WASHINGTON — Safety officials announced a recall of 24,000 cribs Thursday and also warned parents against putting their babies to bed with pillows and other soft bedding that could suffocate them.

The 24,000 Indonesian-made cribs were recalled for putting children at risk of falling out. The cribs, imported by Munire Furniture, have improper brackets that don't allow their mattresses to be fully lowered. This could allow children inside the crib to crawl over the railing and fall.

The recall includes the company's Majestic Curved Top, Majestic Flat Top, Essex, Brighton/Sussex and Captiva cribs with various model numbers. The cribs were sold at children's specialty stores between November 2005 and November 2007. No injuries have been reported.

From 2002 to 2004, 241 children under age 5 died in incidents involving nursery products, the CPSC said. About 40 percent of the deaths involved cribs, with soft bedding cited as the leading contributing factor. Many of the children suffocated when lying face down on pillows or other bedding, the agency said.

SEATTLE — Years of popping vitamins offer no protection from lung cancer, and taking vitamin E at high doses may even elevate the risk, according to a new study.The researchers from the University of Washington and elsewhere tracked 77,719 Puget Sound, Wash.-area adults age 55 to 76 for an average of four years to see whether multivitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E and folate reduced their odds of getting lung cancer, the leading cancer killer in the United States. The answer was no, regardless of how many vitamins they had taken during the previous 10 years.The findings join growing evidence discounting the benefits of taking vitamins and minerals through pills instead of through food.The study will appear in the March 1 issue of American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.