Former House Speaker Jim Wright dies at age 92
DALLAS (AP) — Former House Speaker Jim Wright, the longtime Texas Democrat who became the first speaker in history to be driven out of office in midterm, has died. He was 92.
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GSK sees little prospect of U.S. generic Advair in 2016
After relying for years on its top-selling lung drug Advair, GlaxoSmithKline is now braced for the worst in the form of cheap generics – but not just yet. Chief Executive Andrew Witty said on Wednesday that the chances of cheap copies of its highly profitable inhaled medicine reaching the world’s biggest market in 2016 were “vanishingly small”.
National Nurses' Day: Nurses Who Made the News
Celebrate National Nurses’ Day by learning about 2015’s hero nurses.
Teacher Goes Extra Mile With Piggyback Ride for Boy With Rare Syndrome
A teacher went the extra mile to make one third grade student happy on field day.
Over 120 die in Yemen as Houthis take key Aden district
By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Mohammed Ghobari ADEN/CAIRO (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi militia battled its way into Aden’s Tawahi district on Wednesday despite Saudi-led air strikes, strengthening its hold on the city whose fate is seen as crucial to determining the country’s civil war. The fighting across Yemen killed 120 people on Wednesday, mostly civilians, including at least 40 who were trying to flee the southern port city of Aden by
Charlie Hebdo receives PEN award at literary gala in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s PEN American Center gala was a defense of free expression, of Charlie Hebdo and of PEN itself.
The Trucks Are Alive! Freightliner Gets License to Run Autonomous Semi Truck
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Chrysler SUVs, Recalled for Catching Fire, Under Investigation for Still Catching Fire
Last summer, Chrysler recalled 895,000 SUVs to rectify a wiring problem that could cause the driver and front passenger sun visors to catch fire. Now, NHTSA is reopening its investigation, after eight vehicles repaired under the recall reportedly caught fire in the same manner the repair was supposed to prevent. – The original recall, from July of 2014, affected 2011-2014 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Durangos, whose sun visor mounting
Errol Brown Dies: "You Sexy Thing" Singer and Hot Chocolate Frontman Was 71
Errol Brown, frontman of British soul band Hot Chocolate, known for the 1975 hit “You Sexy Thing,” has died at age 71. The singer passed away at his home in the Bahamas after…
Floyd Mayweather Throws Major Shade at Manny Pacquiao: Is It in Response to This Instagram Controversy? See for Yourself!
And the aftermath from the “Fight of the Century” continues… Three days after Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao faced off in the ring at the MGM Grand Resort in Las…