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  • Panel debates bioterrorism protection for children

    The Obama administration is asking a presidential commission to help decide an ethical quandary: Should the anthrax vaccine and other treatments being stockpiled in case of a bioterror attack be tested in children?


  • Leaf pleads guilty to stealing painkillers

    Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he broke into a Montana home and illegally possessed painkillers, part of a deal with prosecutors that recommends he spend nine months in a secure drug treatment facility.


  • Ryan Leaf formally charged with 4 felonies

    Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been formally charged with four felonies on accusations that he broke into an acquaintance's home to steal prescription painkillers, then robbed a second home two days after being released from jail.


  • AP IMPACT: Hospitals face drug price-gouging

    A severe shortage of drugs for chemotherapy, infections and other serious ailments is endangering patients and forcing hospitals to buy life-saving medications from secondary suppliers at huge markups because they can't get them any other way.


  • **FILE** Anthony Sowell sits in the courtroom before the jury recommended the death penalty for Sowell on Aug. 10, 2011 in Cleveland. (Associated Press/The Plain Dealer)

    Judge sentences Ohio killer of 11 to death

    A serial killer will be put to death for murdering 11 women and dumping their bodies around his property, a judge ruled Friday.


  • **FILE** Anthony Sowell appears for the sentencing phase of his trial in Cleveland on Aug. 9, 2011.  Sowell, 51, was convicted of killing 11 women and dumping their remains around his house and yard. (Associated Press)

    Jury recommends execution for Ohio serial killer

    A serial killer who hid the remains of 11 women in his home and yard should be put to death, a jury recommended Wednesday.


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