tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39860746962621675132011-05-10T14:29:54.807-07:00japolgavaroronaNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-33533639893062957262011-05-09T14:29:00.000-07:002011-05-10T14:29:54.932-07:00Pfizer studies back pneumococcal shot for adultsTwo key late-stage studies of Pfizer's blockbuster pneumococcal vaccine for children show it works at least as well as a rival in adults, a big market the drugmaker wants to tap.
The studies of Pfizer Inc.'s Prevnar 13 vaccine against pneumonia, meningitis and other infections were presented Monday at two medical conferences in Milan, Italy. The results have been submitted to regulators in the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-33401152044063278702011-05-07T07:01:00.000-07:002011-05-08T07:01:36.547-07:00Videos show bin Laden watching himself on TVWASHINGTON (AP) -- Home movies taken from Osama bin Laden's hideout show the terrorist leader watching news coverage of himself on television.
The videos were seized by Navy SEALs after bin Laden was killed Monday. They were shown to reporters Saturday by intelligence officials.
The five movies offer the first public glimpse at bin Laden's life behind the walls of his compound in suburban News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-33115632953144960522011-05-06T10:04:00.000-07:002011-05-07T10:04:20.693-07:00FBI: DC suspicious letters part of broader probeWASHINGTON (AP) -- More than three dozen suspicious but apparently harmless letters addressed to District of Columbia schools appear to have been mailed from the Dallas area and closely resemble letters under investigation by authorities there, the FBI said Friday.
Envelopes containing a white, powdery substance were delivered to 28 D.C. schools on Thursday. One school received two letters. On News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-42048839885521307062011-05-05T09:43:00.000-07:002011-05-06T09:43:32.248-07:00Judge: No blame for UK agencies in London bombingsLONDON (AP) -- Neither intelligence lapses nor a flawed emergency response contributed to the deaths of 52 people killed when suicide bombers struck London's transit system in 2005, a judge ruled Friday.
Judge Heather Hallett's inquest verdict disappointed some victims' families, who hoped she would criticize emergency agencies and Britain's spy service, which had two of the bombers on its radar News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-26700384793139130332011-05-05T01:28:00.000-07:002011-05-06T01:29:04.732-07:00Religious groups question Goldman on payNEW YORK (AP) -- When Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executives and shareholders gather Friday morning for the company's annual meeting, the room might look a little like a house of worship.
A coalition of religious groups headed by a nun, a priest and the CEO of a Jewish organization will be there to press Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to evaluate whether it's paying executives too much. Goldman CEO Lloyd News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-83780129507991675482011-05-04T10:29:00.000-07:002011-05-05T10:29:36.325-07:00CVS Caremark 1Q profit falls on margins, costsNEW YORK (AP) -- CVS Caremark Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter net income fell nearly 8 percent as its pharmacy benefits management business continued to report lower profits.
The Woonsocket, R.I., company said its profit fell to $713 million, or 52 cents per share, from $771 million, or 55 cents per share. Its revenue grew 9 percent to $25.88 billion from $23.76 billion.
Excluding News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-41188040723582331892011-05-04T06:14:00.000-07:002011-05-05T06:14:11.555-07:00Stamp honors 1st American in space 50 years laterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The first American in space, Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, was honored with his own stamp Wednesday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of his flight.
The Postal Service dedicated the Forever stamp Wednesday to commemorate Shepard's suborbital flight on May 5, 1961. He is the first astronaut to be honored, all by himself, on a stamp.
Twenty Shepard family members, News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-22755753437909517542011-05-03T23:44:00.000-07:002011-05-04T23:44:16.672-07:00For computer chip builders, only one way to go: UpSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In the race to build a faster computer chip, there is literally nowhere to go but up. Today's chip surfaces are packed with the tiniest electronic switches the laws of physics allow, but Intel Corp. says it is blowing past those limits with a breakthrough, three-dimensional transistor design it revealed Wednesday.
Analysts call it one of the most significant developments in News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-51084744310351347732011-05-02T20:57:00.000-07:002011-05-04T20:57:20.853-07:00NYC sees spike in suspicious packages reportsNEW YORK (AP) -- Within minutes of a news conference at ground zero where authorities preached calm and vigilance after the killing of Osama bin Laden, the alarming 911 call came in.
