Roche Holding’s cancer drug Avastin missed its main target in a late-stage trial when used with chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced stomach cancer, the Swiss drug maker said on Tuesday. Roche had indicated peak sales of the drug for the disease could have hit between 500 million and 1 …

ROSTRAVER, Pa. – Heavy snow buildup from recent storms likely contributed to the collapse of an ice rink roof, causing a panicked evacuation but no injuries, a fire official and the building’s owner said. “We believe it was excessive weight from the copious quantities of snow that we’ve had over …

BAGHDAD – The top U.S. general for Iraq said Monday the country’s national election was a milestone on the way to a full pullout of U.S. combat troops by September 1 as planned. Gen. Ray Odierno told reporters in Baghdad that most of the about 96,000 troops currently in Iraq …

Two Los Angeles County hospital workers have been placed on paid leave after allegations that they gave manicures in an intensive care ward for newborns. The county and the hospital are investigating anonymous complaints that the employees set up a makeshift beauty salon on top of medical equipment in the …

The Food and Drug Administration has fined the American Red Cross $16 million for violating blood safety laws and other regulations, but said no patients were harmed and the blood supply is still safe. The FDA said on Thursday the Red Cross was fined for violating federal law during collection …

It’s late Sunday night and suddenly you’re struck with an inexplicable bout of sadness. With Monday just around the corner, you soon realize that you’re suffering from a case of the ole back-to-work blues. Whether you’ve just returned from holidays or are counting down the few remaining minutes of weekend …

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. – Sheriff’s officers have arrested an 82-year-old man after his wife died on the floor of their home, apparently about 10 weeks after she fell out of bed and was unable to get up. John Klein was arrested for investigation of second-degree manslaughter after he called 911 …

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The alleged leader of a Ku Klux Klan group was indicted on a second-degree murder charge Wednesday in the shooting death of a woman who police said was killed during an initiation in south Louisiana. The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist terror group founded …

NEW YORK – Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff is a lucky charm for one New York City construction worker. Queens resident Ralph Amendolaro says he saw Madoff’s prison number in a newspaper and had a good feeling so he played the last three digits of it in the state lottery’s …

LONDON – Britain is re-establishing contact with the militant group Hezbollah following the formation of a unity government in Lebanon, the British government said Thursday. The Foreign Office said that it has established contact with the group’s political wing but still has no contact with its military wing. Britain ceased …