1.   Hurd said the agency would only act if it identified safety defects in the vehicles that would require a recall.

2.   Still, he said, the company has not identified specific defects in the tires.

3.   Scientists have identified genetic defects that make people smell like rotting fish, an uncommon disorder that can lead to ridicule, loneliness and depression.

4.   Hundreds of gravely deformed babies have been born worldwide after undergoing a test to identify physical defects while in the womb, a newspaper report said Sunday.