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Former Indonesian president Wahid dies at 69
- Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, who briefly ruled during the nation's first tumultuous years of democracy and sought peace in far-flung secessionist provinces, died Wednesday. He was 69.
- Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, who briefly ruled during the nation's first tumultuous years of democracy and sought peace in far-flung secessionist provinces, died Wednesday. He was 69.
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Studies spotlight problems in FDA device approvals
- Two new studies find shortfalls in the Food and Drug Administration's approval process for heart devices such as pacemakers and stents.
Kennewick machinist proceeds despite losing sight
- The sign says "Basic Machining," but what Bernie Vinther accomplishes inside his two-car garage converted into a shop is far more complicated than that.
Teen with diabetes tries to raise money across USA
- A Mt. Lebanon teen wants to raise $100 in each of the 42,085 ZIP codes in the United States to help find a cure for juvenile diabetes.
Senate bill could hurt insurers at least initially
- Health insurers get some big presents in the Senate's health overhaul bill - about 20 million new customers and no competition from a new government plan.
- Health insurers get some big presents in the Senate's health overhaul bill - about 20 million new customers and no competition from a new government plan.
Feds: Va. standoff suspect was angry at government
- Warren "Gator" Taylor was tired of driving, so he pulled off the interstate in this Blue Ridge Mountain town to buy gas and food. The Tennessee man had been angry at the government for months, even years, federal officials said Thursday, and this seemed like as good a place as any to use the handguns and mock explosives he had packed in his beloved red pickup.
- Warren "Gator" Taylor was tired of driving, so he pulled off the interstate in this Blue Ridge Mountain town to buy gas and food. The Tennessee man had been angry at the government for months, even years, federal officials said Thursday, and this seemed like as good a place as any to use the handguns and mock explosives he had packed in his beloved red pickup.
Va. standoff suspect was angry at the government
- A man accused of taking three people hostage in a Virginia post office told them he was angry at the federal government because his son had died in Afghanistan and his beloved truck was about to be repossessed, one of the hostages said Thursday.
- A man accused of taking three people hostage in a Virginia post office told them he was angry at the federal government because his son had died in Afghanistan and his beloved truck was about to be repossessed, one of the hostages said Thursday.
Official: Va. standoff suspect angry at government
- A federal postal official says a man accused of taking three hostages in a small-town Virginia post office was angry at the federal government.
- A federal postal official says a man accused of taking three hostages in a small-town Virginia post office was angry at the federal government.
Va. standoff suspect had no beef with post office
- An official said Thursday that a man accused of taking three hostages in a small-town Virginia post office had no apparent anger toward the postal service, and the suspect apologized in court for disrupting the holidays.
- An official said Thursday that a man accused of taking three hostages in a small-town Virginia post office had no apparent anger toward the postal service, and the suspect apologized in court for disrupting the holidays.
UW scientist who won Nobel Prize in medicine dies
- A University of Washington scientist who was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering a biological switch in cells has died. Dr. Edwin G. Krebs was 91.
Merck spent $1.5M in 3Q lobbying on health reform
- Drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. spent nearly $1.6 million in the third quarter lobbying on health care overhaul issues, vaccine funding and government price controls on drugs, according to a recent disclosure form.
'Invisible bracelet' for emergency health alerts?
- Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation's ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient's health history during a crisis - and which can immediately text-message loved ones that the person is headed for a hospital.
Lilly licenses PDL type 1 diabetes drug candidate
- PDL BioPharma Inc. said Monday that Eli Lilly & Co. is licensing its drug candidate teplizumab, an experimental treatment for newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes.
