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Cuts of beef and pork lie in a display counter at a supermarket in Berlin, Germany.

Book News: Germany's Longest Word Gets The Ax

Also: T.S. Eliot on cats; LGBT literary awards; and Jonah Lehrer gets back in the game.

The scene at a jobs fair in Gainesville, Fla., on April 27.

Job Growth Stayed Slow In May, Report Signals

Government spending cuts and higher taxes are weighing on the economy, experts say. According to the latest ADP National Employment Report, just 135,000 jobs were added to private payrolls.

Scientists have figured out out how to turn cellulose from wood, bushes and grasses into edible starch.

Let Them Eat Wood! (If It's Turned Into Starch)

A scientist has developed a technology to turn the cellulose in nonfood plants like trees and grasses into edible starch. Sounds zany, but guess what? Cellulose products are already commonly used as food additives in hundreds of processed and fast food items.

Firefighters and rescue workers at the site of Wednesday's building collapse in Philadelphia.

Death Toll In Philadelphia Building Collapse Rises to 6

A building crumpled at mid-morning Wednesday. An adjacent thrift store was heavily damaged. At least 13 people were injured.

Frozen berries have been implicated in a hepatitis A outbreak.

Keeping Hepatitis A Out Of Frozen Berries Starts At The Farm

Consumers don't have good tools for getting the hepatitis A out of frozen berries, aside from cooking them. Good hygiene by pickers and processors remains the best protection.

A fan raises his objections at the 2002 Major League Baseball All Star Game.

Do You Care If Ball Players Use Steroids? Polls Say Fans Do

There are more reports about players using performance-enhancing drugs. In the past, polls have shown that many fans do care and don't like to hear that the stars might be juicing.

Johana Guardado assembles a laptop on Lenovo's new personal computer production line in Whitsett, N.C.

First U.S. Assembly Plant For China's Lenovo Opens In N.C.

The Chinese computer maker is trying to boost its brand and U.S. market share as other high-tech firms, including Motorola, plan to manufacture here. North Carolina officials say the plant in Whitsett is a sign of manufacturing's return from overseas.

Miranda Lambert performing in April at the Academy of Country Music Awards, where she won best song, best record and best female vocalist for the fourth year in a row. The Lambert Effect has opened doors for many of the new hopefuls blending hard country sounds with feminist-aware attitudes.

Country Music's Year Of The Woman

Nashville the city, Nashville the TV show, close-harmony groups and two financially viable, independent-minded singers have shattered country music's glass ceiling — and the year's only half over.

Susan Rice To Take Over As National Security Adviser

President Obama has selected U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to be his next National Security Adviser. She'll take over from Tom Donilon, who has played a critical role in developing the White House's relationship with China. The president is also nominating former aide Samantha Power to fill Rice's position at the U.N.

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins contested criticism that researchers running a study of premature infants didn't adequately advise parents about the risks.

NIH Chief Rejects Ethics Critique Of Preemie Study

At issue is a controversial study of more than 1,300 severely premature infants that looked at how much oxygen they should receive after birth. This spring, the federal Office for Human Research Protections criticized the scientists who ran the study for failing to tell parents enough about the risks.

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