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WASHINGTON – Concerned about the risk of sudden death or serious injury associated with Ritalin and other stimulants used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a federal advisory panel says the drugs should carry the most serious type of warning label. The proposed “black box” warning would inform doctors, patients …

PHILADELPHIA – Protesters with signs that read “Irresponsible Journalism” gathered outside the offices of The Philadelphia Inquirer Saturday to condemn the newspaper’s decision to reprint a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad that had angered Muslims worldwide. Many of the 200 protesters acknowledged that the paper had the right to publish …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The bullet-riddled bodies of 14 Sunni Arab men purportedly seized by police a week ago were found dumped in Baghdad in the latest bout of Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence in the capital, a top Sunni group said Saturday. The discovery threatens to further polarize Iraq’s ethnic and religious …