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Mom forces teen to wear sign: ‘I lie, I steal, I sell drugs, I don’t follow the law’

By doris | Published: January 12, 2012

Full Story at thegrio.com FORT WAYNE, INDIANA – A frustrated mom has given her wayward teenage son the ultimate punishment: public humiliation. The 14-year-old was forced to stand on a busy street for two hours with a massive sign hanging around his neck, which read, “I lie, I steal, I sell drugs, I don’t follow [...]

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More illegal immigrants from India crossing border

By doris | Published: July 17, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LOS FRESNOS, Texas — Police wearing berets and bulletproof vests broke down the door of a Guatemala City apartment in February hunting for illegal drugs. Instead, they found a different kind of illicit shipment: 27 immigrants from India packed into two locked rooms. The Indians, whose hiding space was furnished only [...]

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Chantix smoking pill can raise heart risk, FDA warns

By doris | Published: June 16, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Pfizer’s stop-smoking drug Chantix can lead to a small increase in cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks for patients who already have cardiovascular disease, U.S. drug regulators said on Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration is changing the label for Chantix after reviewing the results of a clinical trial. [...]

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‘Walmart of Weed’ to open in Arizona, promote growing your own

By doris | Published: June 1, 2011

Full Story atCNN.com (CNN) — It’s called the “Walmart of Weed.” This newest big-box store is devoted to selling marijuana-growing equipment. Its biggest outlet yet is to open Wednesday in Phoenix, where Arizona voters approved medical cannabis last fall. The weGrow Store will be the first outside California, where medical weed has long been legalized. [...]

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FBI requests Unabomber’s DNA for Tylenol poisonings probe

By doris | Published: May 19, 2011

Full Story atContent.usatoday.com Update at 1:31 p.m. ET: The lawyer for Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, who is serving life in prison for sending a series of deadly mailbombs, says his client has been asked to provide a DNA sample as part of the FBI’s long-running investigation into the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people, USA [...]

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Johnson & Johnson settles U.S. bribery charges

By doris | Published: April 9, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday charged Johnson & Johnson with bribing doctors in several countries to prescribe its drugs and medical devices. The company has agreed to pay $70 million to settle the charges, without admitting or denying the allegations.

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FDA to supervise three Tylenol plants

By doris | Published: March 11, 2011

Full Story at UPI.com WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) — The U.S. government announced it is taking over three Tylenol plants following recalls and a criminal investigation into safety issues at the factories. The Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department took action against Tylenol maker McNeil PPC and two of its executives — its [...]

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Laughing gas returning as option for laboring moms

By doris | Published: February 14, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com CONCORD, N.H. – Labor pain is nothing to laugh at. Yet. The use of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, during childbirth fell out of favor in the United States decades ago, and just two hospitals — one in San Francisco and one in Seattle — still offer it. But interest in [...]

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Spanish police seize ‘largest, most sophisticated’ cocaine lab

By doris | Published: January 18, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Madrid, Spain (CNN) — Police in Madrid seized what they called the “largest and most sophisticated cocaine laboratory” in Europe known to date, and arrested 25 people, Spain’s national police said in a statement on Tuesday. Anti-drug agents confiscated 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of cocaine ready for distribution, 2 million euros [...]

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Johnson & Johnson recalls 45 million more products

By doris | Published: January 14, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil division announced a recall of certain Tylenol brand products Friday after a review of cleaning procedures at a plant in Fort Washington, Pa. Conducted in consultation with the Food and Drug Administration, the recall covers certain lots of Tylenol 8 Hour, Tylenol Arthritis [...]

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Moms, dads of gang kids ordered to parenting class

By doris | Published: December 13, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES – It’s a Saturday morning and a half-dozen adults are sitting in a high school classroom, staring at grim photos of sickly drug addicts and hearing about the deadly consequences of gang crime. They’d rather not be here, but a judge made them come. The moms and dads were ordered [...]

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Authorities seize 105 tons of marijuana in northern Mexico

By doris | Published: October 19, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Authorities in the Mexican border city of Tijuana have seized 105 tons of marijuana, the largest bust in years, the state news agency reported Monday. Security forces encountered several vehicles suspected of carrying the drug early Monday morning, Notimex said.

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Clinton: U.S. can do more to help Mexico fight drug cartels

By doris | Published: October 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. can do more to help Mexico battle drug cartels that have started operating more like terrorists and insurgent groups. “It is one of my highest priorities,” Clinton said Friday during a speech in San Francisco at the nonpartisan Commonwealth Club. “This [...]

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Children’s Tylenol recall: FDA slams factory conditions

By doris | Published: May 5, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — A scathing report released Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration slammed conditions at the factory that produced the children’s Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl and other over-the-counter drugs that were recalled over the weekend. The 17-page FDA inspection report conducted in late April detailed quality and security lapses [...]

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Children’s cold, allergy medicine recalled

By doris | Published: May 1, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A voluntary recall has been issued for more than 40 over-the-counter drugs for children, including Tylenol and Motrin, because they don’t meet quality standards. “This recall is not being undertaken on the basis of adverse medical events,” McNeil Consumer Healthcare said in a statement Friday. “However, as a precautionary [...]

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13 die in drug shootout near Mexico border

By doris | Published: December 5, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com MONTERREY, Mexico – Mexican authorities say at least 13 people were killed in two shootouts between troops and gunmen in northern Mexico. An army official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media says all those killed were gunmen working for the Zetas [...]

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Shortage of shots as more kids die of swine flu

By doris | Published: October 17, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Even as swine flu infections are causing an unprecedented amount of illness for this time of year — and a growing number of deaths, particularly among children — supplies of vaccine to protect against it will be delayed, government health officials said Friday. In the past week, 11 more [...]

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School: No shortage of volunteers for swine flu vaccine trials

By doris | Published: July 28, 2009

Full Story atCNN.com The university’s Center for Vaccine Development has received more than 500 responses from potential volunteers since Wednesday, when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced human trials for a swine flu vaccine would begin in early August. “This response has been exceptionally strong,” Nancy Solomon, a spokeswoman for the university’s medical center, [...]

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Jackson’s will answers some questions, raises more

By doris | Published: July 2, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com Amid the frenzy of confusing and conflicting information that has followed the death of Michael Jackson, Wednesday began with clarity on two fronts. The day ended, however, with more questions than answers. A federal law enforcement official said Wednesday night that the Drug Enforcement Administration had joined Jackson’s death investigation, once [...]

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First batch of swine flu vaccine produced

By doris | Published: June 14, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com BASEL, Switzerland – Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis AG said Friday it has successfully produced a first batch of swine flu vaccine weeks ahead of expectations. The vaccine was made in cells, rather than grown in eggs as is usually the case with vaccines, the company said. The announcement comes a day [...]

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