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Ahead of the Bell: Baxter Recall - CNNMoney.com


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Ahead of the Bell: Baxter Recall
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NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A day after Baxter International Inc. recalled nearly all remaining batches of its blood thinner heparin, a report Friday linked the product to additional patient deaths.
Blood Thinner Might Be Tied to More DeathsNew York Times
Baxter recalls all heparin productsChicago Tribune
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Richards is top Star in Dallas debut (AP)

Dallas Stars' Brad Richards (91) moves the puck in front of Chicago Blackhawks' Petri Kontiola (34) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Dallas, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)AP - Brad Richards’ Dallas debut couldn’t have gone any better. Marian Hossa’s opening night with the Pittsburgh Penguins turned out to be a worst-case scenario.


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Turkey withdraws troops from northern Iraq (Reuters)

Turkish soldiers patrol along a road in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak, bordering Iraq, February 28, 2008. REUTERS/Fatih SaribasReuters - Turkey pulled its troops out of northern Iraq on Friday, ending a major offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels that Washington feared could spread conflict through the region.


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Louisville tops Harangody, Notre Dame (AP)

Louisville's Earl Clark, rear, gets a shot off over the defense of Notre Dame's Rob Kurz during the second half of their basketball game, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky. Louisville won 90-85. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)AP - Louisville might be more than one of the best teams in the Big East. Notre Dame coach Mike Brey thinks the Cardinals can hold their own anywhere.


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U.S., S.Korea military drills test overture to North

SEOUL (Reuters) - A first test of the goodwill generated in North Korea by the unprecedented concert of the New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang comes this weekend when the United States and South Korea hold joint military drills.

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Strike at Auto Parts Supplier Stops Work at a G.M. Plant

General Motors halted production at one of its pickup truck plants Thursday afternoon when it ran out of some parts because the workers who make them are on strike.

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Blood Thinner Might Be Tied to More Deaths

The F.D.A. said the number of deaths possibly associated to tainted Chinese supplies of heparin, a blood-thinning drug, had risen to 21.

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Alnylam Reports Successful Gene Drug Test - TheStreet.com


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Alnylam Reports Successful Gene Drug Test
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Turkish soldiers 'leaving Iraq' - BBC News


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Turkish soldiers 'leaving Iraq'
BBC News -6 hours ago
Turkish troops involved in an operation against Kurdish rebels have begun leaving northern Iraq, reports say. But US sources told Reuters news agency it was too early to call the pull-back a full withdrawal.
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Turkish troops begin withdrawing from IraqLos Angeles Times
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Marine in Okinawa rape case released (Reuters)

A van carrying a U.S. Marine leaves a police station as he is transferred to prosecutors in Okinawa February 12, 2008. The U.S. Marine arrested earlier this month on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl was released to U.S. military custody on Friday, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Okinawa, southern Japan, said. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - A U.S. Marine arrested earlier this month on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl was released by the Japanese authorities on Friday, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Okinawa, southern Japan, said.


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