Somaxon cautions you that statements included in this press release
that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking
statements. For example, statements regarding the potential
approval of the NDA for Silenor and the potential commercialization of
Silenor are forward looking statements. The inclusion of
forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by
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First 5 county commissions that have pledged support include:
Alameda, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El
Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Kern, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles,
Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey,
Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San
Benito, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa
Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Solano, Sonoma, Read the rest of this entry »

Eating a Mediterranean-style diet helps you live longer by protecting against all the major chronic diseases, a new study has found.
Research published today found that those who eat plenty of fresh fruit, fish, vegetables and whole grains are less likely to die prematurely and are defended against heart disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's disease and cancer.
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and found to be less likely to die from any cause or have a major chronic Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some of the stories that will be on-line Sunday, as well as in our print editions this weekend,
stories you haven’t read in any other news source!
says crime is down, but the 2008
statistics tell a different story.
Crime is down in some categories, true, but not in murder and rape. In the wake of a tragic shooting in the quiet Hamilton Park neighborhood on Tuesday morning, a block from McNair Academic High School, downtown residents Read the rest of this entry »

(RTTNews) - 
Wednesday, Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (HEB:
) announced that it has received a letter from the Food and Drug Agency or FDA, indicating that the originally scheduled Prescription Drug User Fee Act date on the Ampligen New Drug Application NDA would be extended by three months to provide time for a full review of the submission. The FDA received additional data within 3 months of the user fee goal date.
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(01/19/09)–Avoid eating peanut butter products like cakes, cookies crackers and ice cream.
That warning comes from the Food & Drug Administration as an investigation into a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination continues.
Monday Meijer pulled two types of crackers and two types of ice cream.
Wal-Mart has recalled cookies, and Kellogg confirms salmonella has been found in a package of one of its peanut butter crackers.
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December 12, 2008 11:57 p.m. EST
Tokyo, Japan (AHN) – Japanese tankers will continue to refuel and provide water to U.S. Navy ships patrolling the Indian Ocean for another year after the country’s parliament enacted Friday a controversial anti-terrorism law.
The Diet’s lower house, controlled by conservative Prime Minister Taro Aso’s Liberal Democratic Party, overrode an earlier junking of the refueling bill by the opposition-dominated upper Read the rest of this entry »

AUSTIN
— Texas is extending Medicaid coverage for 90 days for 34,000 children because Hurricane Ike may have prevented their families from re-enrolling, state officials said.
“Given the widespread damage and disruption in services caused by Ike, we believe it’s wise to err on the side of caution and give these families more time to renew their children’s coverage,” said Albert Hawkins, executive commissioner, Texas Health and Human Services.
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Last night, ironically around the time residents of downtown Jersey City were holding a vigil for a deceased storeowner who was killed in a robbery last week, a man was shot dead on Rutgers Avenue in the Greenville section.
It was Jersey City’s third homicide so far this year.
According to sources close to the investigation, at approximately 8:55 p.m., a man was shot in the back and buttocks near 67 Rutgers Ave. The man later died at Jersey City Read the rest of this entry »

AUSTIN
— Texas is extending Medicaid coverage for 90 days for 34,000 children because Hurricane Ike may have prevented their families from re-enrolling, state officials said.
“Given the widespread damage and disruption in services caused by Ike, we believe it’s wise to err on the side of caution and give these families more time to renew their children’s coverage,” said Albert Hawkins, executive commissioner, Texas Health and Human Services.
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