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PARIS – President Jacques Chirac announced Thursday that France will send 2,000 soldiers to southern Lebanon and hopes to retain command of the U.N. peacekeeping force, as a top European Union official said international troops could start deploying within days. The offer by France, Lebanon’s former colonial ruler and key …

PORTLAND, Ore. – Grass that was genetically engineered for golf courses is growing in the wild, posing one of the first threats of agricultural biotechnology escaping from the farm in the United States, a new study says. Creeping bentgrass was engineered to resist the popular herbicide Roundup to allow more …

CINCINNATI – Travelers stripped of carryon toiletries because of heightened airport security will find a consolation gift when they pick up Avis Rent A Car vehicles in the nation’s major airports. Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble (PG) has donated “smile packs” with its Crest toothpaste, mouthwash and floss that Avis will …