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NTSB lists most-wanted safety improvements

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By The Associated Press What's on the National Transportation Safety Board's annual list of its 10 most-wanted safety improvements released Wednesday? Recommendations include requiring collision-prevention technologies as standard equipment on all cars and trucks, eliminating the use of

Reynolds subsidiary funding cigarette recycling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A subsidiary of the nation's second-largest cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc. is funding a national recycling program to reward do-gooders for cleaning up tobacco waste and turn cigarette butts into pellets used to make items

NTSB urges safety technologies be made standard

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks, a move that could reduce fatal highway accidents by more than half, federal accident investigators said

Witness: Day care owner concealed criminal history

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - A Texas woman convicted of murder for a fire that killed four children at her home day care lied in her application to run the business about having a juvenile record, which would have prevented her from getting a child care license, a former

Liberal group outlines substantial Medicare cuts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Trying to prevent a raid on health care programs in upcoming budget talks, a think tank close to the White House on Wednesday released a plan for significant savings, mostly from Medicare. Medicaid and the new health care law are

Liberal group outlines $385B in Medicare cuts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Hoping to head off wider health care cuts in upcoming budget talks, a think tank close to the White House is unveiling a plan for how to save $385 billion, mostly from Medicare. Medicaid and the new health care law are largely spared

Report: FDA wanted to close Mass pharmacy in 2003

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 13th

By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly a decade ago, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak until it cleaned up its operations, according to congressional investigators. About 440 people have been sickened by

British medical journal slams Roche on Tamiflu

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By MARIA CHENGAP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) - A leading British medical journal is asking the drug maker Roche to release all its data on Tamiflu, claiming there is no evidence the drug can actually stop the flu. The drug has been stockpiled by dozens of governments worldwide in case of a

Major hurdles remain to end veteran homelessness

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 11th

By JULIE WATSON and PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) - Arthur Lute's arduous journey from his days as a U.S. Marine to his nights sleeping on the streets illustrates the challenge for the Obama administration to fulfill its promise to end homelessness among veterans

Ohio farmer accused of letting dogs live in filth

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 10th

LAURELVILLE, Ohio (AP) - An Amish farmer in Ohio is accused of keeping dozens of dogs in gruesome settings, including injured animals living in feces a foot deep. He counters that his dogs were taken because of cultural differences. WCMH reports (http://bit.ly/Us1vH1) that authorities seized 52