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Weakened Andrea breaks Northeast rainfall records

Weakened Andrea breaks Northeast rainfall records
By JAKE PEARSONAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season smashed rainfall totals across the Northeast and pushed some streams and creeks over their banks but sped up the Eastern Seaboard without causing major damage. A weakened Andrea shifted away from

J.C. Penney launches new home department

J.C. Penney launches new home department
By MAE ANDERSONAP Retail Writer J.C. Penney wants you to come home. The struggling department store this week launched its newly revamped home departments in 500 of its 1,100 stores, which feature splashy displays of new lines by designers and celebrities like Jonathan Adler, Michael Graves and

Weight loss drug Belviq gets overdue US launch

Weight loss drug Belviq gets overdue US launch
By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Arena Pharmaceuticals says its weight loss drug Belviq will be available to U.S. patients beginning next week, nearly a year after the drug was officially approved by federal regulators. The Food and Drug Administration approved Belviq last June

IRS workers say supervisors directed targeting

IRS workers say supervisors directed targeting
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Internal Revenue Service agents working in the agency's Cincinnati office say higher-ups in Washington directed the targeting of conservative political groups when they applied for tax-exempt status, a contention that directly

Horse slaughterhouse accuses USDA of IRS tactics

Horse slaughterhouse accuses USDA of IRS tactics
By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A southeastern New Mexico company's plans to convert a cattle plant into a horse slaughterhouse has hit another roadblock, this time over an environmental dispute that the company's attorney blames on the Obama administration putting

Horse slaughterhouse accuses USDA of IRS tactics

Horse slaughterhouse accuses USDA of IRS tactics
By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A southeastern New Mexico company's plans to convert a cattle plant into a horse slaughterhouse has hit another roadblock, this time over an environmental dispute that the company's attorney blames on the Obama administration putting

Horse slaughterhouse accuses USDA of IRS tactics

Horse slaughterhouse accuses USDA of IRS tactics
By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A southeastern New Mexico company's plans to convert a cattle plant into a horse slaughterhouse has hit another roadblock, this time over an environmental dispute that the company's attorney blames on the Obama administration putting

Court to allow girls to buy morning-after for now

Court to allow girls to buy morning-after for now
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and LAURAN NEERGAARDAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court has decided to permit girls of any age to buy generic versions of emergency contraception without prescriptions while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales. The order

Court: Girls can buy morning-after pill for now

Court: Girls can buy morning-after pill for now
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and LAURAN NEERGAARDAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Girls of any age can buy generic versions of emergency contraception without prescriptions while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. The order, the

Some morning-after over-counter pill sales allowed

Some morning-after over-counter pill sales allowed
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and LAURAN NEERGAARDAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Generic versions of emergency contraception can be sold without a prescription or age restrictions while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales, an appeals court said Wednesday. The brief order