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FDA Complicit in Pushing Prescription Drugs, Ad Critics Say
Apr. 20
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In light of news that government regulators have neglected their duties to review pharmaceutical commercials, their proposed fix involves crawling even deeper into bed with drugmakers.
| Shreema Mehta reports.
POSTED: 11:01 AM EST
TNS Radio News Update for April 20, 2007
Apr. 20
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This week on TNS Radio: Tomato-pickers score victory over McDonald's; Drug industry pays to oversee its own ads?; Wal-Mart dodges taxes by paying rent to itself; Nanotech industry tries self-regulation.
| Michelle Chen reports.
POSTED: 11:21 PM EST [APR 19]
After McDonald’s Victory, Labor Activists Target Burger King
Apr. 19
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It took four years for Taco Bell’s parent company to agree to demands that the restaurant take responsibility for the wages and working conditions of migrant laborers who pick its tomatoes. It took another two years for McDonald’s to accept a similar deal.
| Kari Lydersen reports.
POSTED: 01:57 PM EST
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Commentary & Analysis
E. Coli Conservatism
Conservatism has been killing Americans. The recent food safety crisis is only one case study. (Rick Perlstein, Tom Paine)
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A sign of frustration in front of Burruss Hall on the campus of Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. (Mannie Garcia/AFP)
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Loophole Let Wal-Mart Evade $2.3B in Taxes*
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A direct-to-consumer advertisement for an osteoporosis drug. Consumer groups are pushing for stronger government oversight of pharmaceutical marketing that they see as misleading and harmful. (
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World News
NATO shoots Afghan preteen and infant, claims 24 Taliban dea
Rights group sues Yahoo for giving Chinese dissidents' data
Iraq car bomb kills at least 11, wounds 28 as masses mourn
Nigerian troops kill 25; opposition threatens vote boycott
Crushing ice imprisons more than 100 Canadian sealing ships
Mexico troops, cops storm Tijuana hospital invaded by gunmen
Suspected ‘Al-Qaeda’ bombs kill nearly 200 in Baghdad
U.S. News
House eyes 'revolving door' in U.S. student loan scandal
N.H. governor to OK civil unions bill expected to pass
Ga. fires burn 18 homes, threaten wildlife park; 1,000 flee
Bush-stacked high court upholds ban on some abortions
Abramoff probe leads FBI to Cali. rep’s Va. home
Record numbers join student protest against anti-gay bias
STAFF BLOG
Meet TNS Cartoonists at Bay Area Event
(4/19/07)
Clearing Up Murky Data on Toxics
(4/13/07)
The Times Falls Short on Florida Felons
(4/11/07)
CORRECTION
Corrected: "Loophole Let Wal-Mart Evade $2.3B in Taxes*"
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Saddened by Standardized Tests
Teamsters Need New Approach to Mexican Truckers
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Loophole Let Wal-Mart Evade $2.3B in Taxes*
After McDonald’s Victory, Labor Activists Target Burger King
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Congress to revisit background checks for gun buyers
Abortion rights gain ground in Latin America
Fish-killing virus spreading in the Great Lakes
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Mayor seeks fee for driving into Manhattan
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Bombings and chaos blight Nigerian polls
France faces left-right showdown
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