By Brian Brus The terms "organically grown" and "cloned animal" aren't necessarily incompatible, scientists and industry experts said, but that doesn't mean consumers will agree.

By Shelia Byrd Associated Press JACKSON - Lawmakers heard conflicting testimony Wednesday about whether members of the state Board of Health have tried to influence regulations that would impact any particular facilities in which the members had a commercial interest.

By BONNIE PFISTER ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A lawyer for an Idaho postal worker who blames the painkiller Vioxx for his September 2001 heart attack tried on Friday to portray a Merck & Co. researcher as less of a scientist than a shrewd businesswoman.

By BONNIE PFISTER, The Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY - A lawyer for the Idaho postal worker who blames Vioxx for his September 2001 heart attack grilled a Merck & Co. researcher Wednesday about why the company did not alert doctors over deaths among certain Vioxx users five months earlier.