An E. coli outbreak linked to cheddar cheese made from raw milk at a California farm has expanded to nine people in three states, the Food and Drug Administration said. More than half of the people sickened so far are children under age 5. Three people had to be hospitalized after they contracted a dangerous strain of E. coli, O157:H7, which produces toxins in the body that cause severe, sometimes bloody, diarrhea and abdominal cramping. One person developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a