New York City official: Pills found in DJ AM’s stomach, apparent OxyContin in throatNEW YORK — DJ AM had prescription pills in his stomach and one in his throat when police found him dead in his apartment, a New York City official said Wednesday. Walgreens in Washington hope to deter Oxycontin robberies by putting painkiller in safesSPOKANE, Wash. — Robberies involving the narcotic OxyContin are so common that Walgreens has installed time-delayed safes in its 114 pharmacies across Washington to secure the powerful painkiller. Feds say Detroit business was created to pay patients, cheat Medicare and peddle painkillersDETROIT — A federal indictment in Detroit says the government unwittingly paid more than $480,000 to a phony health-care business that was a front for acquiring and selling powerful painkillers as far away as Alabama. AP News in BriefObama says he’ll accept Nobel Peace Prize as ‘call to action’ toward peace and prosperity Preliminary schedules set in Tribune bankruptcy disputesWILMINGTON, Del. — A judge presiding over Tribune Co.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case heard initial arguments Thursday in the company’s dispute with actor Warren Beatty over the TV and movie rights to comic book character Dick Tracy. |