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Echinacea has been widely used to treat the common cold, but a new study finds the herbal remedy has no effect on the virus that causes the infection or on the illness that results. Past studies have had similar results. But the message doesn't seem to sink in with consumers.

Producer Jennifer Sharpe collects what she calls "foreign tongue recordings." They're versions of hit songs from the American charts, sung by the original artists, usually in German, Italian or French.

When you sip tea, slurp noodles or sample hors d'oeuvres from a piece of hand-thrown pottery, there's a good chance you're experiencing the reach of American potter Warren MacKenzie. We visit the artist in his studio.

When he was President Bush's top budget advisor, Mitch Daniels had a reputation as a tax-cutter. But since becoming Indiana's governor, he has proposed a tax increase to help solve the state's budget troubles.

Electronic musician Moby talks about juggling business with his intensely personal and idiosyncratic music. He is currently touring in support of his latest album Hotel.

The rope used in the incident was allegedly one of several that had been tied to the tree for a performance by a student organization years ago.

Phillip Hoose explains the importance of the ivory-billed woodpecker sighting. Hoose is author of The Race to Save the Lord God Bird and senior conservation planner for the Nature Conservancy's Canada-U.S. Partnership.

President Bush summons White House reporters to the Rose Garden to hear his views on a dozen issues, including the violence in Iraq, charges of abuse at Guantanamo Bay, his campaign for new federal judges and a new approach to Social Security.

James Wolfensohn steps down as president of the World Bank Tuesday. Over the past decade, Wolfensohn revamped the way the lending institution did business, switching to a country-based, hands-on approach that focused more on human development, health and education projects in the battle against poverty.

The Dutch are voting Wednesday on whether to accept the proposed European Union constitution. Polls in the Netherlands indicate that nearly 60 percent of voters will say no to the proposal. The Dutch decision comes on the heels of France's overwhelming defeat of the EU constitution.