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Chewing gum, toothpaste and deodorant might soon contain beneficial bacteria to fight tooth decay and underarm stench.

WASHINGTON - Doctors are testing new ways to spur cartilage to regrow in damaged knees, from implanted "cartilage plugs" to injections of bone-marrow stem cells.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder must include new warning information about the risk of heart problems and psychotic behavior, U.S. health officials said on Monday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian businessman born with two penises wants one of them removed surgically as he wants to marry and lead a normal sexual life, a newspaper report said Saturday.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tower Records filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in two years Monday, weeks after word surfaced that the iconic music retailer had been cut off by major suppliers for failing to pay its bills.

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - The Dalai Lama met with worshippers in Mongolia on Tuesday, and the Chinese Embassy said it had no plans to protest his visit following assurances he wouldn't take part in political activities.

MOSCOW - A Russian passenger jet with 171 people aboard crashed in Ukraine on Tuesday after sending a distress signal, emergency officials said. Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said 30 bodies had been found.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sci Fi Channel is grounding "Stargate SG-1," the longest-running science-fiction series on U.S. television to date.

WASHINGTON - Customers shop around when they buy an airline ticket or a new car, so why not when they need a hip replacement or treatment for a sore throat? An executive order being signed Tuesday by President Bush is designed to help people make more informed decisions about doctors and hospitals.

DURHAM, N.C. - Sunny Dawson ran two miles every other day when she started her freshman year at the University of Southern California. But the lure of the cafeteria near her dorm became too much to resist.

MOSCOW - A Russian passenger jet with 171 people aboard crashed in Ukraine on Tuesday after sending a distress signal, emergency officials said. Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said 30 bodies had been found.

NEW YORK - Chris Cuomo will be working the early shift as news anchor of "Good Morning America" starting next month.

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran formally responded Tuesday to a package of Western incentives aimed at persuading Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, state-run television reported, without immediately disclosing the decision.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tower Records filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in two years Monday, weeks after word surfaced that the iconic music retailer had been cut off by major suppliers for failing to pay its bills.

JERUSALEM - Police raided the official residence of Israeli President Moshe Katsav as part of a sexual harassment investigation, seizing computers and documents, officials said Tuesday.

KIEV (Reuters) - An airliner flying from southern Russia to the country's second city of St Petersburg with at least 154 people on board crashed on Tuesday in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry said.

LOS ANGELES - Two attorneys for the man suspected of killing 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey described him as "extremely lucid" but exhausted and concerned Tuesday ahead of an extradition hearing that could have him headed to Colorado to face charges.

Chewing gum, toothpaste and deodorant might soon contain beneficial bacteria to fight tooth decay and underarm stench.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said it had the right to launch a pre-emptive attack to counter a U.S.-South Korean joint military training drill, its official media reported on Tuesday.

John C. McGinley, who has never called Zach Braff by the same girl's name twice on Scrubs, asked his girlfriend over the weekend if she would like to make it official, People magazine reported Saturday.

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - The Dalai Lama met with worshippers in Mongolia on Tuesday, and the Chinese Embassy said it had no plans to protest his visit following assurances he wouldn't take part in political activities.

WASHINGTON - The investigation stemming from the bribery conviction of former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., will continue well past the November midterm elections under a federal court schedule set Monday.

As of Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, at least 2,610 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,072 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian oil firm Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) said on Tuesday one of its offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf came under attack by an Iranian military helicopter.

MIAMI (Reuters) - If you thought the sight of the great American jazz city New Orleans flooded to the eaves -- its people trapped in attics or cowering on rooftops -- was the nightmare hurricane scenario, think again.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government will not require recorders in autos but said on Monday that car makers must tell consumers when technology that tracks speed, braking and other measurements is in the new vehicles they buy.

WASHINGTON - Car owners need to be told if their vehicles are equipped with event data recorders, commonly called "black boxes," the government said Monday.

The Nation -- George W. Bush keeps trying to rally popular support for his war in Iraq. But he has little to offer other than stay-the course-ism. He cannot point to progress in Iraq. Nor can he point to a plan that would seem promising. Thus, he is left only with rhetoric--the same rhetoric.

WASHINGTON - Doctors are testing new ways to spur cartilage to regrow in damaged knees, from implanted "cartilage plugs" to injections of bone-marrow stem cells.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe was poised on Tuesday to prevent unauthorized biotech rice detected in the United States from entering its food chain, the EU executive said.