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THE battle between Levi Johnston and Sarah Palin isn't over yet. Johnston -- best known for impregnating the former vice-presidential candidate's daughter, Bristol -- "is shopping a book," his bodyguard/publicist, Tank , tells New York magazine.

Georgia appears to be unprepared on several fronts to prevent and contain public health threats, according to an examination by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

Stock markets rewarded companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Cisco who were brave enough to make acquisitions in the months after Lehman Brothers' collapse, a study released on Monday showed.

San Diego Magazine / July 2009 / It's All in a Day's Work... ON THE SPOT: Chris Van Gorder is either in the right place at the right time, or he's jinxed.

Next > Health Canada is still in discussions with Pfizer Inc., about whether to add safety warnings to packages containing anti-smoking drugs that may have psychiatric side effects, including suicidal thoughts.

The victim was on Shawmut Avenue about 2:15 p.m. when he was targeted by a gunman who pumped at least three shots into the victim's chest.

Four people, including one in serious condition, were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash late Thursday afternoon in west suburban Aurora.

Police say a Long Island man died after his boat capsized during a regatta on the Great South Bay.

Officials say one person was killed in a lightning strike at a Fourth of July gathering in central Florida and 18 others have been taken to local hospitals.

U.S. researchers say they've found a major cellular flaw that may drive the rapid spread of relapsed lung cancer.

Childhood asthma is less common in neighborhoods with high economic potential and strong community vitality, new research shows.

Gunshots were fired just outside the emergency room at Middle Tennessee Medical Center Friday morning as doctors treated a shooting victim inside.

A new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone -- the two most prominent sites of lung cancer relapse.

Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held Vancouver-based biotechnology company specializing in pain drugs, has agreed to merge with CombinatoRx, Inc., in an all-stock transaction.

Lawyers for shareholders of the Birmingham-based HealthSouth have started their attempts to collect as much of a $2.8 billion judgment against Richard Scrushy as possible.

Fire crews had their hands full knocking down a fully involved house fire located in the 5400 E Commerce Ave Friday Morning.

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Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Complete Response Letter regarding the new drug application for Acurox Tablets CII, a product intended for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain.

Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon's former White House director of communications, has died.

A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.