Mar 12 FDA Adds Black-Box Warning to Plavix The Food and Drug Administration has issued its strictest safety warning for the anti-clotting medication Plavix after determining the popular blood thinner may leave some patients at risk for heart attack or stroke. The FDA ruled Plavix labels… Continue reading
Mar 12 Conversation: Perspective on Google Books from Authors Guild Member James Gleick By Arts Desk In 2005, the Authors Guild brought a lawsuit against Google for digitally scanning books without permission of the books' authors. In November 2009, a court approved an amended settlement between the Guild and Google that gives authors the option of… Continue reading
Mar 12 Reports: Yellen Chosen for No. 2 Post at Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke may soon have a new No. 2 at the Federal Reserve. President Obama is expected to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to serve as the central bank's vice… Continue reading
Mar 12 Prof. Offers Left a Guide to 'Answer Back' Professor David Coates thinks today's liberals need a guidebook on how to fight conservative arguments. So he wrote one for them. Coates, a professor of political science at Wake Forest University, released "Answering Back: Liberal Responses to Conservative Arguments," which… Continue reading
Mar 12 Gwen's Take: Washington Press Corps Being Distracted by 'Squirrels!' By Gwen Ifill I loved the movie "Up." I would have given it my Oscar party vote for Best Picture if I hadn't seen (and loved) "The Hurt Locker." But the part of "Up" that makes me laugh out loud every… Continue reading
Mar 12 Obama to Delay International Trip for Final Health Reform Push President Obama will delay his trip to Indonesia, Australia and Guam by three days in order to focus on health care reform, according to a tweet Thursday morning from White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. "The… Continue reading
Mar 12 Friday: Ground Zero Workers Reach Settlement; Obama to Delay Asia Trip More than 10,000 Ground Zero rescue workers made ill by dust and other contaminants left by the collapse of the World Trade Center could receive as much as $657.5 million in damages under a settlement reached with the city… Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch Middle East Tensions Rise over Planned Settlements Israel sealed off the West Bank over fears that its plans to authorize more housing settlements would ignite violence, just as Vice President Joe Biden returned home from a visit meant to kick-start peace talks. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Shields, Brooks: Presidency 'At Risk' in Outcome of Health Reform Effort Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the past week, including the rift between the White House and the Supreme Court over President Obama's State of the Union and the ongoing negotiations to pass… Continue watching
Mar 11 Ray Suarez: Immigration Reform Takes a Number and Gets in Line Advocates of immigration reform that would create a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants in the U.S. were asked to be patient. After the Obama campaign promised comprehensive reform and won by a convincing margin, they… Continue reading