacy. The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano ...
• Move over, Tina! Palin may appear on ‘SNL’
More celeb judges for ‘Project Runway’ It was already reported that Lindsay Lohan would be joining “Project Runway” as a judge for its sixth season, which is filming in L.A. Now word comes that "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria will be ...
• Houston joins L.A. in severe-smog club
HOUSTON - Houston has joined Los Angeles to become the second place in the U.S. classified as having a severe smog problem, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. The EPA reclassified the smog problem in the eight-county Houston area from ...
• Dennis Hopper plays crazy for ‘Crash’
From the premiere’s signature car crash to an L.A. police station, the show is filmed mostly in Albuquerque, N.M., where production is cheaper. A few second-unit exterior scenes were lensed in L.A. Series creator Glen Mazzara says the decision to ...