By Christine KearneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates pledged $375 million on Wednesday to fight what they called a global tobacco epidemic.The billionaires said the money would go to anti-
smoking groups working with governments of developing countries such as India and China to curb tobacco use.Bloomberg, who championed New York City's groundbreaking
smoking ban in 2002, is adding $250 million over four years to a program he started several years ago that has $125 million committed to it.
AP - Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop.