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Senate: Medtronic shaped articles promoting InFuse

Senate: Medtronic shaped articles promoting InFuse
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th
WASHINGTON (AP) - Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. helped write and edit medical journal articles attributed to outside physicians, which downplayed the risks of the company's best-selling bone graft, according to a report by Senate investigators. The Senate Finance Committee said Thursday

McKesson will buy PSS World Medical for $1.46B

McKesson will buy PSS World Medical for $1.46B
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th
NEW YORK (AP) - Prescription drug distributor McKesson Corp. is expanding its medical supplies business by buying PSS World Medical Inc. for about $1.46 billion. McKesson said Thursday it will pay $29 per share for PSS World, a 34.3 percent premium over Wednesday's closing price. PSS World

2 men acquitted under new US gay hate crime law

2 men acquitted under new US gay hate crime law
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th
By BRETT BARROUQUEREAssociated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) - The first U.S. prosecution under a new federal law against anti-gay violence ended with a Kentucky jury acquitting two cousins of hate-crime charges while finding them guilty of kidnapping in a 2011 attack on a gay man. Prosecutors had

2nd arrest in case linked to NY policeman's death

2nd arrest in case linked to NY policeman's death
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th
By FRANK ELTMANAssociated Press HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A man was arrested on charges he assisted a suspect in the shooting deaths of a New York police officer and a carjacking victim, prosecutors said Thursday. The announcement of the man's arrest came the same day Darrell Fuller was

US returns 4,000 archaeological relics to Mexico

US returns 4,000 archaeological relics to Mexico
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCAAssociated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - More than 4,000 archaeological artifacts looted from Mexico and seized in the U.S. were returned to Mexican authorities on Thursday in what experts say is one of the largest repatriation ever made between the neighboring countries. The

US returns 4,000 archaeological relics to Mexico

US returns 4,000 archaeological relics to Mexico
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCAAssociated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - More than 4,000 archaeological artifacts looted from Mexico and seized in the U.S. were returned to Mexican authorities on Thursday in what experts say is one of the largest repatriation ever made between the neighboring countries. The

US returns 4,000 archaeological relics to Mexico

US returns 4,000 archaeological relics to Mexico
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCAAssociated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - More than 4,000 archaeological artifacts looted from Mexico and seized in the U.S. were returned to Mexican authorities on Thursday in what experts say is one of the largest repatriation ever made between the neighboring countries. The

News Summary: Bristol-Myers swings to 3Q loss

News Summary: Bristol-Myers swings to 3Q loss
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th
By The Associated Press ROUGH QUARTER: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. swings to a $711 million loss on a $1.8 billion charge for failed research and generic competition with decimated sales. It misses analysts' expectations and slashes its 2012 profit forecast. THE NUMBERS: The loss equals 43

Man who drove SUV on Pa. runway gets prison time

Man who drove SUV on Pa. runway gets prison time
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th
By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man who drove an SUV onto an airport runway, forcing a passenger jet to abort its landing, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in prison and must pay $92,000 in restitution. Kenneth Mazik, 25, of Chadds Ford, crashed through a gate at

Glaxo starting first US inhaler recycling program

Glaxo starting first US inhaler recycling program
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Patients who use respiratory inhalers will be able to recycle the devices for the first time in the U.S., according to British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC, which is launching its "Complete the Cycle" program Wednesday in drugstores in 31 cities. GlaxoSmithKline is the top