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Obama to nominate package of labor board members

Obama to nominate package of labor board members
By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated three candidates for full terms on the National Labor Relations Board, which has been in limbo since a federal appeals court invalidated his recess appointments to the agency. Obama urged the Senate to move

Dempsey says NKorean provocations fit long pattern

Dempsey says NKorean provocations fit long pattern
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - North Korea's bellicose rhetoric and threats, while worrisome, appear to fit a decadeslong pattern of provocation followed by uneasy peace, the top U.S. military officer said Friday. "I wouldn't say I see anything to lead

Judge making morning-after pill available to all

Judge making morning-after pill available to all
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The morning-after pill might become as easy to buy as aspirin. In a scathing rebuke accusing the Obama administration of letting election-year politics trump science, a federal judge ruled Friday that there should be no age

Party intransigence dims hopes for 'grand bargain'

Party intransigence dims hopes for 'grand bargain'
By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The bipartisan cease-fire that kept the government running this spring gave birth to hopeful talk - among pundits and some senators, at least - of a much larger "grand bargain" that would reduce the federal deficit for years. Such optimism,

Party intransigence dims hopes for 'grand bargain'

Party intransigence dims hopes for 'grand bargain'
By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The bipartisan cease-fire that kept the government running this spring gave birth to hopeful talk - among pundits and some senators, at least - of a much larger "grand bargain" that would reduce the federal deficit for years. Such optimism,

Walgreen clinics expand care into chronic illness

Walgreen clinics expand care into chronic illness
By TOM MURPHYAP Business Writer Walgreen Co. has stretched the reach of its drugstore clinics beyond treating ankle sprains and sinus infections to handling chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure. The company, based in Deerfield, Ill., said Thursday that most of its

US moves on NKorea aimed at deterring new leader

US moves on NKorea aimed at deterring new leader
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The parading of U.S. air and naval power within view of the Korean peninsula - first a few long-range bombers, then stealth fighters, then ships - is as much about psychological war as real war. The U.S. wants to discourage North Korea

US moves on NKorea aimed at deterring new leader

US moves on NKorea aimed at deterring new leader
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The parading of U.S. air and naval power within view of the Korean peninsula - first a few long-range bombers, then stealth fighters, then ships - is as much about psychological war as real war. The U.S. wants to discourage North Korea

US moves on NKorea aimed at deterring new leader

US moves on NKorea aimed at deterring new leader
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The parading of U.S. air and naval power within view of the Korean peninsula - first a few long-range bombers, then stealth fighters, then ships - is as much about psychological war as real war. The U.S. wants to discourage North Korea

Ala. lawmakers tighten rules for abortion clinics

Ala. lawmakers tighten rules for abortion clinics
By PHILLIP RAWLSAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers late Tuesday gave final passage to a measure placing stricter regulations on clinics that provide abortions. The state House voted 68-21 to give final passage to the Women's Health and Safety Act. The vote came hours