CHICAGO – Babies should be offered pacifiers at bedtime, and they should sleep in their parents’ room — but not in their beds — in order to lessen the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the nation’s largest group of pediatricians says. Both measures may help keep babies from slumbering …

JERUSALEM – A song on Madonna’s (search) upcoming album dedicated to a Kabbalist rabbi is drawing criticism from other rabbis, the Israeli Maariv daily reported Sunday. The album, “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” is to be released on Nov. 15 and features a track entitled “Isaac” about Yitzhak Luria (search), …

The regulatory structure for the cable TV industry is being toppled by new technologies, such as Internet Protocol TV, industry watchers warn, and a new regulatory regime needs to evolve, and quickly, to deal with the changes. A panel of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday heard …

LOS ANGELES – Paris Hilton (search) has ended her five-month engagement to a Greek shipping heir, according to a published report. The celebutante-turned-model broke off the wedding plans with Paris Latsis (search), according to a report posted Friday on Us Weekly’s (search) Web site, which quoted a statement it said …

CHICAGO – Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) on Friday reported quarterly profit dropped 30 percent, but its shares rallied as the agribusiness company said a near-record U.S. harvest and rising demand for crop-based fuels will boost future earnings. First-quarter earnings fell because hurricanes on the Gulf Coast (search) made transporting …

WASHINGTON – Bill Gates (search) and Steve Jobs (search) have found something on which they can agree: The major music labels want too much money. Less than two weeks ago, Jobs said the labels were “greedy” in hinting they wanted a bigger share of digital music sales revenues, and Tuesday …

BANGKOK, Thailand – 1. Is a bird flu pandemic imminent? Short answer: probably not. But there are many unknowns involved, making accurate prediction impossible. Pandemic flu will happen sooner or later. It happens from time to time as new flu bugs emerge. These bugs cause global epidemics — pandemics — …

As avian flu continues to spread in southeast Asia amid fears of its arrival in surrounding regions, the United States is taking steps to ensure that the country is prepared if the virus appears in North America. On a recent trip to southeast Asia, Michael Leavitt (search), the U.S. Secretary …

WASHINGTON – The country’s ability to weather a surge in energy prices is the latest example of how economic flexibility helps prevent serious recessions, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan (search) said Wednesday. Greenspan said an environment of maximum competition has been the driving force in spurring the type of flexibility …

WASHINGTON – With only days left until the federal grand jury closes its probe of a CIA leak believed to have originated in the White House, President Bush declined again Monday to speak about the case. “This may be the fourth time I’ve been asked about this, which I appreciate; …