CVS says it is subject of FTC investigation AP (November 05, 2009) NEW YORK (AP) - The Federal Trade Commission is investigating some of CVS Caremark Corp.'s business practices, the company said Thursday.
RI hospital fined $150,000 in wrong-site surgery AP (November 03, 2009) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's largest hospital was fined $150,000 and ordered to take the extraordinary step of installing video cameras in all its operating rooms after it had its fifth wrong-site surgery since 2007, state health officials said Monday.
Cheney FBI interview: 72 instances of can't recall AP (November 02, 2009) WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last week's release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney's answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way.
US: Mass. can't force gay marriage benefits AP (October 30, 2009) WASHINGTON (AP) - States that allow gay marriage can't force the federal government to provide benefits to those couples, the Obama administration argued Friday in court papers in a lawsuit by Massachusetts.
California Rep. Waters is under investigation AP (October 29, 2009) WASHINGTON (AP) - The House ethics committee said Thursday it's investigating whether California Rep. Maxine Waters used her influence to help a bank in which her husband owned stock - and whether the couple benefited as a result.