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Pfizer resuming ads for Lipitor after controversy
02.09.2008 20:21
usatoday.com
Television ads for the world's top-selling drug, cholesterol fighter Lipitor, are back, six months after Pfizer Inc. pulled them ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Muslims celebrate holy month with charity, service projects
02.09.2008 20:21
usatoday.com
Hundreds of Muslims will serve the hungry and homeless at Day of Dignity events in 18 U.S. cities.
USA
Religion
MITCH ALBOM: Rudi Johnson better be fast — on and off field
02.09.2008 20:19
freep.com
The summer's over, the kids are back to school and the NFL's first snap is just a day away. Obviously, it's time for the Lions to hire their running backs.
USA
Sports
BB& T Deal Eases Comstock's Debt
02.09.2008 20:15
washingtonpost.com
Comstock Homebuilding of Reston said yesterday it has reached a deal with lender BB&T to wipe $32.7 million worth of troubled development loans from its books as it struggles to rebound in an ailing housing market.
USA
Finance & Investments
Controversy Delays Upgrade Of Terrorist Data Repository
02.09.2008 20:14
washingtonpost.com
A major effort to upgrade intelligence computers that hold the government's master list of terrorist identities is embroiled in controversy about the project's management and the work of contractors hired for the job, documents and interviews show.
USA
Defense Industry
Gustav left hotels in New Orleans in good shape
02.09.2008 18:23
usatoday.com
New Orleans hotels escaped the pounding they took from Katrina, due to Gustav's lesser force and to better preparation, those ...
USA
Tourism
Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at age 71
02.09.2008 18:21
freep.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71.
USA
Entertainment Industry
Don LaFontaine, voice of movie trailers, dies
02.09.2008 18:21
freep.com
LOS ANGELES -- Don LaFontaine, the man who popularized the catch phrase "In a world where ..." and lent his voice to thousands of movie trailers, has died. He was 68.
USA
Entertainment Industry
En Route to a Bailout They Don't Deserve
02.09.2008 18:16
washingtonpost.com
It's desperation time for the Big Three automakers. They are awash in gas-guzzling vehicles nobody wants to buy, bleeding red ink and running out of cash.
USA
Finance & Investments
Judge allows exceptions to grazing ban
02.09.2008 18:13
iowafarmertoday.com
Some farmers who were planning to use the critical feed use of the CRP might be able to go ahead after a judge’s ruling in Washington state this past week.
Iowa
Agriculture
Crop prices boost lease payments
02.09.2008 18:13
iowafarmertoday.com
Iowa Farmer Today MORNING SUN --- It’s a warm August day as Paul Gieselman steps out of the sun and into the air conditioning.
Iowa
Agriculture
Seeding rates seen giving yield boost
02.09.2008 18:13
iowafarmertoday.com
ODEBOLT --- After watching neighbors switch to 20-inch corn rows to increase their plant populations thus boosting yields, John Currie made the jump this spring.
Iowa
Agriculture
Stover as biofuel raises new questions
02.09.2008 18:13
iowafarmertoday.com
As industry and public policy move toward embracing cellulosic eth-anol as an energy source of the future, one seemingly simple question keeps popping up: How much stover can you safely take off a cornfield?
Iowa
Agriculture
Stunted beans a challenge at harvest
02.09.2008 18:13
iowafarmertoday.com
The cooler-than-normal temperatures have caused soybean pods to be closer to the ground. That could mean cutting beans this fall could be tricky for many farmers.
Iowa
Agriculture
Program targets improving , seed lines for low-input farms
02.09.2008 18:13
iowafarmertoday.com
AMES --- Linda Pollak steps into the corn test plot, pausing to let her eyes adjust to the shade of the stalks.
Iowa
Agriculture
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