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Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes

Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th
By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot Co. asked the U.S. government to approve five

AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths

AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th
By DINA CAPPIELLOAssociated Press CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) - It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground. Killing

AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths

AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th
By DINA CAPPIELLOAssociated Press CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) - It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground. Killing

AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths

AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th
By DINA CAPPIELLOAssociated Press CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) - It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground. Killing

Drug manufacturer agrees to $500 million penalty

Drug manufacturer agrees to $500 million penalty
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th
By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $500 million in fines and civil penalties for selling adulterated drugs and lying about tests of the medications to federal regulators, the U.S. Justice Department said

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th
By JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the corporation. The justices unanimously rejected the

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th
By JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the corporation. The justices unanimously rejected the

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th
By JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the corporation. The justices unanimously rejected the

Elan enters $1B royalty deal with Theravance

Elan enters $1B royalty deal with Theravance
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th
By The Associated Press Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. PLC plans to pay $1 billion for the right to future royalties from four respiratory treatments being developed by Theravance Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline. The deal announced Monday will give Elan 21 percent of the future royalties that South San

Taiwan short of volunteers for the military

Taiwan short of volunteers for the military
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th
By PETER ENAVAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: Not enough volunteers. Such forces are generally considered superior to conscripted ones, because those serving want to be there.