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...million Number of bottles of generic acetaminophen recalled after traces of metal were found in 500-mg caplets of the pain reliever...
...acetaminophen is affected. Only certain bottles of 500 mg caplets made by Perrigo Company were recalled. Perrigo sells its products to over 120 generic retailers, including Wal-Mart, CVS, Safeway and SuperValu. Products sold under the Tylenol label, the most popular brand of acetaminophen, are not affected. See www.fda.gov for a complete list of affected labels...
...clichés go in mysteries and thrillers, you can’t get much more generic than a red handprint on a black background as your cover. Unfortunately for John Grisham, the premise of his debut non-fiction work, which is “an exploration of small-town justice gone terribly awry,” looks about as interesting as his cover. Go back to fiction, John...
...over the last two days, polls from the Washington Post/ABC News, the Pew Research Center and Gallup, all have shown a Democratic advantage on the so-called generic ballot - asking voters whether they will pick the Democratic or Republican congressional candidate in their district - narrowing. Democratic leads in key Senate races in Rhode Island and Montana have disappeared, leaving party strategists less optimistic about their chances of winning the Senate. Aside from expected seat pickups in Ohio and Pennsylvania, "everything else is questionable," said one party strategist working on Senate races, with races in Missouri, Montana, Rhode Island, Tennessee...
...embraced” his prejudice against voting people with certain religious affiliations into political office. He then justifies his stance by saying that his prejudice is “against ideas, not people.” I think Golding is wrong. He is prejudiced not against ideas, but against generic labels that are applied to people. If, as he purportedly believes, religious affiliation is such a good predictor of political values, then he might expect that Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush (both United Methodists) might be allies in D.C., or that William Safire and Ellen Goodman (both Jewish) would...