US intelligence agencies added the mother of the Boston bombing suspects to a government terrorism database 18 months before the bombings, two officials said.

BOSTON Scientific Corp, the second-biggest heart- device maker by revenue, said third-quarter profit declined 25% as demand fell for its defibrillators and pacemakers used to regulate the heart.

BOSTON Scientific Corp, the second-largest maker of heart devices, raised its 2011 earnings forecast and reported a quarterly profit a year after withdrawing implantable defibrillators from the market.

Boston: Boston Scientific Corp’s growth areas will include asthma, diabetes, obesity, hypertension and women’s health, chief executive officer Raymond Elliott said.

NEXT time American soldiers are given pea soup in their rations they might be getting more than they bargained for.