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Hill aides: White House recalculates spending cuts

Hill aides: White House recalculates spending cuts
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd
By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House budget office is recalculating how to apply automatic spending cuts for a handful of agencies, freeing up almost $4 billion for the Pentagon and another $1 billion or so for other agencies like the Homeland Security Department and

Hill aides: White House recalculates spending cuts

Hill aides: White House recalculates spending cuts
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd
By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House budget office is recalculating how to apply automatic spending cuts for a handful of agencies, freeing up almost $4 billion for the Pentagon and another $1 billion or so for other agencies like the Homeland Security Department and

US orders new visa reviews for arriving students

US orders new visa reviews for arriving students
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd
By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department ordered border agents to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The new procedure

US orders new visa reviews for arriving students

US orders new visa reviews for arriving students
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd
By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department ordered border agents to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The new procedure

Computer glitches derail school tests in 4 states

Computer glitches derail school tests in 4 states
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st
By TOM COYNE and TOM LoBIANCOAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers' pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators' computer systems.

Computer glitches derail school tests in 4 states

Computer glitches derail school tests in 4 states
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st
By TOM COYNE and TOM LoBIANCOAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers' pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators' computer systems.

FDA lowers age for buyers of Plan B pill to 15

FDA lowers age for buyers of Plan B pill to 15
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st
By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - In a surprise twist to the decade-plus effort to ease access to morning-after pills, the government is lowering the age limit to 15 for one brand - Plan B One-Step - and will let it be sold over the counter. Today, Plan B and its generic

Horse Slaughter House To Open Soon In New Mexico

Horse Slaughter House To Open Soon In New Mexico
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the southern New Mexico plant that has been fighting for more than a year for permission to slaughter horses will open soon, unless Congress reinstates a ban on the practice. In a telephone interview Tuesday, Vilsack said

FDA: Morning-after pill to move over the counter

FDA: Morning-after pill to move over the counter
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th
By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it - an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the emergency contraceptive.

FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up

FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th
By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is making the morning-after pill available over the counter for women and girls 15 and older - an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the emergency contraceptive