Google Snaps Up YouTube for $1.65B

SAN FRANCISCO - Internet search leader Google is snapping up YouTube for $1.65 billion, brushing aside copyright concerns to seize a starring role in the online video revolution.

The all-stock deal announced Monday unites one of the Internet's marquee companies with one of its rapidly rising stars. It came just a few hours after YouTube unveiled three separate agreements with media companies to counter the threat of copyright-infringement lawsuits.

The price makes YouTube Inc., a still-unprofitable startup, by far the most expensive purchase made by Google during its eight-year history. Last year, Google spent $130.5 million buying a total of 15 small companies.

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Fuel truck explodes near Baghdad airport

A fuel tanker exploded Sunday near a checkpoint outside of Baghdad International Airport, Iraqi officials said, along a route once known as the world's deadliest road because of frequent attacks there during the height of the insurgency.

There were conflicting reports about the cause of the explosion, which wounded at least five guards at the checkpoint.

A police official said a bomb attached to the tanker detonated at the checkpoint on the four-lane road leading to the airport. But airport spokesman Kareem al-Timini said the explosion was an accident that was caused when the driver started a fire on the side of the road.

"It was a fire the …

Spy plane crashes in Calif.; two killed

An Air Force U-2 spy plane exploded and crashed into a newspaper'sparking lot in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday, killing the pilot andat least one person on the ground. Two people on the ground wereslightly injured. "The wing just blew off and the plane spiraledright down," said Robert Frutos, a technician working on a nearbyradio tower. The pilot was the only one on board the plane, an AirForce spokesman said. Annapolis to expel 15 more The U.S. Naval Academy, troubled by aseries of scandals, said Wednesday it had recommended that 15additional midshipmen be expelled as it completed an investigationinto drug use among its students. The academy, at Annapolis, Md.,already had …

US federal agents: environmental laws hamper work

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents trying to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border say they're hampered by laws that keep them from driving vehicles on huge swaths of land because it falls under U.S. environmental protection, leaving it to wildlife — and illegal immigrants and smugglers who can walk through the territory undisturbed.

A growing number of lawmakers are saying such restrictions have turned wilderness areas into highways for criminals. In recent weeks, three congressional panels, including two in the Republican-controlled House and one in the Democratic-controlled Senate, have moved to give the Border Patrol unfettered access to all federally managed lands within 100 miles (160 …

Egyptian police: Border guards kill man, arrest 12 African migrants sneaking into Israel

An Egyptian security official says border guards shot and killed an unidentified man trying to sneak into Israel and arrested 12 African migrants also attempting the journey.

The official from North Sinai's police department says the man, who did not have identification, was shot Thursday when he ignored calls to stop.

He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not …

Church gets a spruce-up

Timsbury: The Tabor Church is now looking much smarter andbrighter, thanks to the efforts of members of the Avon and SomersetProbation Community Payback scheme.

Since September, some of those who have received unpaid workorders from the courts have been decorating parts of the church, …

Evaluation of a HACCP Pilot Program for the Food Service Industry

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and applicability of a HACCP-based program for use in restaurants.

Participants: A randomly selected sample of 1 6 intervention and 42 control full service, "stand-alone" restaurants with a minimum of 3 full-time food handling staff on duty per shift.

Setting: Six communities in Central West Ontario.

Intervention: The Critical Approach�, a HACCP-based program for use in restaurants, was designed in consultation with health inspectors and restaurant operators. It focusses on generic risk factors (Critical Control Points, CCPs) for food handlers rather than assessing specific menu items or foods; offers appropriate …