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Television networks planning Jackson memorial coverage

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:48:11 -0400

NEW YORK - NBC executives changed their minds Sunday and decided to join other networks that will televise Michael Jackson's memorial service live this week. NBC joins...

Initial bids due this week to buy The Boston Globe

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:47:17 -0400

A deadline is approaching for the possible sale of The Boston Globe. The New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, has set a Wednesday deadline for initial, nonbinding...

Post publisher apologizes for paid dinner plan

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:04:03 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Washington Post's publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobbyists for intimate dinner discussions with government...

Web companies, states tussle on taxes

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:33:17 -0400

In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. Increasingly,...

Doctor offers free hair transplant

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:32:35 -0400

A Rhode Island doctor is waging a one-man, surgical strike against unemployment, by providing a free hair transplant, and other cosmetic procedures, to people looking for...

The old is new again at Saturday Evening Post

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:15:05 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and showcased some of America's greatest...

Murphy loses his case against Herald insurer

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:52:22 -0400

A federal judge has ruled against former Superior Court Judge Ernest B. Murphy in his $6.8 million case against the Boston Herald's insurer. In a summary judgment...

Federal probe finds problems with chelation study

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:52:46 -0400

A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers...

Lewd Farrah Fawcett query fuels outrage

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:22:58 -0400

A Brockton radio host plans to apologize on the air again tomorrow following a firestorm of complaints after a caller asked him a lewd question about Farrah Fawcett the day...

TV stations struggling with viewer loss on DTV

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:56:38 -0400

NEW YORK - TV regulators say they are trying to help stations that lost viewers because of a switch to new frequencies on June 12, when they turned off their analog signals. Hundreds...

Poll: 64 percent say too much Michael Jackson coverage

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:59:11 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Nearly two in three Americans say news organizations have given too much coverage to the death of Michael Jackson, but half say the media have struck the right...

CombinatoRx to merge with Canada's Neuromed

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:40:31 -0400

CombinatoRx, Inc. and Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are merging, both companies annouced this morning. Under the terms of the just-released agreement, the publicly-traded...

CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:29:07 -0400

ATLANTA - The percentage of Americans who don't have private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. About 65...

Obama hugs cancer patient, pitches care overhaul

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:40:57 -0400

ANNANDALE, Va. - President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia woman did just that today. Fighting back tears,...

Rangel: Drug firms have been stealing

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:37:43 -0400

WASHINGTON - One of the principal authors of health care legislation taking shape in the House accused drug companies and other medical providers today of stealing, and said...

FDA requires Chantix, Zyban to have warning

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:57:27 -0400

NEW YORK - The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency's strongest safety warning over side effects...

Obama pitches health care overhaul

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:07:25 -0400

ANNANDALE, Va. - President Barack Obama said today that the best way to drive down health care costs is to persuade doctors and hospitals to emphasize quality of care over...

Gene variants linked to higher schizophrenia risk

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:50:25 -0400

WASHINGTON - A handful of typographical errors in a mysterious region of the human genetic code are connected to a slightly higher risk of schizophrenia, new studies show. In...

Report: Gannett to lay off more than 1,000 workers

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:59:34 -0400

MCLEAN, Va. - Gannett Co. is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 employees as the largest newspaper publisher's work force continues to shrink along with its advertising...

Biogen inks $510M deal to sell Acorda's MS drug outside U.S.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:20:40 -0400

Biogen Idec Inc., the world's largest maker of drugs to treat multiple sclerosis, will pay as much as $510 million to market a new experimental MS drug outside of the...

Is Twitter the news outlet for the 21st century?

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:22:36 -0400

NEW YORK - Cassy Hayes and Jasmine Coleman were among the first fans to arrive outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles where Michael Jackson was brought...

Gillette pushing beyond shavers

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:06:28 -0400

CINCINNATI - Gillette has launched a new global advertising campaign that underscores parent company Procter & Gamble Co.'s efforts to expand the shaving brand to...

FDA panel recommends smaller doses of painkillers

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:28:11 -0400

ADELPHI, Md. - Government experts say the maximum dose listed for Tylenol and dozens of other painkillers should be reduced to help curb deadly overdoses. In a series...

China postpones controversial Web filter

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:26:34 -0400

BEIJING - China postponed a plan to require personal computer makers to supply Internet-filtering software today, retreating in the face of protests by Washington and Web...

Amazon.com ends commission program in RI

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:57:00 -0400

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Amazon.com has cut ties with Rhode Island Web sites that make referrals to the online retailer because a law designed to collect sales taxes on these transactions...