Iraqi ambush U.S. troops

U.S. soldiers defended themselves against a coordinated attack in Samarra Sunday, wounding five Americans and killing 46 Iraqi fighters, reported the Daily Breeze.

Japanese diplomats, seven Spaniards, two South Korean contractors and a Colombian oil worker were killed in the deadliest reported attack since the post Saddam Hussein regime.

AIDS on the rise, U.N. says

HIV and AIDs went up last year with 3 million more people dead and 5 million more infected, reported the United Nations Monday.

A U.S. delegation was sent to Africa to urge African leaders to increase awareness about the virus.

Exercise may be addictive

After testing a group of marathon mice bred to exercise, scientists found the region of the brain usually associated with addiction grew unusually active when the mice were denied exercise, reported scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Monday.

Scientists believe it is possible that some people can become addictted to exercise.

Supermarkets investigated

Following n eight-week strike by 70,000 clerks, the California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is investigating whether or not Ralphs, Vons and Albertson have illegally agreed to share profit, reported teh Daily Breeze..

Compiled from the Daily Breeze