FDA clears Eli Lilly's blood thinner Effient
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a highly anticipated blood thinner from Eli Lilly, though the drug must carry the agency's sternest warning because of its bleeding risks.
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Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz has been picked for the American League All-Star roster, replacing injured Los Angeles Angels center fielder Torii Hunter.
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a highly anticipated blood thinner from Eli Lilly, though the drug must carry the agency's sternest warning because of its bleeding risks.
Iraq has won its first home soccer game since 2002, defeating the Palestinian national team 3-0 in an exhibition.
Lance Armstrong dropped one spot to third place in the Tour de France on Friday, with rival and teammate Alberto Contador breaking away in the final sprint up the mountain to claim second. Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini captured the yellow jersey from Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara after a punishing climb in the Pyrenees to complete the seventh stage. It was the first time the overall lead changed hands since Cancellara won the opening-day time trial in Monaco.
Grant Hill is staying with the Phoenix Suns.
A report from the Public Policy Institute of California shows the poor are more likely to leave California than the wealthy.
The Coast Guard says a cutter based in Alameda has seized two speedboats, recovered a bale of cocaine and detained four suspected smugglers off the coast of Guatemala.
Phil Mickelson will skip the British Open so he can be with his wife as she starts her recovery from breast cancer, ending the longest active streak of majors played at 61.
Ivo Karlovic has rallied from two sets down to beat James Blake and give Croatia a 1-0 lead over the United States in their best-of-five Davis Cup quarterfinal series.
Just getting thousands of protesters into the streets of Tehran despite fears of beating and arrest was a victory for the Iranian opposition, but the first protest in nearly two weeks also displayed the movement's limitations.
In a July 9 story about a plane that crashed with five people aboard off Florida's Gulf Coast, The Associated Press erroneously reported that family members of two Quality Powder Coating LP employees were among those on the plane. No relatives of the employees of the Carrolton, Texas, company were on the flight.
Jayson Werth's power push paid off.
A group of women ski jumpers lost its case to be part of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Swedish forward Rickard Wallin to a one-year contract.
The Bush administration authorized secret surveillance activities that still have not been made public, according to a new government report that questions the legal basis for the unprecedented anti-terrorism program.
Former GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole remained hospitalized Friday following leg surgery performed after he initially sought medical treatment for heart problems.
Juan Martin del Potro outclassed Ivo Minar 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 and Argentina draw even with the Czech Republic after the opening singles in their best-of-five Davis Cup quarterfinal on Friday.
The Cubs' Geovany Soto, the 2008 NL rookie of the year, is going on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle. Manager Lou Piniella said Soto could be out for a month.
Four former employees accused of digging up bodies and reselling plots at a historic black cemetery near Chicago made about $300,000 in a scheme believed to have stretched back at least four years, authorities said Friday.
The president of the University of California is proposing to furlough tens of thousands of employees to offset deep funding cuts to the 10-campus system.