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Senators Balk at Responder Funding Cuts

WASHINGTON – Senators on Wednesday took issue with the Homeland Security Department’s budget request for next year, contending it dramatically would cut money for the state and local authorities who are the first to respond to an emergency. Secretary Michael Chertoff (search) said the money needed to go instead to …

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Roche, GSK Say FDA OKs Monthly Osteoporosis Drug

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration (search) has approved a monthly version of osteoporosis drug Boniva, Roche Holding AG (search) and GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) said on Friday. A daily version of the pill was first approved by the FDA in 2003, but the companies never launched the product as …

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Israel to Shorten Gaza Pullout Timeframe

JERUSALEM – Israel’s Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz (search) decided on Friday to cut the timetable for withdrawing from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank this summer to just up to four weeks in an effort to hinder Jewish extremists bent on disrupting the pullout, officials said. The withdrawal …

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