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Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. The Justice Department and the company said Wednesday in a statement it will plead guilty to one misdemeanor charge of “misbranding,” in which …

PHILADELPHIA – Try as he might, Bruce Graham (search) couldn’t squeeze all the dashed hopes of Philadelphia sports fans into his new 75-minute play. The perennially down-on-its-luck city boasts four professional sports teams, but together they’ve won just six championships in a half-century. “The Philly Fan” recounts the frequent travails …

WASHINGTON – Mention of the war in Iraq clouded a House resolution marking the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks (search), and 16 lawmakers voted Thursday against the otherwise non-controversial measure. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., one of 15 Democrats and one Republican to cast “no” votes, said linking the …