NATIONAL: Drugs supplier PowderJect Pharmaceuticals saw GBP90million wiped from its market value yesterday after warning thatrecalling its tuberculosis vaccine would knock GBP5 million fromprofits.
The group said late on Friday it was recalling the BCG vaccinefollowing the temporary …
Vermeer Manufacturing of Pella, Iowa was recently presented the Presidential E-Star Award by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad for the company's excellence in exporting. Vermeer -- which is celebrating its 50th anniversary - was recognized for its successful expansion into new …
Ailing Fidel Castro said Wednesday that Cuba's president was right to adopt a "dignified silence" over a Moscow newspaper report that Russia may send nuclear bombers to the island, and said Cuba doesn't owe any explanation to Washington about the story.
In a brief, cryptic essay posted on a government Web site Wednesday night, the 81-year-old former president neither confirmed nor denied the Monday report in Izvestia newspaper.
Moscow is angry about U.S. plans for missile-defense sites in eastern Europe and Izvestia cited a "highly placed" military aviation source as saying, "While they are deploying the anti-missile systems in …
Officials seek help in catching arsonist
Fire officials in a Kanawha County town want to catch an arsonistbefore someone gets hurt. A house fire Tuesday morning in Rand wasthe 16th arson in the town in the last year. All of the fires wereset in empty buildings, fire officials said.
The Rand Fire Department is asking the community for help incatching the arsonist.
"One day it's going to injure someone. It's going to injure oneof our firefighters. I don't want to see someone die - no one gethurt. That's where it's heading," said firefighter Bernard Hendrick.
Fire Chief Bill White said anyone with information on the firesshould call the Kanawha County …
Is offensive coordinator Matt Cavanaugh losing patience with RickMirer?
It sure looked that way when Mirer badly underthrew a receiveron one play, then was intercepted by cornerback Tom Carter on thenext during a morning drill Tuesday. Cavanaugh snapped his playlistagainst his leg in …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rian Lindell had a second chance he did not want and missed. Ryan Succop had the second chance he was yearning for and made it count.
As a result, the Kansas City Chiefs escaped with a 13-10 victory over the winless Buffalo Bills as time expired in overtime.
Succop, after missing from 39 yards in overtime, made good on a 35-yarder Sunday as the final seconds ticked away, giving the Chiefs (5-2) a victory that kept them comfortably atop the AFC West and made sure the Bills (0-7) would remain the league's only winless team.
Buffalo's Lindell hit what would have been a 53-yard game-winner earlier in the overtime, but the kick was nullified because …
Saints coach Sean Payton says he expects Jeremy Shockey to practice during the club's three-day minicamp that starts Friday.
Shockey was hospitalized last week following a seizure that occurred while he was lifting weights at the Saints' training headquarters. Hours after the seizure, the star tight end …
