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Democrats expand majorities; several races remain undecided
Los Angeles TimesDespite his conviction last month on corruption charges, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the nation's longest-serving Republican senator, clung tenuously to his seat yesterday as congressional Democrats exulted in their election gains elsewhere around the...Tags: Sarah Palin, Ted Stevens, Jim Martin, George W. Bush, Republican Party
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Clemens denies drug use
Sun reporterBefore a packed congressional hearing room, Roger Clemens, one of the best pitchers in baseball history, fought to save his reputation yesterday as he angrily denied using steroids. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform heard nearly five...Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, Virginia Foxx, Health, Brian McNamee, Drug Trafficking
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Palmeiro learned of failed test in May
Sun StaffWhile Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro chased historic hit No. 3,000 last month, he did so with the knowledge that he had failed a drug test. According to a source familiar with the chronology, Palmeiro tested positive for a steroid in May and...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, National Football League, Seattle Mariners, Baseball
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Grimsley affidavit links O's, scandal
sun reporterNearly a year after the Rafael Palmeiro steroid scandal and months removed from the federal government's inquiries into Miguel Tejada 's vitamin B-12 usage, the Orioles are again intertwined in an investigation involving drugs and baseball. Former...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Miguel Tejada, Baseball, Summer Olympics
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AP: Merck Tried to Alter Vioxx in 2000
AP Business WriterMerck & Co. researchers privately sought to reformulate Vioxx in 2000 to reduce its cardiovascular side effects, even as the drug maker was publicly playing down a study that highlighted the pain relief medication's potential heart attack risk, an...Tags: Health, Heart Attack, Companies and Corporations, Lawyers, Naproxen (drug)
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House members fault agency for inaction on flavoring peril
Sun reporterThree members of Congress have joined an outcry for federal regulators to protect workers from lung damage caused by a chemical contained in synthetic butter flavoring. Reps. George Miller and Hilda L. Solis, both California Democrats, and Rep. Major R....Tags: Health, Butter, Hilda L. Solis, Health and Safety at Work, Companies and Corporations
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Throwing off players association, Grimsley hurls hGH into spotlight
Welcome to the worst nightmare of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Former Orioles relief pitcher Jason Grimsley might have created a portal to a new era of enforcement in baseball's battle to eradicate illegal performance-enhancing drugs....Tags: International Law, Arizona Diamondbacks, Career and Workplace, Major League Baseball, Baseball
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GOP effort unlikely to hold up in court
Sun National StaffAn extraordinary eleventh-hour maneuver by Republicans in Congress to intervene in the Terri Schiavo saga had no legal precedent and was unlikely to withstand a court challenge, congressional analysts said yesterday. In harsher words, an attorney for...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, University of California, San Diego, Sports, Tom DeLay, Elections
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Baseball stars, officials testify
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - Some of baseball's brightest stars uneasily testified yesterday about steroid use, but a House committee saved its fire for baseball executives, going so far as to question whether their sport still deserved its treasured exemption from...Tags: Danny K. Davis, Sports, Boston Red Sox, Steroids, Baltimore Orioles
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Baseball stars are refused immunity
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - A House committee refused yesterday to grant immunity to any of a half-dozen current and former baseball stars expected as mostly reluctant witnesses today for a hearing aimed at uncovering the truth about steroid use in their sport. The...Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, Witnesses, Chicago White Sox, Bill Clinton, Baseball
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Baseball balks at authority of House
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - Major League Baseball challenged the authority yesterday of a House committee that issued subpoenas ordering seven current and former baseball stars, including two Orioles, to appear at a hearing next week on steroid use. Baseball's...Tags: Witnesses, Chicago White Sox, Spring Training, Sports, Boston Red Sox
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Firm may have overbilled in Iraq
From Times staff and wire reportsWASHINGTON -- Pentagon investigators have found evidence that Vice President Dick Cheney's former company may have overcharged the Army as much as $61 million for fuel that it trucked into Iraq, senior defense officials said Thursday. The overcharges...Tags: Heads of State, Contracts, Armed Forces, Halliburton Company, U.S. Department of Defense
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