Tylenol Ads Stress Safety Over Health Risks
Johnson & Johnson defends Tylenol with reassuring TV spots stressing continued use by doctors and hospitals while avoiding mention of reported kidney and liver risks. Analysts warn ads may backfire if consumers feel the company hides dangers amid a $3 billion nonprescription market and a shakeup from Procter & Gamble’s Alive.
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Johnson & Johnson
J&j
Mona Doyle
Consumer Network
Procter & Gamble
Alive
Virginia
University of Pittsburgh
Congress set to push Contract With America aims
Congress Republicans speed reforms in first 100 days including term limits a balanced budget amendment and a line item veto. They seek bipartisanship scaling down government and ending funding mandates while reworking the crime bill and protecting victims rights. The Odessa and Midland police grants could suffer as programs risk shifting costs to local communities.
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Bonilla
Combest
Bear
Clinton
Congress
Odessa
Midland
Grand jury indicts Salvi on federal weapons charges
A federal grand jury indicted John C. Salvi III on charges he crossed state lines with a .22 caliber rifle used in shootings at abortion clinics in Brookline and Norfolk. He faces up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine per count, with federal and state prosecutions possible. Authorities say he transported the weapon from Hampton New Hampshire to Brookline and then to Norfolk to intimidate abortion providers. Investigators also found rifle cartridges and anti abortion literature in his truck.
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John C. Salvi III
Insachusetts
Virginia
Norfolk
Salvi
Massachusetts
Hampton
N.H
Brookline
U.S
Donald Stern
Stern
Justice Department
Carl Stern
Beagle death under Internal Affairs inquiry in New York
New York AP reports Fred the Beagle, a Staten Island precinct mascot, died after beatings by two officers alleged in to police. IA launches probe amid claims the dogs were beaten and dumped at a shelter after an ear infection and a missing December 10. Police officials call the case disturbing.
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Fred the Beagle
Fred
Staten Island
1St Precinct
Helen Adragna
Internal Affairs
Beagle
Rios
Joan Paylo
William Bratton
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