New Zealand lowers swine flu infections

New Zealand officials reduced their tally of swine flu cases by one to 13 on Thursday after conducting further checks, and some of the poorest countries in Asia announced an emergency meeting on ways to deter outbreaks.

New Zealand Health Minister Tony Ryall said one traveler who a day earlier was assessed as having swine flu had been removed from the list after further checks showed that person had not been exposed to a high-risk area or to people likely infected with the virus.

Ryall said the government was counting 13 other people as "confirmed cases," though laboratory tests had confirmed the virus in just three people. All of those cases, …

USDA: Food prices will rise 5-7%

WASHINGTON Consumer food prices are going up 5 percent to 7percent this year, more sharply than had been predicted, theAgriculture Department said Friday.

The new forecast compared with the 3 percent to 5 percent pricehike the department has been predicting for 1990 since December.

Double-digit price gains in the first half of this year forfresh fruits, pork, eggs and dairy products, along with uncertaintiesabout future energy prices, are mostly to blame for the upwardrevision, said the department's Economic Research Service.

"However, most of the year's price increases probably took placein the first half," the agency said. "Gains in the second half …

Marco Andretti wins IndyCar race in Iowa

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Marco Andretti grabbed the lead from Tony Kanaan with 18 laps left and held on to win Saturday night's IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway, his first victory in five years.

Kanaan, who won last year's race at Iowa's .875-mile (1.4-kilometer) oval, made a final run at Andretti, but Andretti managed to get his second career win, five years after he captured the road course race at Infineon.

"All I've gained is experience. We've been in position to win a lot of races. We've come up short. It's more, I think, relieved is the word. I've never doubted the team. I've never doubted myself," Andretti said. "I always said as soon as the stars were aligned and a little bit …

Freestyle World Cup Results

Results Friday from a freestyle World Cup event at the Intervale Jumping Complex:

Aerials

Men

1. Anton Kushnir, Belarus, 253.10 points.

2. Warren Shouldice, Canada, 251.55.

3. Ryan Blais, Canada, 250.80.

4. Kyle Nissen, Canada, 249.59.

5. Renato Ulrich, Switzerland, 249.48

6. Olivier Rochon, Canada, 245.29.

7. Alexei Grishin, Belarus, 238.32.

8. Stanislav Kravchuk, Ukraine, 236.21.

9. Steve Omischl, Canada, …

Break-ins to cars and garages

Three garages and two cars were broken into hit by raiders in anAberdeen suburb.

The thieves struck in the Kingswood area of Kingswells.

The cars targeted by the thieves were a grey Audi TT and silverSeat …

Global economic warming

In a recent global financial services report by Deloitte Consulting and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, 62% of financial executives surveyed worldwide believe that foreign competition will have a significant impact on the industry, and 65% plan to expand their business internationally.

Global executives cited North America as the geographic location that is of primary importance to them, both now and in five years. Second in importance was Europe, followed closely by emerging Asian countries.

Joint ventures emerged as the …

UANL Tigres ties Atletico Madrid 2-2

Manuel Viniegra scored a late goal and UANL Tigres came back from a two goal deficit to tie Atletico Madrid in a friendly match on Saturday.

The Spanish club, who are on a tour of Mexico, took the lead in the 58th minute when Dutch defender John Heitinga headed in Miguel De Las Cuevas' free kick.

Diego Forlan put Atletico ahead 2-0 when he took a cross-field pass from defender Mariano Pernia and beat Tigres' goaltender Perez.

Blas Perez scored the first goal for Tigres and in the 77th minute, Viniegra forced his way through the Atletico defense to hook the equalizer past Coupet and complete the comeback.

After a slow first half, …