Under the scanner ; Ranbaxy gets on the wrong side of regulatory bodies.

It's a bitter pill for Indian pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy. Ithas been hauled over the coals by the United States Food and DrugAdministration (FDA). The FDA has now found serious manufacturingdeficiencies at two of Ranbaxy's plants in India after an inspectionof its facilities. Warning letters have been issued to the company,along with an import alert for the generic drugs manufactured at itsDewas and Paonta Sahib plants. That's not all. The FDA has alsobanned the import of more than 30 generic drugs, includingantibiotics and cholesterol medicines, from the two factories.Though FDA's import alert conceded that there is no evidence ofRanbaxy's medicines being harmful, it added …

Neitzel Helps Mich.St. Beat No. 19 Texas

NEW YORK - Michigan State starts two sophomores, two freshmen and junior Drew Neitzel. The "old man" came up big for the Spartans in their first big game of the season. Neitzel drove the lane and scored with 2.4 seconds left Thursday night to give the Spartans a 63-61 victory over No. 19 Texas in the semifinals of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.

Before looking ahead to the championship game with Maryland on Friday night, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo wanted to give credit to Neitzel.

"He did a heck of a job," Izzo said. "He busted right through. I think they were worried about a shot and they were pretty spread apart."

The Texas players should have expected …

Brazil stocks rise as investors snap up bargains

Brazilian stocks are rising in early trading as investors snap up battered shares seen as bargains.

Brazil's Ibovespa index was up 0.5 percent to 38,859 during the first hour of trading after seesawing in between positive and negative territory. The nation's currency, the real, fell against the …

BULLS BITS

Tonight's game at New Jersey is one of the few the Nets havesold out in advance. The Bulls' last two Sunday afternoons will be spent playing theCleveland Cavaliers, the first at Cleveland and then the last game ofthe regular season at Chicago.

When the New York Knicks, the Bulls' next home opponent Monday, blewan 11-point lead at the end of the first quarter and lost at home tothe expansion Charlotte Hornets last Wednesday night, it addedcredibility to the rumors of …

Presos de Guantánamo intentan suicidarse el mismo día

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Seis prisioneros resultaron heridos en un enfrentamiento con guardias en la base naval de Guant�namo mientras que los soldados estadounidenses salieron ilesos, dijo el comandante de la base.

Los guardias militares fueron atra�dos el jueves por la noche a una sala com�n en el sector de m�nima seguridad por un detenido que simulaba estar por ahorcarse, dijo el contralmirante Harry Harris.

Los guardias intervinieron con la intenci�n de salvar la vida del preso, pero fueron atacados por otros reclusos con armas improvisadas, incluyendo paletas de ventiladores y piezas de metal. Los presos fueron reducidos y seis tratados por "lesiones menores", dijo …

US Fed cuts key interest rate for third time in 3 months

The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point Tuesday, but Wall Street took a tumble. Investors were disappointed that the central bank did not act more boldly to keep the U.S. out of a recession.

The reduction in the federal funds rate to 4.25 percent marked the third rate cut in the past three months. Fed officials signaled that further cuts were possible if a severe housing downturn and mortgage lending crisis get worse.

But Wall Street was looking for a much stronger sign. The Dow Jones industrial average, which had been up about 40 points in afternoon trading, plunged by more than 200 points as investors deciphered …

Performers deserve royalties from radio

If you believe people deserve to get paid for their work, it's hard to argue against a bill in Congress that would require radio stations to pay musicians when they play their songs.

We love radio. We especially love music on the radio, the very sound of summer, dancing across beaches, sailing out open car windows. We are loath to support any new law that might hurt radio, an industry already struggling with declining revenues in the Internet Age.

But we love getting paid for our work even more, and we think everybody deserves to get paid for the job they do, including recording artists. As much as we love radio, we find ourselves in full support of the Performance Rights …