MERCK TO PAY $3.85B FOR HEPATITIS C DRUG DEVELOPER
By LINDA A. JOHNSON FILE – This Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 file photo shows a patch with the Merck logo on a scientist’s lab coat in West Point, Pa. Merck…
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AUDIT: MORE THAN 57,000 AWAIT FIRST VA APPOINTMENT
By MATTHEW DALY FILE This April 28, 2014 file photos shows the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. The Veterans Affairs Department says more than 57,000 patients are still waiting…
MICROSOFT TEASES NEW ‘CRACKDOWN,’ ‘HALO’ AT E3
By DERRIK J. LANG In this June 10, 2013 file photo, Phil Spencer of Microsoft Game Studios speaks at the Microsoft Xbox E3 media briefing in Los AngelesWith the launch of…
Seas rise, Fla. GOP leaders balk at climate change
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK This May 17, 2014, file photo shows Blanca Mesa of Miami protesting against Sen. Marco Rubio’s statements on climate change as activists and beach-goers join hands…
Tracy Morgan remains critically hurt after pileup
By WAYNE PARRY Actor Tracy Morgan attends the FX Networks Upfront premiere screening of “Fargo” at the SVA Theater in this April 9, 2014 file photo taken in New York.…
Obama: Chief threat from decentralized al-Qaida
President Barack Obama arrives to deliver the commencement address to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point’s Class of 2014, Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in West Point, N.Y., Wednesday, May…
Putin promises to respect Ukraine’s election
By LAURA MILLS and PETER LEONARD Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Investment Forum Friday, May 23, 2014. Putin said Friday at…
White House condemns terror attack in China
China’s Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun, center, and Xinjiang Party Secretary Zhang Chunxian, second right, hold umbrellas as they visit the site of an explosion in Urumqi, northwestern China’s Xinjiang…