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Anti-clot drug recommended for new approval in EU

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By LINDA A. JOHNSONAP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Advisers to European Union regulators have recommended approval of a new anti-clotting drug for use by adults with a common irregular heart rhythm that boosts risk of strokes or blood clots, drugmakers Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and

Feds say drop in cash spent on tobacco promotion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The nation's top tobacco companies spent less money on advertising and promotion of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products in recent years, according to the latest data from the Federal Trade Commission. Numbers released Friday

Fiona Apple arrested on drug possession charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

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Fiona Apple arrested on drug possession charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

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Fiona Apple arrested for hashish in West Texas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Singer-songwriter Fiona Apple was arrested for hashish possession at a West Texas Border Patrol checkpoint after a drug-sniffing dog detected marijuana in her tour bus. Hudspeth County sheriff's office spokesman Rusty Fleming told the Associated Press on Thursday that

Sentence reduced in attack on pregnant Pa. woman

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) - A judge nearly halved the prison sentence for a woman who tried to steal a fetus by knocking her pregnant neighbor unconscious with a baseball bat and cutting her abdomen in 2005. Armstrong County President Judge Kenneth Valasek on Wednesday reduced Peggy Jo Conner's

Prophet film puts spotlight on US Copts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By GILLIAN FLACCUSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The anti-Islamic movie trailer inflaming the Middle East opens with Muslims ransacking a Christian medical clinic and then segues into a flashback of Muhammad's life. "Set the place on fire! We'll burn out these forsaken Christians

Republicans, IG take Justice Dept. to task

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans eagerly joined the Justice Department's inspector general in taking the agency to task Thursday for its bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that allowed hundreds of weapons to reach Mexican drug rings. At a committee

Procter & Gamble adds Wildberry flavor to Prilosec

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By MAE ANDERSONAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Procter & Gamble is adding a blast of fruit flavor to a pill that you swallow whole - a first for the world's largest consumer products maker. In the biggest change to heartburn medication Prilosec since it became an over-the-counter drug

Drug suspect withdraws plea in Mass. lab scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By BOB SALSBERG and DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) - A drug defendant serving time in jail was allowed Wednesday to withdraw his guilty plea in the wake of a scandal at a drug-testing lab. It's the first of what could potentially be many convictions jeopardized after