BRUSSELS -- Europe’s beekeeping industry could be wiped out in less than a decade as bees fall victim to disease, insecticides and intensive farming, the international beekeeping body Apimondia said on Monday. “With this level of mortality, European beekeepers can only survive another 8 to 10 years,” Gilles Ratia, the president of Apimondia, told Reuters.

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico canceled school nationwide Monday as authorities warned that the swine flu death toll is likely to go up and the World Health Organization signaled that the chances of a full-blown pandemic are rising. Mexican authorities believe as many as 149 people have died from the outbreak.

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Armed with laser thermometers and a computer on wheels, Karen Fulcher popped into the kitchen at Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center on Friday for a surprise food inspection.