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• Tips for parents
C.J. Pascoe, a sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley, researches how new media has become central to teen life. The key, they say, to successfully parenting a MySpacer seems to involve striking a balance.
• First music download trial may get do-over
District Court Judge Michael J. Davis instructed jurors that making sound recordings available without permission violates record company copyrights "regardless of whether actual distribution has been shown.
• Majority of Americans on chronic meds
TRENTON, N.J. - For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. The most widely used drugs are those to lower high blood pressure and ...
• Court tosses multimillion-dollar Vioxx verdict
TRENTON, N.J. - A Texas appeals court on Wednesday overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against Merck & Co. in one of the few trials it lost over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. A jury in Rio Grande City, Texas, in April 2006 awarded $32 million ...
• Stocks end day higher despite downbeat data
J.C. Penney’s quarterly profit came in a bit better than expected, helping its shares rise $2.07, or 4.7 percent, to $46.32, but it said a decline in consumer spending cut its first-quarter profit in half, and predicted “difficult” conditions ...