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FDA warns against counterfeit Adderall bought online
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned consumers and physicians about counterfeit forms of Adderall being sold online. Unscrupulous distributors are apparently taking advantage of the fact that the drug is currently in short supply because...
Tags: Culture, Chemicals, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Tramadol (drug), NDS Group Plc
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Hollywood philanthropist throws a lifeline to L.A. Unified
Cue the violins. The end of this school year is bound to bring a spate of desperate pleas from people who owe their salvation to programs that are on the chopping block in the cash-strapped Los Angeles Unified School District. Their stories crowd my...
Tags: Culture, Teaching and Learning, Los Angeles Unified School District, Arts, Students
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UC problem: When academics are advocates
Political advocacy corrupts academic institutions. Why? Because the mind-set of a genuine academic teacher is in every important respect the opposite of a political activist's. Academic teachers want to promote independent thought and analytical skills;...
Tags: Republican Party, Education, Culture, Politics, University of California, Berkeley
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Trayvon Martin case: Details on Zimmerman injuries, but no answers
This post has been corrected. Please see note at bottom for details.An autopsy of Trayvon Martin, the black unarmed teenager who was fatally shot by a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer, shows that his body had injuries to the knuckles, while a medical report on the shooter, George Zimmerman, shows that he suffered a...Tags: Culture, Lawyers, WebMD Corporation, Injuries and Wounds, Temazepam (drug)
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Angela Merkel's fiscal treaty in trouble at home in Germany
World NowGerman opposition leaders have told Chancellor Angela Merkel that they won't approve her cherished treaty on European fiscal restraint unless their conditions are met.... -
Left-wing Greek leader gives up on forming a government
World NowGreece's Alexis Tsipras of the leftist Syriza party gave up Wednesday on forming a government. Tsipras had pledged to tear up the country's bailout agreements with its international creditors.... -
Michele Bachmann downplays Swiss citizenship
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmannis downplaying reports that she and her family recently became Swiss citizens, saying she has technically enjoyed dual citizenship since she married her husband in 1978. Bachmann’s husband Marcus is eligible for Swiss...
Tags: Culture, Politics, Democratic Party, Swiss Confederation, Arts and Culture
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German state election deals blow to Angela Merkel's party
DUESSELDORF, Germany — Voters in Germany's most populous state dealt a decisive blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union on Sunday, preliminary results show, a potentially ominous preview of things to come for the chancellor...Tags: Kraft Foods, Inc., Culture, Politics, Mark Rutte, Nicolas Sarkozy
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Merkel's party suffers loss in key German state, early results show
World NowChancellor Angela Merkel's party fares poorly Sunday in a key election in Germany's most populous state. The election in North Rhine-Westphalia, which centered on austerity cuts, could bode ill for Merkel in next year's federal election.... -
Pain now or pain later? Europeans prefer putting it off
World NowWith more than half of the 17 Eurozone countries slipping back into recession in recent months and popular discontent reaching a crescendo, overseers of the European common currency may be more likely to heed the hurting countries' calls for stimulus... -
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu decides to form unity government
World NowIn a surprise turnabout, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to cancel the early election he had called just 24 hours before and instead form a unity government with opposition party Kadima, Israeli officials said Tuesday.... -
Prosecutor Bobby Grace makes his play for L.A. district attorney
Bobby Grace was beginning to sort through football scholarships from small colleges and was plotting his path from San Bernardino to the pros when his father sat him down for a difficult but honest talk. “Look,” Grace recently recalled his...
Tags: Lawyers, Teaching and Learning, Court Preliminary, World War II (1939-1945), YouTube
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