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Medtronic division faces scrutiny over bone growth products
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration turned down the company's application to sell a new spinal fusion device that is essentially a high-strength version of an approved one called Infuse. An agency review of clinical studies raised questions
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:49P
Local economic indicators for:
Bankruptcy claims climb. After dropping for three months, bankruptcy claims filed in February were up more than 4 percent, to 1002. Claims filed last year have been up and down and there is no reason to believe the trend will differ this year.
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:49P
Ameriprise to pay most of $150M settlement to brokerage's clients
Ameriprise will pay most of the $150 million a subsidiary has agreed to pay to settle a lawsuit. Ameriprise Financial Inc. will pay most of the $150 million that one of its subsidiaries has agreed to pay to hundreds of investors who say they lost $400
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:49P
Nuclear weapons leave us only two choices
By Jim Creskey One day in the future, a nuclear weapon will be detonated on purpose or by accident—and the world will wryly remember retired Canadian senator Doug Roche, who has made the abolition of such weapons his life's work.
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:48P
Harvey turns down Vero Beach attorneys' efforts to reduce jail sentence
"This is like a movie," said Ron Barnett, owner of Barnett Bail Bonds, the company that posted the $150000 bail that allowed Harvey to stay out of jail the last few years while she appealed her conviction for having sex with a 16-year-old boy.
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:47P
Harvey turns down Vero Beach attorneys' efforts to reduce jail sentence
"This is like a movie," said Ron Barnett, owner of Barnett Bail Bonds, the company that posted the $150000 bail that allowed Harvey to stay out of jail the last few years while she appealed her conviction for having sex with a 16-year-old boy.
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:47P
Two women in critical condition after Spring Hill crash
Two young women were in critical condition after a two-car crash Tuesday afternoon on County Line Road. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 20-year-old Kasey L. Castleberry was headed north on Drayton Street in her 1990 Honda Sedan about 12:24 pm
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:47P
Officials defend delay in revealing severity of radiation
The government announced Tuesday morning that it had raised its rating of the severity of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station to 7, the worst on an international scale, from 5. Officials said the reactor had released one-tenth
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:47P
Jackson Police Facing Image Problem
Texas police discovered the drugs during a traffic stop. Coleman was subsequently fired from JPD. According to Councilman Kenneth Stokes, residents have complained to him before about officers dealing drugs. "Every community meeting you go to you hear
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:47P
Snyder Teen Killed in Rollover Accident
We're told Tyler Sawyer was driving on Highway 350 when he suddenly veered off the road and rolled his car. Investigators aren't sure why he left the road suddenly but the accident happened during the early morning hours. You must be logged in to rate
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:47P