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A DC-based advocacy group has just petitioned the government to seize the patent covering the prostate cancer drug Xtandi so generic manufacturers can copy the medication.
Read moreA raging fire was started Thursday March 17th. The fire burned for most of the day on Thursday, filling the air with an odorous thick black smoke. The fire continued to burn overnight and into Friday. The Brownfield Fire Chief also added “really anything can start a fire in dry conditions like this.” Once the cotton burrs were on fire it spread to the large piles of mulch located in a pit near the cemetery. Multiple men and women used heavy equipment such as bulldozers to spread the mulch out, as well as sprayed water in an effort to contain the fire. By Friday morning most of the mulch piles had been turned to ash, but the fire was still going. Justin Pollock
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