kuar NewsRoom: U.S. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news/ kuar NewsRoom: U.S. en-us Public Interactive newsroom.NewsRSS via Rome 30 Firefighters hold line on two California wildfires http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312626&sectionID=2 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Exhausted California firefighters worked on Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes along the coast before sundown, when shifting winds were expected to give the blazes more power. Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:52:09 GMT kuar Phelps breaks world record in 200 IM http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312650&sectionID=2 OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Michael Phelps broke his own world record in the 200 meters individual medley at the U.S. Olympic swim trials on Friday, clocking a time of one minute, 54.80 seconds. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:30:10 GMT kuar U.S. champion retains hot dog eating title http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312577&sectionID=2 NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. defending champion Joey Chestnut won the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday by downing 64 hot dogs in a competition that stretched into a first-ever overtime. Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:52:09 GMT kuar New West Nile virus strain may worsen epidemic http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312505&sectionID=2 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday. Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:52:21 GMT kuar A tomato by any other name? Experts set food rules http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312515&sectionID=2 GENEVA (Reuters) - Food safety experts agreed for the first time on the qualities defining a tomato, in a first step toward an international code on preventing fruit and vegetable contamination. Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:08:19 GMT kuar Despite high prices, farmers' markets still thrive http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312437&sectionID=2 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Every year Chuck Geyer and his three children truck boxes upon boxes of their plump, juicy strawberries, raspberries and other produce to a bustling Saturday farmers market near Washington. Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:52:25 GMT kuar Breast reconstruction can have lasting benefits http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312491&sectionID=2 Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:08:15 GMT kuar Bozo the Clown's Larry Harmon dead at 83 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312237&sectionID=2 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Larry Harmon, who played Bozo the Clown for more than 50 years, died on Thursday of congestive heart failure at age 83, his spokesman said. Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:30:20 GMT kuar Paparazzi feel the heat in California http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312214&sectionID=2 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For years Hollywood's paparazzi have hounded celebrities, but now -- with help from local politicians, a lawyer in the Monica Lewinsky case, and even Malibu surfers -- they are the ones feeling the heat. Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:30:28 GMT kuar Transgender "man" reportedly gives birth http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312213&sectionID=2 Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:30:25 GMT kuar