6/30: The recent E. coli outbreak in Europe is thought to have started via tainted fenugreek seeds.
6/29: The European Parliament spends one week of every month in Strasbourg.
6/28: "No-nose" bike seats are much better for men's health.
6/27: The Bloomberg administration circumvents all sorts of approval processes by calling new initiatives "pilot programs."
6/25: The sheriff of Polk County, Fla., is harassing an outspoken atheist.
6/24: In the U.S., selling moon rocks or dust is illegal.
6/23: Britain is mulling a ban on smoking in private cars when a child is present.
6/22: A new camera will allow users to shift the focus after they take a photo.
6/21: Babesiosis, a disease caused by a tick-borne parasite, is spreading in the Northeast.
6/20: The U.S. military is developing drones the size of birds at an Ohio facility informally known as the "microaviary."
6/19: Supreme Court justices are exempt from the code of conduct for federal judges.
6/18: In November, a 201,000-square-foot American art museum founded by Sam Walton's daughter, Alice, will open in Bentonville, Ark.
6/17: Herbert H. Lehman High School in the Bronx has an 80-year-long football field.
6/16: The Best Picture category will now have anywhere from five to ten nominees.
6/15: The Interior Department may allow tribes to build casinos far from reservations.
6/14: India hangs people.
6/13: Scented razors for women have been available for a while now, and mens' are on their way.
6/12: The U.S. government is leading a global effort to create Internet and cell-phone systems that will work even when local governments restrict telecom access.
6/11: Utah ski resorts might stay open through July 4 this year.
6/10: Before Leona Helmsley's dog, Trouble, died in December, its yearly expenses were $190,000.
6/9: The U.S. has restarted sending armed drones and fighter jets into Yemen.
6/8: Shifting Voice of America from shortwave radio to Internet channels is facing resistance.
6/7: Some jellyfish have complex eyes with a lens, a cornea, and a retina.
6/6: Mayor Bloomberg says that the High Line has generated $2 billion in private investment surrounding the park.
6/5: Li Na is the first player from Asia to win a Grand Slam tennis title.
6/4: The suggested admission at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be $25 as of July 1.
6/3: Wal-Mart is testing a small-store format in rural and urban areas without large grocery stores.
6/2: The rate of acute kidney failure as a result of the current E. coli outbreak in Europe is unprecedented.
6/1: The Pentagon will begin considering cyberattacks acts of war.
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