tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308668679550227552011-05-10T14:26:43.424-07:00myrestlessfeetNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-56928266974970945362011-05-09T14:26:00.000-07:002011-05-10T14:26:43.635-07:00Alkermes, Elan unit in $960 million mergerU.S. drugmaker Alkermes Inc. will merge with the drug-delivery division of Elan Corp. and move its headquarters from Massachusetts to Ireland, the two companies announced Monday in a deal worth $960 million.
They both said the deal, which has been in the works for at least half a year, would not mean any job losses on either side of the Atlantic.
For Elan, the sell-off of its drug technologies News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-37730223533432633972011-05-07T06:58:00.000-07:002011-05-08T06:58:42.337-07:00Obama's pledged trip to Pakistan less certainWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's promised trip to Pakistan this year, once seen as a reward for a key ally in the fight against terrorism, is now a looming headache for the White House as it tries to determine whether the government in Islamabad was complicit in allowing Osama bin Laden to live for years within the country's borders.
Obama told Pakistani officials in the fall that he News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-51515351621675947112011-05-06T10:01:00.000-07:002011-05-07T10:01:32.856-07:00Maine woman sentenced in $4M health care scamPARIS, Maine (AP) -- A Maine woman who ran a company that served children with mental disabilities was sentenced to prison for overcharging a state health care program by more than $4 million.
Dawn Solomon, who pleaded guilty in December, was also ordered Thursday to pay restitution as part of her plea agreement with prosecutors, in addition to her 42 months in state prison.
"We are pleased to News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-36167858770635710152011-05-05T09:40:00.000-07:002011-05-06T09:40:18.063-07:00Settlers use tourism to draw Israelis to West BankPSAGOT, West Bank (AP) -- Perched atop a West Bank hill, the Binyamin region visitors center invites travelers to look past the military jeeps patrolling the surrounding area and enjoy nature, archaeological sites and bucolic vineyards.
Jewish settlers are promoting tourism to draw Israelis who might otherwise never set foot in the West Bank, an occupied area Palestinians want as part of a futureNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-91504573729313872242011-05-05T00:23:00.000-07:002011-05-06T00:23:24.592-07:00Hundreds march to Mexico City to protest violenceCUERNAVACA, Mexico (AP) -- More than 600 people led by a Mexican poet whose son was killed by suspected drug traffickers set off on a march Thursday from the resort city of Cuernavaca to Mexico City to protest the country's unrelenting gang violence.
The group carrying signs reading "Stop the War," Mexican flags and photos of poet Javier Sicilia's slain son began marching Thursday. They are News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-43252541966931551592011-05-04T10:26:00.000-07:002011-05-05T10:26:48.741-07:00Biden reports 'progress' in initial budget talksWASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden reports "progress" from an initial negotiating session on must-pass legislation cutting the budget and making sure the government can pay its bills.
Biden said "we're getting the process under way" as he exited a meeting with senior lawmakers. The more than two-hour session is the first session in what promises to be protracted talks aimed at producing News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-2629977909727453402011-05-04T06:10:00.000-07:002011-05-05T06:10:44.772-07:003 more teens in Mass. bullying case head to courtNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) -- Three more Massachusetts teenagers accused of driving a classmate to suicide with their bullying are expected to agree to deals in the case.
The deals for Ashley Longe, Flannery Mullins and Sharon Velazquez are expected to be finalized Thursday in Franklin-Hampshire Juvenile Court. Two other teens agreed to deals on Wednesday and sentenced to a year of probation.
Six News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-91270004042451979912011-05-03T23:40:00.000-07:002011-05-04T23:40:38.553-07:00Warner Bros. to buy Flixster in digital movie pushLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Warner Bros. is buying the Flixster movie-discovery service to help people flip through the movies they've bought and access them on the go.
Flixster is already installed on 35 million iPhones, BlackBerrys and other mobile devices. It offers an array of listings, photos, trailers and reviews from its subsidiary, Rotten Tomatoes.
With the deal announced Wednesday, Warner Bros. News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-60007895818405744232011-05-02T20:53:00.000-07:002011-05-04T20:53:38.045-07:00Judge awards $1.9M to family of boy killed by bearSALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Utah federal judge on Tuesday awarded nearly $2 million to the family of an 11-year-old boy killed by a bear at a campsite in 2007.
