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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Health care products maker Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said Monday it is buying the consumer health care unit of drug maker Pfizer (PFE) for $16.6 billion in cash. The deal would give Johnson & Johnson brand names including Listerine, Nicorette, Visine, Sudafed and Neosporin as part …

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit Monday by a former U.S. marshal who claimed the CIA slipped LSD into his drink in 1957, causing him to act irrationally and rob a bar. Wayne Ritchie, also a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, claimed he was part of a …

WASHINGTON – Energy prices are likely to stay high and officials must keep a close eye on how much they push up the costs of other goods and services, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s Economy page. He warned anew that the central bank …

The following is a partial transcript of the June 11, 2006, edition of “FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace”: “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” HOST CHRIS WALLACE: With President Bush set to hold an extraordinary two-day war council at Camp David, we brought together three people who have watched events in Iraq …

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas went on a rampage against the Hamas-led government Monday, riddling the parliament and Cabinet buildings with bullets and setting them afire to protest an attack on their comrades in the Gaza Strip. The violence was the most serious in …

TOKYO – Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday that Japan may not pull its noncombat troops from Iraq until after he is scheduled to step down in September. Japan‘s decision to withdraw its 600 troops from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah would be based on “a comprehensive evaluation” of …

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia‘s weak transitional government briefly detained two radio journalists Sunday for reporting that Ethiopian troops had entered Somalia, a station official said. Somalia has been without an effective central government since the fall of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. President Abdullahi Yusuf transitional government is supported …

CHICAGO – An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing Tuesday morning at O’Hare International Airport after reporting difficulties with its landing gear, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Flight 1740, which was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, landed safely and there were no immediate reports of injuries. The …

TOKYO – The oldest man in Japan, 111-year-old Nijiro Tokuda, has died, officials said Tuesday. Tokuda, of Kagoshima in southern Japan, died Monday night at a hospital where he had been treated since April, Kagoshima City official Masayuki Nagahama said. The official said the city would not disclose the cause …

WASHINGTON – A music video posted to the Internet, telling a tale about a U.S. Marine killing members of an Iraqi family, is being condemned by an Islamic group and investigated by the Marine Corps. The four-minute video, called “Hadji Girl,” appears to be sung by a Marine in front …