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LOS ANGELES – California’s attorney general said on Thursday the state has filed a lawsuit accusing 39 pharmaceutical companies of bilking the state’s Medicaid program of hundreds of millions of dollars by inflating drug prices. Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he has added companies including Amgen Inc. (AMGN) and GlaxoSmithKline …

TBILISI, Georgia – Archaeologists in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have unearthed a skull they say is 1.8 million years old — part of a find that holds the oldest traces of humankind’s closest ancestors ever found in Europe. The skull from an early member of the genus Homo …

NEW YORK – U.S. consumer sentiment fell more than expected in August from July due to record gasoline prices at the height of the summer driving season, a report said Friday. The University of Michigan (search) said its reading on consumer confidence at the end of August was 89.1, down …