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APNewsBreak: Deal in Mass. suit on pregnancy drug

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 9th

By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Four sisters who claimed their breast cancer was caused by a drug their mother took during pregnancy in the 1950s reached a settlement Wednesday with Eli Lilly and Co. in the first of scores of similar claims around the country to go to trial. Neither

Flu season has Boston declaring health emergency

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 9th

By BOB SALSBERGAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as the city tried to deal with a harsh flu season and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. The city is working with health care centers to offer free flu vaccines and also hopes to set up

Warning to inspect Fisher-Price infant sleepers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is warning consumers to inspect Fisher-Price Newborn Rock 'N Play Sleepers due to risk of exposure to mold for infants who use them. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that its warning applies to 800,000 infant recliner seats, called sleepers,

Gadget Watch: Samsung lens flips from 2-D to 3-D

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) - Cameras that can record in 3-D are usually pretty complicated, sporting two lenses instead of one, to mimic human binocular vision. Samsung says it has a more elegant solution: a single lens that can go from 2-D to 3-D mode with the flip of a

Vt. Air Guard hopes for jet, but others fear noise

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 6th

By WILSON RINGAssociated Press SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Plans on where to base the U.S. military's next-generation fighter jet, the F-35, concern people in communities from California to Florida to Maine who worry the aircraft are too loud. In Vermont, where the Air National Guard has flown

Wall Street cheers "cliff" deal, but only for now

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th

By STEVE ROTHWELLAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - When lawmakers delivered a long-delayed, last-minute agreement on the budget, Wall Street celebrated. And it would be easy to think that the surge in the Dow the following day meant that investors had put their concerns about Washington's

Trial set to begin in Boston over pregnancy drug

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 3rd

By DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) - At first, the Melnick sisters thought it was just a cruel coincidence that two of them were diagnosed with breast cancer. But when two more sisters were given the same diagnosis, they came to suspect that a drug their mother took in the 1950s