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WASHINGTON - Scientists have identified the "come hither" scent that female German cockroaches use to lure males, a discovery that may help control one of the world's most troublesome and resistant household pests. Female cockroaches emit a pheromone, or chemical attractant, to let males know they are ready to mate. Researchers earlier identified the courtship chemicals used by other cockroach species, but the romance scent of the German cockroach remained elusive. "The German cockroach is the one we wanted because it is a worldwide pest that gives all the other cockroaches a bad name," said Wendell L. Roelofs, a Cornell...

Many of the political VIPs and Hollywood glitterati visiting Little Rock this week for the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library will be staying at the hotel where the top Democrat launched the chain of events that turned him into the only elected president in American history to suffer impeachment. Reports the London Telegraph: "The Excelsior Hotel, notorious as the venue where the then-Arkansas governor allegedly sexually harassed a junior state employee called Paula Jones, is under new ownership, renamed the Peabody - in which guise it will host many of the dignitaries attending this week." What lucky F.O.B. will...