The caller in Times Square on Monday afternoon reported that a suspicious package was sitting on the sidewalk at West 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue - a mere two blocks from where admitted terrorist Faisal Shahzad hadNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-64215661490322397422011-04-24T22:02:00.000-07:002011-04-25T21:03:17.566-07:00Thousands line up for last glimpse of Indian guruPUTTAPARTI, India (AP) -- Thousands of mourners paid last respects Monday to Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian religious leader revered by millions for spiritual and healing powers but dismissed by some as a charlatan who passed off magic tricks as miracles.
Sai Baba's death Sunday triggered an outpouring of grief from followers who included Indian politicians, movie stars, athletes and industrialists. News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-31057436922634243712011-04-23T22:06:00.000-07:002011-04-24T21:07:05.466-07:00States hope tougher bail laws prevent violenceHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Shortly after his second arrest for domestic violence in four months, Selami Ozdemir was able to post a no-money-down, $25,000 bail through a bondsman and returned hours later to his Connecticut home, where authorities say he shot his wife to death and then killed himself in January 2010.
Just two months earlier in Lakewood, Wash., Maurice Clemmons fatally shot four local News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-38564267427673566112011-04-23T18:15:00.000-07:002011-04-24T17:16:32.505-07:00GM likely to retake No. 1 sales spot from ToyotaDETROIT (AP) -- General Motors is almost certain to claim the title of world's biggest automaker this year, retaking the top spot from Toyota, which has been hurt by production problems since the Japanese earthquake and still can't escape the shadow of major safety recalls.
The No. 1 title, a morale booster for the winner's employees and managers, would cap GM's remarkable comeback from News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-3076945144176201902011-04-22T18:34:00.000-07:002011-04-23T17:35:28.825-07:00Finnish nationalists could derail Europe bailoutsHELSINKI (AP) -- A huge surge in support for a Finnish nationalist party that opposes eurozone bailouts is complicating Europe's plans to rescue Portugal and other debt-ridden economies.
The sharp rise of the True Finns in Sunday's nation election represents a watershed moment in Finnish politics, which have traditionally been dominated by the Social Democrats, the Center Party and the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-84154397322503145622011-04-17T11:19:00.000-07:002011-04-18T10:19:55.464-07:00How Health Insurance Can Help YouHealth insurance plans may seem like an added expenses that you might not actually need. Nevertheless, health insurance might be helpful for a number of reasons. You can research through health insurance plans to find the best one for you, whether it is something that only covers the a few and far-between doctor's visits you may need throughout the year, or disability coverage that takes into News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-32880509497445172262011-04-15T23:28:00.000-07:002011-04-16T22:28:46.842-07:00Massive security presence at Dodger StadiumLOS ANGELES (AP) -- With helicopters whirling overhead and police officers spread out on the grounds, the event that unfolded at Dodger Stadium could easily have been mistaken for a rave gone bad or a riot - if the people the police were watching hadn't been wearing baseball caps and toting giant foam fingers.
Instead, Thursday's night's massive show of police force was a demonstration of what News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-74648852322976206142011-04-08T08:46:00.000-07:002011-04-09T07:47:24.648-07:00A Consumer's Guidebook to Health Care ModerniseThe six-month capable age 26 on your health plan if he or she can not get coverage done a job. Recently policies can not refuse coverage for children capable age 19 based on pre-existing medical specifies. "Grandfathered" plans can, nevertheless, they in additional to can prepare yearly dollar restricts on coverage and require patients to assist pay for some preventive services.
Most people in News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986074696262167513.post-69030415288264949942011-03-16T00:37:00.000-07:002011-03-16T23:38:07.119-07:004 New York Times journalists missing in LibyaNEW YORK (AP) -- Four New York Times journalists covering the fighting in Libya were reported missing Wednesday, and the newspaper held out hope that they were alive and in the custody of the Libyan government.
Editors last heard from the journalists on Tuesday as they were covering the retreat of rebels from the town of Ajdabiya, and Libyan officials told the newspaper they were trying to locateNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.com