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US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according

INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook'

INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

Study questions if bed rest prevents prematurity

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th

By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies - bed rest - doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk. Doctors have known for years that there's no good evidence

Bing won't seek re-election as Detroit mayor

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th

By COREY WILLIAMSAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) - A visibly frustrated Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced Tuesday that he won't seek a second term and ripped Michigan officials for not giving him enough time to solve the financially strapped city's problems on his own. His announcement came

Bing won't seek re-election as Detroit mayor

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th

2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By MARIA CHENGAP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) - Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials - a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France,

Man sentenced in plot against terror witnesses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 10th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man was sentenced Friday to four life terms for plotting to behead federal witnesses whose testimony helped convict him for his role in an earlier plot to slaughter U.S. servicemen and their families. Hysen Sherifi, 29, was

Cleveland Missing Women Found Alive Gives Spokane Families Hope

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 9th

SPOKANE, Wash. - Heather Higgins went missing after leaving her lower South Hill apartment on September 20th 2010. She has never been seen since. Her mother Jackie spoke to KHQ's Dylan Wohlenhaus on Tuesday. She says the Cleveland case gives her hope. "Yea, you never lose hope. But

Cleveland Missing Women Found Alive Gives Spokane Families Hope

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 9th