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Friday, July 30, 2010

FDA Links Hormone Spray to Breast Growth in Children

A hormone spray prescribed to stop hot flashes in menopausal women has caused breasts to sprout in children who were inadvertently exposed to it through skin contact with women using it, the Food and Drug Administration said.

Experts Support FDA Panel's Backing of New Blood Thinner

Following a federal health panel's endorsement of the new blood thinner Brilinta Wednesday, cardiologists say the drug could be a welcome addition to treatments for heart patients.

Director of N.C.a s top law agency moves to new job

As outside investigators continue looking into the State Bureau of Investigation's crime lab, the SBI director has moved to a new job within state government, North Carolina's attorney general said Thursday.

ADA 20th anniversary marks many changed lives

The Americans with Disabilities Act has changed millions of lives for the better, helping to empower people with disabilities with some of the basic freedoms we need to live full and productive lives - and to fully participate in all aspects of society.

Unpaid Internships Can Cost -- or Pay Off For -- College Students

Pennsylvania State University sophomore Elysia Mann, 18, is spending her summer in New York City working at two fashion internships - both unpaid.

Jimmy Fallon Accused of Sexual Discrmination...by a Man

Jimmy Fallon probably won't be doing a slow jam about this. The Late Night comic has found himself on the receiving end of a sexual-discrimination complaint brought by a former stage manager who claims he lost his job because "Jimmy preferred taking directions from a woman." Come again? Read the complaint In documents filed with the U.S. Equal ...

YouTube Video of Michigan Oil Spill

As my colleague Emma Graves Fitzsimmons reports from Michigan, the Environmental Protection Agency now estimates that more than one million gallons of oil may have spilled from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River this week, which is far more than the pipeline's owner, Enbridge Energy Partners, initially estimated.

No oil sheen on Morrow Lake, a key point on Kalamazoo River, top EPA official says

Dave Kerns, center, of Grand Rapids and Susan Belt, right, of Augusta react after seeing oil flow through the Kalamazoo River Wednesday afternoon.

OSHA: 2 Illinois grain bin deaths were preventable

A grain bin accident that left two teenagers dead and a third hospitalized could have been prevented and preliminary investigations found one worker was underage and employees lacked safety equipment, a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman said Thursday.

S.E.C. Charges Wyly Brothers With $550 Million Fraud

Samuel and Charles Wyly, the billionaire brothers from Dallas who are large donors to philanthropies and to conservative causes, were charged Thursday with conducting an extensive securities fraud that the Securities and Exchange Commission said reaped $550 million in undisclosed gains.

Citigroup to Pay $75 Million to Settle SEC Charges

The SEC also charged a Citigroup executive and a former chief financial officer of misrepresenting the bank's exposure, although not with intentional misconduct.

SEC Accuses Dallas Investors Of Insider Trading 16min

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit in New York against famed Dallas billionaire investors Sam and Charles Wyly, accusing them, their attorney and their stockbroker of insider trading.


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