The family of Samuel Ives sued the U.S. Forest Service for failing to close the American Fork Canyon campsite in the mountains about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City after the bear attacked another camper.
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-23185230474292507552011-04-24T21:59:00.000-07:002011-04-25T21:00:06.204-07:00Building fire kills at least 17 people in BeijingBEIJING (AP) -- An illegal garment shop in southern Beijing caught fire early Monday, killing 17 migrant workers and their family members who may not have been able to escape the four-story building because of bars on the windows.
The official Xinhua News Agency said people had to kick out the window bars or leap from the roof to escape.
Another 24 people were injured in the fire, which broke outNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-9996820282789711072011-04-23T22:02:00.000-07:002011-04-24T21:03:19.289-07:00Officials: Popular cop in Alaska Illegal immigrantANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- For years, the man known as Rafael Espinoza was widely respected as an exemplary police officer who was popular among his peers in Alaska's largest city.
All that ended this week when authorities discovered he was really Mexican national Rafael Mora-Lopez, who was in the U.S. illegally and stole another man's identity, officials charged.
"His reputation here is one of a News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-47722299746178644222011-04-23T18:12:00.000-07:002011-04-24T17:13:48.876-07:00Activists abandon oil rig after drilling protestANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Greenpeace activists climbed aboard a huge oil rig off Istanbul on Friday in a bid to prevent it from reaching Greenland to begin deep-water drilling in the Arctic, but later abandoned their protest because of bad weather.
The environmental group said eleven activists, some in rock-climbing gear, used speedboats to intercept and then climb atop the Leiv Eiriksson at dawn News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-59482477154957137452011-04-22T18:31:00.000-07:002011-04-23T17:32:21.537-07:00Libya's civil war shrinks Christian communitiesTRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- With most of his flock having fled Libya's violence, Tripoli's Roman Catholic bishop now focuses on keeping the power struggle between Moammar Gadhafi and anti-government rebels out of his church.
But it's getting harder.
After a recent Mass, several Muslim women, all Gadhafi supporters, followed Bishop Giovanni Martinelli into the vestry, tearfully demanding that he call News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-28390529696842911302011-04-17T11:14:00.000-07:002011-04-18T10:14:49.510-07:00Health Insurance Plans AdvantagesHealth insurance plans could appear like an added fixed cost that you can not really want. However, health insurance can be helpful for a list of causes. You can seek through health insurance plans to get the better one for you, whether it is something that only covers the some and far-between doctor's visits you might want throughout the year, or disability coverage that takes into account any News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-68633780095237073022011-04-15T23:24:00.000-07:002011-04-16T22:25:22.875-07:00`Tea-Paw?' Ex-Minn. governor courts tea partyersDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Republican Tim Pawlenty, "T-Paw" to his supporters, has increasingly tied himself to the new crop of grass-roots activists in the 2012 presidential campaign.
So maybe it's time to call the former Minnesota governor "Tea-Paw."
He says his aggressive outreach to tea party audiences is one important part of a strategy to assemble the diverse network of backers he needs to goNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-10207799147435088042011-04-08T08:40:00.000-07:002011-04-09T07:41:34.376-07:00A Consumer's Guide to Health Care OvertakeThe six-month day of remembrance] of the act of the health care overtake, more of the law's provisions will be effectively. Most consumers, even so, won't attend any alterations until later January 1, while their recently health insurance plan class starts.
Meantime, employees will be starting prepare for drops "open registration" point, once they choice their health coverage for the coming classNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866867955022755.post-82743034753637573662011-03-16T00:34:00.000-07:002011-03-16T23:35:05.411-07:00Judge: Free speech no defense for urging suicideFARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) -- Freedom of speech is no defense for a former nurse who engaged in "lethal advocacy" when he encouraged an English man and Canadian woman to kill themselves after searching for depressed people over the Internet, a Minnesota judge said in delivering a guilty verdict against the man.
The judge found William Melchert-Dinkel, 48, guilty Tuesday of two counts of aiding the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.com