Pfizer Begins Settling Painkiller Cases
Pfizer has begun negotiating settlements with individual plaintiff’s firms over its Celebrex and Bextra painkillers, a New York lawyer said....
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Deutsche Post Chief Under Tax Inquiry
German prosecutors accused one of the country’s most prominent business executives of tax evasion on Thursday after conducting raids on his home and office....
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4th-Quarter Data Confirms Frailty Of The Broad Economy
The economy nearly sputtered out in the final quarter of last year and is probably faring even worse now amid the housing, credit and financial crises....
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System To Track Cloned Animals Is Planned
Responding to concerns in the food industry, companies developing cloned livestock have come up with a system to track the animals as they move through farms and slaughterhouses....
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Pianist’s Widower Admits Fraud In Recordings Issued As His Wife’s
William Barrington-Coupe has admitted passing off recordings as those of his wife, Joyce Hatto, a much-praised but little-known British pianist....
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Science News

Space Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off
2008-02-08 05:30 - After two months of delay, shuttle Atlantis blasted off Thursday on a trip to the International Space Station with a $2 billion science lab named Columbus on board.

DNA Indicates Lice Reached Americas Before Columbus
2008-02-07 05:30 - A new DNA analysis indicates that the parasites accompanied their human hosts in the original peopling of the Americas, probably as early as 15,000 years ago.

Atlantis Set for Liftoff After Fixes
2008-02-07 05:30 - The twice-delayed flight of the space shuttle Atlantis, carrying a major addition to the International Space Station, is set for liftoff Thursday.

Satellite Spotters Glimpse Secrets, and Tell Them
2008-02-06 06:01 - Hobbyists uncover some of the deepest of the government’s secrets and share them on the Internet.

Physicists Hope U.S. Budget Will Mean an End to Research Cuts
2008-02-06 06:01 - From physicists, there is cautious applause for President Bush’s proposed 2009 budget, under which research in the physical sciences would receive a hefty boost.

Judge Reinstates Rules on Sonar, Criticizing Bush’s Waiver for Navy
2008-02-06 06:01 - The decision to restore a series of provisions meant to protect whales was a rebuke to an effort by the Bush administration to exempt the Navy from those rules and from federal law.

Ground Squirrels Chew Snakeskins to Mask Their Scent
2008-02-06 06:01 - This eau de snake acts as camouflage, covering up the squirrel’s own scent so a meal-seeking rattlesnake will leave it alone.

Joshua Lederberg, 82, a Nobel Winner, Dies
2008-02-06 06:01 - Dr. Lederberg was one of the 20th century’s leading scientists, whose work in bacterial genetics had vast medical implications and led to his receiving a Nobel Prize.

Mystery Solved: This Hummingbird Chirps With Its Tail
2008-02-06 06:01 - A male Anna’s hummingbird emits a loud and quick chirp during its mating display by using its tail.

Bird’s Eye View
2008-02-06 06:01 - Why do birds sit on telephone or power wires?


 
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