NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Hermitage Hotel has afternoon tea in the grand lobby. Down-filled duvets (that's a fancy word for comforters). A presidential suite with 2,000 square feet. And a really nice toilet. So nice, in fact, that it's been voted (drum roll please) America's best restroom.

Tiny particles could become a huge weapon in food safety, according to researchers at the University of Missouri. They have discovered that zinc oxide nanoparticles inhibit the growth of E. coli O157, a source of foodborne illness, as well as two fungi that affect fruit.

A father and mother in Washington state are outraged after their 5-year-old son was sent home from school, allegedly forced to carry a package of human feces along with an embarrassing note from his kindergarten teacher. "This little turd was on the floor in my room," said the note from Susan Graham, an instructor at Apple Valley Elementary School in Yakima, Wash.