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Health officials: Food label changes not enough 07/19/2014 12:06am • MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nutrition facts labels on food packages list ingredients and nutrient levels, but they don't tell consumers outright if a food is good for them.Public health advocates say that information is necessary to help consumers make healthy choices at Health officials: Food label changes not enough 07/19/2014 12:06am • MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nutrition facts labels on food packages list ingredients and nutrient levels, but they don't tell consumers outright if a food is good for them.Public health advocates say that information is necessary to help consumers make healthy choices at Health officials: Food label changes not enough 07/19/2014 12:06am • MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nutrition facts labels on food packages list ingredients and nutrient levels, but they don't tell consumers outright if a food is good for them.Public health advocates say that information is necessary to help consumers make healthy choices at Health officials: Food label changes not enough 07/19/2014 12:06am • MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nutrition facts labels on food packages list ingredients and nutrient levels, but they don't tell consumers outright if a food is good for them.Public health advocates say that information is necessary to help consumers make healthy choices at Health officials: Food label changes not enough 07/19/2014 12:06am • MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nutrition facts labels on food packages list ingredients and nutrient levels, but they don't tell consumers outright if a food is good for them.Public health advocates say that information is necessary to help consumers make healthy choices at Health officials: Food label changes not enough 07/19/2014 12:06am • MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nutrition facts labels on food packages list ingredients and nutrient levels, but they don't tell consumers outright if a food is good for them.Public health advocates say that information is necessary to help consumers make healthy choices at Wiggins, Cavs hounded by Love trade rumors 07/18/2014 11:42pm • JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Andrew Wiggins came to summer league to get an early education on the NBA game, from playing against better competition to learning about what his new coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers will demand of him as a pro.The 19-year-old Canadian is als NC company recalls chicken due to misbranding 07/18/2014 08:22pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina company is recalling approximately 200 pounds of grilled chicken entrees because they were mislabeled and contain milk, an allergen not declared on the label.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall by B. Robe 300 vials labeled influenza, dengue found at lab 07/18/2014 05:50pm • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The same federal scientist who recently found forgotten samples of smallpox at a federal lab also uncovered over 300 additional vials, many bearing the names of highly contagious viruses and bacteria.Food and Drug Administration officials said Wedn Suspect package delays Obama return to White House 07/18/2014 04:46pm • DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is back at the White House after his return there was delayed by the discovery of a suspicious package.White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Obama was held aboard Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base until the package Recalls this week: LED light bulbs, bicycles 07/18/2014 04:00pm • The Associated Press LED light bulbs that can separate from their sockets and fall onto consumers are among this week's recalled products. Others include patio set chairs that can fall apart.Here's a more detailed look:LED LIGHTBULBSDETAILS: Fourteen Halco LED bulb models used in recessed lights, a CBS won't dictate use of Redskins name on the air 07/18/2014 01:20pm • BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- CBS won't dictate to its announcers whether or not to use the nickname of Washington's NFL franchise during televised games this season.CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said Thursday he hasn't told on-air talent such as Jim Nantz and Phil Si House passes tax breaks to boost charitable giving 07/17/2014 07:10pm • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed a package of tax breaks Thursday designed to boost charitable donations by seniors, private foundations and procrastinators.One provision provides tax breaks to people over 70 who make donations from their individual retirement Australia repeals maligned 2-year-old carbon tax 07/17/2014 04:30pm • KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) -- Australia's government repealed a much-maligned carbon tax on the nation's worst greenhouse gas polluters on Thursday, ending years of contention over a measure that became political poison for the lawmakers who imposed it.The Senate voted 39 to 32 to Stocks move lower...Tentative deal to avert NY commuter rail strike...Mortgage rates dip 07/17/2014 03:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. financial markets have turned lower in afternoon trading, giving back yesterday's gains. But stocks remain near record territory. Investors are considering a mixed bag of economic data and company earnings reports, while monitoring reports that a Malaysian jetliner was shot dow