Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal

NEW YORK (AP) -- Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock transaction valued at about $8.5 billion which would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. ( AP 05/20/2013 8:01 AM )

US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according to a report published Sunday. ( AP 05/19/2013 10:57 PM )

Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime. ( AP 05/19/2013 4:20 PM )

Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness." ( AP 05/19/2013 1:41 PM )

NH health insurance agents keeping options open

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- In a recent survey, more than half of New Hampshire's insurance agents said they will sign up to sell plans through the new marketplaces required under the federal health overhaul law -- but how many actually follow through will depend on whether it's worth their while financially. ( AP 05/18/2013 3:31 PM )

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law. ( AP 05/18/2013 12:35 PM )