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Army Setting Limits on POW Interrogation

WASHINGTON – The Army is setting specific limits on interrogation techniques for prisoners of war and describing actions that would violate international agreements on their treatment, officials said Wednesday. Interrogators had been taught techniques and the law of warfare separately and then left to decide for themselves what would violate …

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Zoloft Defense Teen Seeks Lighter Sentence

CHARLESTON, S.C. – A teenager who unsuccessfully blamed Zoloft (search) after slaying his grandparents never should have been tried as an adult and should have his 30-year prison sentence cut to probation, his lawyers argued. Defense attorney Andy Vickery argued in a motion filed Wednesday that trying Christopher Pittman (search) …

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Studies Raise Questions About Antidepressant-Suicide Link

Studies continue to raise questions about the risk of suicide in patients treated with antidepressant drugs. The studies also show that different antidepressants have the same suicide risk (search). In 2004, the FDA concluded that antidepressant medications (search) increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children and adolescents …

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