The approval will help Roche's Genentech unit build on the blockbuster success of Herceptin, which has long dominated the breast cancer marketplace.

NPR: FDA Approves New Targeted Breast Cancer Drug

With Mitterrand's full knowledge and approval, if not at his actual behest, the unit illegally tapped the telephones of some 200 worthy citizens, including judges, politicians, lawyers, journalists, even a leading actress, Carole Bouquet.

ECONOMIST: France and scandals

"Yesterday a civil administration committee gave approval for depositing plans to build 296 apartments in Beit El, " said a spokesman for a unit in the Defence Ministry which administers the West Bank.

BBC: Israel approves almost 300 new West Bank settler homes

Chief among Mr. Cuomo's suggested reforms: an independent enforcement unit at the board that would be authorized to investigate election-law violations, without board approval.

WSJ: Cuomo Sets Next Target on Corruption