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News Elsewhere headlines from the Arizona Daily Star

FDA reports new deaths with diabetes drug Byetta - (Found August 19, 2008 )

WASHINGTON Federal regulators are working on a stronger label for a widely used diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. as deaths continue to be reported despite earlier government warnings.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/253429.php

Study: You can chew gum and get well at same time - (Found August 19, 2008 )

CHICAGO Can you chew gum and recover from surgery at the same time British researchers say it's a great idea for some patients.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/253428.php

Three Pa. teens ordered to trial in immigrant's death - (Found August 19, 2008 )

POTTSVILLE, Pa. Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/253427.php

Argentine gay couples may claim widow's pension - (Found August 19, 2008 )

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Argentina on Monday announced its first nationwide gay-rights measure: granting same-sex couples the right to claim their deceased partners' pensions.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/253390.php

Rhode Island, town reach $20 million deal in club fire suits - (Found August 19, 2008 )

PROVIDENCE, R.I. The state of Rhode Island and the town of West Warwick have each agreed to pay $10 million to those left behind after a nightclub fire that killed 100 people, according to court documents filed Monday.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/253389.php

Casa Grande officer's kin seek $11.5 million - (Found August 19, 2008 )

The family of a Casa Grande police officer killed during a Pinal County SWAT training exercise is seeking $11.5 million for his death.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/253418.php

Storm threat delays return of Indians to Canyon home - (Found August 19, 2008 )

PHOENIX It's uncertain when American Indians living at the bottom of the Grand Canyon will be able to return home as thunderstorms continued to soak a region where flooding forced the evacuation of scores of people, authorities said Monday.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/253464.php

Around the nation - (Found August 19, 2008 )

Nevada
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Islamabad's nukes considered secure in committee's control - (Found August 19, 2008 )

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pervez Musharraf's departure from the presidency is unlikely to have a significant impact on how Pakistan's nuclear weapons are controlled.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/253392.php

Pakistan's Musharraf resigns - (Found August 19, 2008 )

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf bowed to domestic and international pressure and quit Monday, but his departure could trigger further instability for the nuclear-armed U.S. ally if the country's fractious coalition government can't hold together without its common enemy.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/253376.php