In a Dec. 1 story about layoffs at newspaper publisher Gannett Co., The Associated Press reported erroneously that Gannett is merging the staff of USA Weekend magazine and USA Today, the daily newspaper. The company is merging the two publications' newsrooms. Other operations will remain separate.

A high school cafeteria worker in North Dakota had spent part of a weekend in 2005 sick, suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. But by Monday she returned to work, chopping lettuce for lunches. Within two days, 52 students and eight teachers were ill with the same symptoms. Health officials ...

There are still many facets of American society that should be better secured to guard against terrorism. One pressing need is to check for explosives among the 12Êmillion pounds of cargo crammed into the bellies of passenger airplanes on a daily basis in this country. Merely screening passengers and their ...