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21 accused in NYC of selling meds on Craigslist

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The Craigslist ad offered black-market Percocet pills for sale but warned potential customers: "No LE please." Meaning: No law enforcement. Like that made a difference. The 40-year-old man accused of placing the ad was among 21 people arrested in an

Oakland goes to court for embattled pot dispensary

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By LISA LEFFAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An Oakland medical marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world's largest gained an unusual ally Wednesday in its fight to stop federal prosecutors from shutting it down: the city government. The city of Oakland filed a federal

Chemist in Mass. lab scandal refuses to testify

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) - The chemist at the center of a Massachusetts drug-testing lab scandal refused to testify Wednesday in a drug case against a Boston man who once spent 15 years in prison for the slaying of a 12-year-old girl he says he did not commit. A

Authorities investigate suspicious package at CDC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities have determined that a suspicious package at one of the buildings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta was not dangerous. The CDC said in a statement shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday that CDC and DeKalb County authorities had secured the package and

Feds seek full court review of cigarette warnings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The U.S. government is asking a federal appeals court to rehear a challenge to a Food and Drug Administration requirement that tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages to show that smoking can

Mich. man at risk for meningitis after losing wife

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By ED WHITEAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) - Days after taking his wife off life support, George Cary got a phone call that confirmed his suspicions: Her meningitis-related death was linked to tainted steroid injections at a Michigan clinic that had regularly treated her back pain. The doctor on

Soda industry: Vending machines will show calories

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

By CANDICE CHOIAP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) - As criticism of sugary sodas intensifies, Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper are rolling out new vending machines that will put calorie counts right at your fingertips. The move comes ahead of a regulation that would require restaurant chains and

Calif. initiative will test appetite for GMO food

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By ALICIA CHANGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Calories. Nutrients. Serving size. How about "produced with genetic engineering?" California voters will soon decide whether to require certain raw and processed foods to carry such a label. In a closely watched test of consumers' appetite

Clinics rush to warn patients of tainted steroid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 3rd

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Health providers are scrambling to notify patients in nearly two dozen states that steroid shots they got for back pain may have been contaminated with a fungus tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak. It became apparent Thursday that hundreds, and

Salmonella-Tainted Smoked Salmon Sparks Recall

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 2nd

10:39AM EST October 2. 2012 - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella bacteria has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands and the U.S., sparking a major recall, health authorities said Tuesday. The National Institute for Public Health and the