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Two leaders in the anti-abortion movement are in a legal battle over who owns the name Operation Rescue.

Richmond's public schools are set to embark on a $2 million program to make their classrooms accessible to all.

Severstal says it was asked by the United Steelworkers in January to consider a business combination with Esmark Inc., parent of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.

A FORMER Ernst & Young partner and a former US investment banker face criminal and civil charges of insider trading on takeovers.

LANSING, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co. will talk with the Environmental Protection Agency about how to conduct a cleanup of dioxin-contaminated soil around 10 homes near the Tittabawassee River in Saginaw.

Technology company Analog Devices Inc. on Friday agreed to pay a $3 million civil fine and its CEO is paying $1.5 million to settle regulators' allegations of improper backdating of stock options.

MISSOULA - The fate of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies is now in the hands of a federal judge in Montana, after advocacy groups argued in court Thursday that the animal's recovery is threatened by their ...

The city of Pittsburgh will now purchase or lease the "greenest" vehicles possible for its various fleets.

DETROIT Attorneys for two Detroit newspapers will seek depositions from Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his ex-top aide, and lawyers about an $8.4 million whistle-blowers' settlement.

The Bush administration is threatening to veto any legislation that protects doctors' Medicare payments at the expense of private insurers.

Environmentalists asked a federal appeals court Thursday to reject the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of regional emissions limits on cars and trucks, saying the restrictions don't go far enough to ...

The government imposed new restrictions Thursday on some of the biggest-selling rat poisons, citing the danger they pose to children, pets and wildlife.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it's issued a decision that will control the sale and use of rat poisons across the United States.

Federal regulators said Thursday they are six months into a wide-ranging investigation of U.S. oil markets, focusing on possible price manipulation.

The 2009 budget passed by the Iowa Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Chet Culver spends money at a pace that can't be sustained in the event of a recession, State Auditor David Vaudt said today.

A new audit claims that Indiana owes the federal government $88 million for improper Medicaid payments made to three state psychiatric hospitals from 2000 to 2003.

By MYRNA M. VELASCO The Manila Electric Company went through with its stockholders' meeting and election for a new Board of Directors yesterday after declaring null and void a cease-and-desist order issued by ...

A Pulaski County doctor will spend four years on probation and will lose her medical license after being convicted of Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

Two Nursing Homes Put on Watch List Two nursing homes in Maryland have been placed on a federal watch list of nursing homes that have provided consistently poor care over three years.

A group of Muslim workers claim they were fired by a New Brighton tortilla factory for refusing to wear uniforms rather than their traditional loose-fitting skirts and scarves, according to a civil liberties ...

Riley McDermid NEW YORK -- The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission has widened a probe into the methodologies used by ratings agencies to detect errors to include Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings, the SEC ...

A spokesman for South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford says the governor has vetoed a bill which would have raised the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarrette tax.

Health and environmental organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday arguing that the Bush administration failed to protect public health and the environment when it issued new smog requirements.

The second of two Detroit City Council efforts to force embattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office is expected to proceed in the coming weeks.

Yahoo Inc. has filed a lawsuit against an unknown group of defendants it alleges tricked consumers into thinking they won a lottery or prize offered by the Internet company.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that workers who face retaliation after complaining about race discrimination may sue their employers under a Civil War-era law.

Mississippians may not be paying higher state taxes, but decisions made at the Capitol are forcing people to shell out more money for government services, including education.

The Sheriff's Office reported that the water could have been contaminated during the vandalism of a storage tank that services about 3,000 residents on Saturday.

There is no leniency. Credit card companies and banks are worried that people are drowning in debt and will fall behind on payments.

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 23 May 2008 - 12:00 PDT Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus on Wednesday said he will move forward with a Medicare package developed by Democrats ...

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission has begun looking into possible computer glitches at credit rating agency Moody's , SEC Chairman Christopher Cox told Reuters on Monday.

Entergy Nuclear can resume discharging heated water into the Connecticut River this summer, according to a decision by Environmental Court Judge Merideth Wright released Friday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of Maurice "Hank" Greenberg goes beyond the one deal that was the subject of a criminal trial earlier this year and includes a second deal made by his ...

Myrtle Beach -- The former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base still has contaminated groundwater more than 15 years after the military left the site.

Maryland-based Man & Machine, a computer peripheral maker, filed suit against Apple and CBS on Tuesday, claiming the companies are infringing on its trademark for the "Mighty Mouse" device.

