Stocks fall...oil's march higher...Drug warning

NEW YORK (AP) For a second straight week, stock prices lost ground. The Dow was down 3 percent for the week, ending yesterday with a decline of 146 points.

NEW YORK (AP) Crude oil's march to higher ground continued this week. Yesterday, however, light, sweet crude for April delivery fell 32 cents to $105.15 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Washington (AP) There was plenty of job cutting to go around in the Labor Department's February jobs report. Among the areas seeing job losses were factories, construction companies, real-estate firms, retailers, temporary-help firms, child day-care providers, hotels and educational services.

WASHINGTON (AP) Drug maker Amgen says the Food and Drug Administration is adding new warnings about risks of death and tumor growth to its blockbuster anemia drugs. They warn the company's drugs increased death and accelerated tumor growth in patients with several types of cancer, including breast and cervical. Prior labeling added to the drugs in November warned of similar risks in other types of cancers.

NEW YORK (AP) MobiTV, which provides TV services on Sprint Nextel cell phones, is trying to shut down a Web forum that is carrying instructions on how to get access to its channels for free. MobiTV sent a letter to Howardforums.com, asking the site to take down links that provide MobiTV streams from Fox News, MSNBC, Animal Planet and other networks when entered in the Web browsers of certain phones.

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