(U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. - A new Facebook FoodCourt application created by three University of Wisconsin at Madison students will allow users across the country to access various menus through Facebook and place orders for delivery. The application, which can be accessed at FBFoodCourt.… Post the First Comment

Microsoft announced Thursday its release of HealthVault, a comprehensive online medical project designed to help individuals take personal responsibility for healthcare. Microsoft health group has spent the last two years developing the technology for the program.… Post the First Comment

"All children are important and I am too" is painted on the wall of the building which houses Project Uerê in Brazil. Project Uerê is an organization in Maré which helps street children. Project Uerê is one of the locations Maria Schmeekle, professor in the department of sociology and anthropology, visited during her six weeks in Brazil.… Post the First Comment

Emergency personnel's ability to speak and understand Spanish is becoming more and more essential as the Hispanic population has been rising in Central Illinois. In a crisis situation, these public service providers need to figure out the problem as soon as possible and make assistance available to these individuals immediately.… Post the First Comment

NEW YORK (AP) - Investigators on Wednesday were looking into whether a noose hanging from the door of a black professor at Columbia University was the work of disgruntled students or even a fellow professor. A police official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because details of the investigation have not been made public, stressed that investigators were looking into a variety of possibilities.… Post the First Comment

WASHINGTON (AP) - The world isn't just getting hotter from man-made global warming, it's getting stickier. It really is the humidity. The amount of moisture in the air near the surface, the stuff that makes hot weather unbearable, increased 2.2 percent in just under three decades.… Post the First Comment

JUBA, Sudan (AP) - The only international aid group in a Darfur town where rebels reported that dozens of people were killed in a government attack said Wednesday it has pulled out for security reasons. Doctors Without Borders said it could not confirm the deaths but counted at least 39 seriously wounded people, mostly civilians, in the South Darfur town of Muhajeria before it had to evacuate.… Post the First Comment

MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday there is no proof Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons, but emphasized that Tehran must be encouraged to make its nuclear program fully transparent. "We are sharing our partners' concern about making all Iranian programs transparent," Putin said at a news conference after talks with visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy.… Post the First Comment

BEIJING (AP) - An international media rights group called on China to loosen controls on news and personal expression on the Internet, saying the country's system of censorship is an insult to the spirit of online freedom. "With less than a year to go to the Olympic Games, there is an urgent need for the government to stop blocking thousands of Web sites, censoring online news and imprisoning Internet users," Reporters Without Borders said in a statement Wednesday.… Post the First Comment

KAZIMIERZ DOLNY, Poland (AP) - Police on Wednesday evicted a band of rebellious ex-nuns from a Polish convent they had occupied illegally since rejecting a Vatican order in 2005 to replace their mother superior, a charismatic leader who reportedly claimed to have religious visions.… Post the First Comment

LONDON (AP) - A man who was among the first to arrive at the scene of the crash that killed Princess Diana told an inquest Wednesday that he thought it might have been a terrorist attack. His companion said her first reaction was that it was a movie set.… Post the First Comment

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Already sentenced to multiple life terms on other charges, a pizza shop manager who kidnapped and held captive two young boys pleaded guilty Wednesday to making explicit photos and videotapes with one of them and taking him across state lines.… Post the First Comment

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A husband and wife accused of kidnapping their daughter to force her to have an abortion last year have reached a plea agreement in which they will serve no time behind bars, the couple's lawyer said Wednesday. Nicholas and Lola Kampf have agreed to plead guilty Friday to misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charges to resolve the case, said Thomas Hallett, Nicholas Kampf's attorney.… Post the First Comment

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - The mayor of this gambling resort resigned Wednesday after a two-week absence from office during which he sought help at a clinic known for treatment of substance abuse and mental health issues, his lawyer said. Mayor Robert Levy's resignation is effective immediately, attorney Edwin Jacobs said.… Post the First Comment

CHICAGO (AP) - Boeing Co. is delaying initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner by six months due to continued challenges in completing assembly of the first airplanes, the company said Wednesday. Boeing said deliveries that had been scheduled to begin next May will be pushed back to late November or December 2008.… Post the First Comment

DETROIT (AP) - Thousands of Chrysler LLC autoworkers walked off the job Wednesday after the automaker and the United Auto Workers union failed to reach a tentative contract agreement before a union-imposed deadline. It is the first UAW strike against Chrysler since 1997, when one plant was shut down for a month, and the first strike against Chrysler during contract talks since 1985.… Post the First Comment