A new report puts Wisconsin workers' wages less than the national average. In a Department of Labor report released last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the average weekly wage earned across the ...

Sunday, 25 May , 2008, 14:24 Last Updated: Sunday, 25 May , 2008, 14:45 New Delhi: Leave alone the adverse effects of economic slowdown, the Indian IT industry fears that fattening pay packets for employees ...

Patients with a progressive fibrosis of the lungs that's fatal within a few years of diagnosis may finally have some reason for hope.

A Tucson pharmacy is ignoring federal warnings and continuing to make and sell customized "bioidentical" hormones for women.

Hospitals won a reprieve Friday from a change in Medicaid regulations that would trim hospital payments by an estimated $5 billion over the next five years.

A new report from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shows drinking water in the state is safe.

NexCen Brands, Inc. today announced that, as anticipated, it received a Nasdaq Staff Determination letter dated May 20, 2008 from the Nasdaq Stock Market stating that the company is not in compliance with the ...

Water utilities would get earlier warning of viruses, bacteria or chemicals that could be introduced into drinking water systems by terrorists under a test monitoring program set for expansion beyond ...

Congress moved on Thursday to ease the economic hardships of military families by passing a $2 billion package of tax breaks.

Pennsylvania has become the first state in the nation to receive the federal government's permission to spend Medicaid dollars on services that enable autistic adults to live more independently, Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday.

The state received approval earlier this month for a waiver from existing Medicaid rules to spend $20 million a year in combined state and federal dollars on home and community-based services for autistic adults.

Federal special-education law requires public schools to provide services for children with autism and other disabilities through age 21, but no similar entitlement has been available in Pennsylvania for adults with the disorder.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana has one of the higher infant-mortality rates in the nation, but lawmakers and state Medicaid officials don't see eye-to-eye on the best way to extend prenatal care to low-income women.

The Harrison County, Ind., commissioners have signed a letter asking the sheriff to take administrative leave while federal authorities investigate sexual harassment allegations against him.

COLUMBIA -- Smokers will have to find an additional 50 cents to purchase a pack of cigarettes if Gov.

Yahoo Inc. today postponed a looming showdown for control of its board, giving itself more time to prepare a defense - or negotiate a sale to Microsoft Corp.

Some uninsured Florida residents may be able to more easily get health-care coverage under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov.

Federal health officials are getting new authority to mine prescription drug usage by millions of participants in the Medicare drug program to look for safety problems with medicines and medical devices after ...

Mississippi lawmakers might be forgiven for thinking they're starting another regular session rather than a special session.

Merck & Co. has halted a study of an experimental drug it had touted as key to energizing its sagging cholesterol franchise, barely three weeks after U.S. regulators refused to allow sales of the drug.

A pregnancy discrimination suit against the New York Department of Correctional Services has been settled, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.

The state of Alaska will sue the U.S. government to stop the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, arguing the designation will slow development in the state, Gov.

This undated photo, provided by the Animal Welfare Institute, is among the images placed in evidence by a coalition of animal welfare groups in their lawsuit against Ringling Bros.' circus claiming that circus ...

Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former chief executive of American International Group Inc , may face civil charges for his alleged role in an effort to improperly boost the insurer's financials, the Wall Street ...

Democrats controlling Congress unveiled an election-year fiscal blueprint Tuesday that puts the federal budget mostly on autopilot, leaving the winner of November's presidential election with a set of enormous ...

Nine Wisconsin counties violate the Environmental Protection Agency's standards for ozone pollution.

WASHINGTON -- More than a year after the Supreme Court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to rule on whether carbon dioxide endangers public health, the head of the agency said the decision would ...

Federal officials, Tuesday, proposed fining United Airlines $192,500 for multiple violations of worker health standards that inspectors uncovered during an audit of the carrier's O'Hare International Airport operations.

The alleged health hazards ranged from the design of flammable liquid storage cabinets to a failure to conduct a survey to determine the presence of asbestos. They were found during an examination of United's largest airport hub conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration from November 2007 through February 2008.

Some medically ill prison inmates who pose no danger to society could be released from custody under legislation headed to the floor of the North Carolina House.

Not only is the Toyota Hybrid the top-selling hybrid vehicle, having recently topped 1 million units sold, but it is also the most fuel-efficient vehicle on the road.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday that it reached an agreement with Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corp.

