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President Biden fumbled his words during a press conference at the White House on Wednesday, mixing up the Iraqi city of Fallujah with the Ukrainian city of Kherson. The mix-up came as the president predicted whether a compromise between Russia and Ukraine would occur before winter. "I think the context is that whether or not they’re pulling back from Fallujah, and…I mean from the City of Kherson," Biden said, correcting his mistake. He then went on to explain he expected both sides to "lick their wounds" over the winter and decide whether to make a compromise.

FLINT, Michigan (AFP) — Democrat Barack Obama savaged his White House opponents John McCain and Sarah Palin Monday as hypocrites who were trying to hoodwink US voters with a late conversion to the mantra of change. With polls suggesting the White House race is now deadlocked or turning to McCain's favor, Obama hurled some of his sharpest language yet in attacking both the Arizona senator and the Republican's new running mate from Alaska. At a meeting with workers here in the heartland of Michigan's distressed auto industry, the Illinois senator said he himself had been running as the change candidate...

Associated Press CHICAGO — Holiday revelers beware: Seasonal indulgences such as eggnog and fruitcake might give you heartburn, but the acid-fighting medicine you take for relief might lead to something worse, researchers say. People on popular prescription drugs for treating acid reflux — Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium — seem more prone to getting a potentially dangerous diarrhea caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile, new research shows. C-diff, as it's known, can cause severe diarrhea and crampy intestinal inflammation called colitis. Dr. Sandra Dial and colleagues at McGill University in Montreal examined data on more than 18,000 patients in the United...

Annan Addresses Mideast ViolenceKofi Annan Urges Palestinians to Halt Acts of Terror, Israelis to End 'Illegal Occupation'UNITED (freekin) NATIONS March 12 #151; In his toughest statement on the Mideast violence, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged Palestinians to halt quot;morally repugnantquot; acts of terror and Israelis to end their quot;illegal occupationquot; of Palestinian territory and stop using excessive force. Calling the current fighting the worst in a decade, Annan welcomed the U.S. decision to send retired Gen. Anthony Zinni back to the region and urged Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to back his efforts...