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Insider trading suspect was model ethics student

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Mathew Martoma knew from an early age he wanted to blend his interests in health care, business and law into a career, and he excelled as a bioethics student. Yet the 38-year-old Florida man now finds himself embroiled in what could prove one

Court: Can generic makers be sued for drug flaws?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will decide whether generic drug manufacturers can be held responsible in state courts for possible design defects that are in the brand-name medicine they are copying. The high court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from Philadelphia-based Mutual

Drugmaker Ranbaxy halts generic Lipitor production

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By LINDA A. JOHNSONAP Business Writer Problem-plagued Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. has halted production of generic cholesterol drug Lipitor while it investigates how tiny glass particles got into the ingredients used for dozens of batches of the drug that were recalled in November. It was

Old party returns to govern changed Mexico

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By MARK STEVENSONAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - The political party that ruled Mexico for seven straight decades is back, assuring Mexicans there's no chance of a return to what some called "the perfect dictatorship" that was marked by a mixture of populist handouts, rigged votes

Gary Dourdan pleads no contest to domestic violence charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By Liz Raftery, Former CSI star Gary Dourdan has pleaded no contest to domestic violence charges stemming from a dispute with his ex-girlfriend a year ago, TMZ reports.

Gary Dourdan pleads no contest to domestic violence charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By Liz Raftery, Former CSI star Gary Dourdan has pleaded no contest to domestic violence charges stemming from a dispute with his ex-girlfriend a year ago, TMZ reports.

NJ train derailment tips tankers, sickens dozens

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By GEOFF MULVIHILLAssociated Press PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) - A freight train derailed Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of hazardous gas that was blamed for sickening dozens of people, authorities said. After

Consumer watchdog asks FDA to revisit compounders

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

WASHINGTON (AP) - A government watchdog group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to re-inspect more than a dozen specialty pharmacies with prior records of violations, in light of a recent deadly outbreak tied to compounded drugs. Contaminated pain injections from a Massachusetts

Tips led to arrest of NH couple in burned boy case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By JAY LINDSAY and LYNNE TUOHYAssociated Press PLAISTOW, N.H. (AP) - Tips from acquaintances and others helped authorities track a fugitive New Hampshire couple to Florida, where they were arrested at the Universal Studios theme park on charges stemming from the beating and burning of the

Peanut butter plant closure angers New Mexico town

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press PORTALES, N.M. (AP) - Farmers in a revered peanut-growing region along the New Mexico-Texas border should be celebrating one of the best harvests in recent memory. Instead, millions of pounds of their prized sweet Valencia peanuts sit in barns at a peanut butter