Google's online filing cabinet for medical records opened to the public Monday, giving users instant electronic access to their health histories and worrying a privacy advocate.

Brooks Automation Inc. has finally settled charges of fake income data brought earlier by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Federal regulators on Monday said eight former executives of AOL Time Warner Inc.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency initially supported giving California full or partial permission to limit tailpipe emissions - but reversed himself after hearing from the White House, according ...

Age has emerged as the main grounds for cases being taken in relation to alleged workplace discrimination.

Scientists, managers oppose plan that may allow for new power plants The Bush administration is on the verge of implementing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build power plants near national ...

Saturday, May 17, 2008 :: infoZine Staff Consumers Union calls on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to move forward and require television advertisements for prescription drugs to include a toll-free number ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the shut down of cream cheese and seafood operations at Lifeway Foods, Inc.

The Environmental Protection Agency won't make a decision on the Yazoo Backwater Project before July 11.

A broken compact fluorescent light bulb releases a mercury-containing powder, some of which can evaporate into the air, and is difficult to contain or clean up.

Mercury, a neurotoxin, is thought to have the biggest impact on the developing brains of fetuses, infants and young children through sustained exposure.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has written guidelines on how to clean up a broken bulb and the mercury. In general, the area should be vented well by opening windows to reduce the mercury air concentrations; mercury should be carefully scooped up using paper or cardboard, or picked up using tape or a sticky material; and the glass and mercury powder should be sealed in a glass jar or plastic bags.

Posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008 ; Updated: 1:23 AM on Saturday, May 17, 2008 ASK THE FOOL The Board of Directors Q: How can I find out who's on a company's board of directors? -- V.E., Amarillo, Texas A: You can ...

Direct-to-consumer drug ads on television should include a toll-free phone number that would allow consumers to report adverse side effects, U.S. health experts suggested Friday.

Celecoxib, the anti-inflammatory medication also known by the trade name Celebrex, has proven to be safe and reduces a specific proliferation measurement of precancerous lesions in the lung, according to a ...

Company manufactures and distributes unapproved and adulterated drugs The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that Scientific Laboratories Inc., and its president, Rajeshwari Patel, and chief ...

The owner of a Cortland nursing home that was the focus of an undercover investigation into patient neglect has been barred from the industry and fined $15,000. Highgate LTC Management LLC, owner of Northwoods ...

A national conservation group lists Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada as one of 10 such parks most threatened by new or proposed coal-fired power plants.

Gov. Haley Barbour is calling lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session starting Wednesday.

A former chemical dump on Carranza Road has been removed from the federal Superfund's National Priorities List of hazardous waste sites, the Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday.

Dear Mr. Bostock: It is clear to me that the board of directors of Yahoo has acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders and Microsoft.

“We simply will not allow a company to put the public's health at risk by not implementing adequate procedures and plans to produce safe food”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today directed Hope Food Supply Inc., a Pasadena, Texas, food processing company, to shut down and immediately recall all products manufactured from its Texas facility ... via KOHM-FM Lubbock

“What it should do is reduce exposure in the classroom”

The Associated Press LOCKPORT, Ill. -- There was a time when custodians at Lockport Township High School pushed cleaning cars packed with an array of spray bottles, spritzers and aerosol cans. via Hawk Eye

“We have provided them with tons and tons of information about all the proper permitting that was done with the state and the EPA at the time”

A grower-owned sugar processing cooperative will pay a $210,000 civil penalty and upgrade its clean-air technology to resolve pollution violations, the federal government said today. via Battle Creek Enquirer

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has implemented a new policy that text messages sent on city-owned devices are considered private. via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

“We don't know where he is right now. And by now, he should be aware of the charges against him.”

Federal authorities said today that former Gemstar-TV Guide International chairman Henry Yuen is a fugitive after he was indicted on a felony obstruction charge that carries a possible five-year prison term. via SiliconValley.com

“Drugs get approved based on results of a small number of people in clinical trials, but it's really when millions of people start taking them that we see side effects that might not have been known to the company”

Televised direct-to-consumer drug advertisements may soon be required to provide a toll-free number for patients to report adverse side effects. via ABC News

“There is reflection on STARS that we probably need to re-look at it.”

A day after Gov. Jon S. Corzine agreed to ease some of the most controversial cuts in his proposed state budget, Assembly lawmakers said there is more work to do to help hospitals and a popular college ... via CourierPostOnline