FDA approves thalidomide for rare leprosy inflammation
FDA approves thalidomide with strict controls for rare ENL in leprosy patients. The move follows decades of safety rules after the drug caused birth defects. Celgene will train providers and maintain a government registry. Patients and doctors must follow pregnancy tests and birth control requirements.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Randy Warren
Ontario
Canada
Mr Warren
United States
FDA
Celgene Corp
New Jersey
Last czar and family return for honor burial in Russia
Thousands line St Petersburg streets as Czar Nicholas II and his family are carried in green hearses to a cathedral for burial. Yeltsin announces will attend the requiem, saying the truth was concealed for 80 years. The event rekindles debate on the Bolshevik Revolution and Romanov legacy. Nine of eleven bodies have been identified after long investigations.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Nicholas II
Alexandra Butina
Semyon
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Nicholas
Alexandra
Soviet Union
Ural Mountains
Yekaterinburg
Thrifty Payless told to pay family 30.6 million in
A California jury ordered Thrifty Payless Inc to compensate Bryn Cabanillas and her family for brain injury from a prescription error. The award totals 30.6 million including 5.3 million in damages and 25.3 million for medical and related costs over Bryn's projected 50 year life. Bryn, now ten, has cerebral palsy and suffered a seizure after a phenobarbital overdose from a 15 mg labeled bottle that actually contained 100 mg.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Jay Cordell Horton
Thrifty
Bryn
Jill Cabanillas
Masked Magician Sued Over Revealed Secrets on TV
Robert Croskery sues Valentino the Masked Magician and the Secrets of Magic show alleging his stage act declined in value after the Zig Zag illusion was exposed on prime time. Croskery claims he paid $2,000 plus 100 hours to perfect the trick and had to sell it for $750.
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Cincinnati
Robert Croskery
Massive LA quakes found near downtown hint at greater risk
Geologists report two megathrust like quakes occurred within 12 miles of present day Los Angeles in the past 15 000 years along the Sierra Madre Fault ending about 10 000 years ago with magnitudes 7.2 and 7.6. The discovery suggests the region is more vulnerable than previously believed and could face similar events again.
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Los Angeles
Charles Rubin
Central Washington University
Science
Sierra Madre
Missile threat to U.S. cities prompts Congress review
A congressional briefing warns rogue nations could strike U.S. cities with little or no warning. House committee chair Floyd Spence urges immediate assessment reviews and ties it to Reagan era Star Wars. Defense Sec. Cohen says Pentagon pursuing plans for a limited missile defense.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
House National Security Committee
Floyd Spence
R&d
Spence
Reagan
Defense
William Cohen
Pentagon
Lockheed Martin halts bid to buy Northrop Grumman
Lockheed Martin calls off its 8.3 billion bid to acquire Northrop Grumman after government opposition. The Pentagon and Justice Department argued the merger would reduce competition in electronics and missile warning systems. The case had been set for trial September 8.
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Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Bethesda
Northrop Grumman Corp
Defense Department
Pentagon
Vance Coffman
Justice Department
Eral
United States
Justice and
Defense
Kenneth Bacon
Clinton asks Supreme Court to halt Secret Service testimony
The Clinton administration pleaded with Chief Justice Rehnquist to stop prosecutors from questioning Secret Service protectors before a grand jury. The U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously refused to reverse a ruling ordering testimony, noting the likelihood of success before the Supreme Court was insufficient to delay the investigation. Judge Silberman mocked the administration's stance, saying it declared war on the independent counsel.
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Washington
Clinton
William Rehnquist
Justice Department
Monica Lewinsky
U.S. Court of Appeals
Secret Service
Supreme Court
Silberman
Independent Counsel
United States
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