The researchers from the California biotechnology firm Genentech extracted cells from some prostate tissue in mice and grafted these to a mouse kidney. In just a few weeks, the tissue grew into a full-size human prostate gland.

The evicted remains from the House of Burns Memorial Chapel at 195 South Blvd. were temporarily sent and stored at the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office. The remains will be released to the right claimants or licensed funeral homes, Pontiac

They have received reports that some children have developed rashes from wearing Carter's tagless 2007 fall product line that used a label on the inside of the back of the garment with a raised surface and solid, not stenciled, background.

The buses traveling together and carrying 79 students and staff of Sage Park Middle School in Windsor to a fieldtrip at the White Memorial Conservation Park when the mishap occurred at 1:15 p.m.

PNC plans to participate in the TARP plan in order to finance the acquisition. The bank will sell $7.7 billion in preferred stock and warrants to the U.S. Treasury in order to finance the purchase and better solidify its liquidity

Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, announced the additional $320 million Saturday at the opening of a conference in Egypt on bird flu attended by ministers of 60 nations.

The port authority and its largest union are still deadlocked in their negotiations over employee benefits involving 2,300 bus drivers, mechanics and clerical workers.

Despite pubic debate and strong opposition- whether to use funds for port development or housing development- the administration of Gov. Haley Barbour wants the port expanded to cater to more businesses and catalyze economic growth in the region.

Iranian authorities have arrested Esha Momeni, 28, a California State University student who was in the country researching the women's movement in the Persian Gulf country, Amnesty International reported late Friday.

The jury found the 78-year-old former priest guilty after three hours of deliberations. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer read the verdict including his 30-year prison term while McGuire sat in his wheelchair.

VIENNA (AFP) - OPEC could meet regularly over the coming months to announce further cuts in oil output as a worldwide recession weighs on energy demand and crude prices, analysts said.

BERLIN (AFP) - German carmaker Daimler, hit by falling demand amid the global financial crisis, plans to suspend production for a month beginning in December, a newspaper said in report due to appear Sunday.

KABUL (AFP) - A Briton and a South African working for international courier DHL were killed along with an Afghan guard in a shoot-out in Afghanistan's capital Kabul Saturday, officials and the company said.

BEIJING (AFP) - World leaders vowed Saturday to overhaul the global financial system in the face of recession fears, but US President George W. Bush urged nations to "recommit" to free markets despite economic turmoil.

RENO, Nevada (AFP) - Barack Obama mocked John McCain as an acolyte of unpopular President George W. Bush Saturday as the White House foes waged close combat in western states which are key stepping stones to the presidency.

CHICAGO (AFP) - Police on Saturday were searching for the missing nephew of Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson, a day after her mother and brother were gunned down at their Chicago home, authorities said.

JERUSALEM (AFP) - The head of Israel's governing party, Tzipi Livni, is likely to recommend early elections on Sunday after ending efforts to form a coalition government, Israeli public radio reported.

Three dark, terrifying nights later, Bashar was the only one left, the lone survivor of a mass slaughter that was one of most brazen attacks in this country's war-ravaged south.

If ever the rebels get you, they told him, make sure they don't know where your family is - or none of us will ever be safe again .

But we ought to keep our eyes on the price of a loaf of bread. This, too, has been fluctuating wildly: The global price soared this spring to almost double what it was a year before, and then plunged over