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OTC morning-after pill sales coming _ but not yet

OTC morning-after pill sales coming _ but not yet
By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Don't look for the morning-after pill to move next to the condoms on drugstore shelves right away - but after a decade-plus fight, it appears it really will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama administration

OTC morning-after pill sales coming _ but not yet

OTC morning-after pill sales coming _ but not yet
By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Don't look for the morning-after pill to move next to the condoms on drugstore shelves right away - but after a decade-plus fight, it appears it really will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama administration

1 man dead in 27-car Nevada sandstorm pileup

1 man dead in 27-car Nevada sandstorm pileup
By MICHELLE RINDELSAssociated Press Twenty-seven vehicles slammed into each other during a sandstorm that blinded drivers on Interstate 80 in rural northern Nevada, killing a truck driver, seriously injuring several other people and sapping already thin emergency resources, officials said. Humboldt

Moose Shot By Law Enforcement After Suffering Severe Injuries In Car Accident; Meat Donated To Union Gospel Mission

Moose Shot By Law Enforcement After Suffering Severe Injuries In Car Accident; Meat Donated To Union Gospel Mission
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A young moose had to be killed by law enforcement officers after being injured in a collision with a car near the Spokane Valley Mall.    The moose was described by wildlife officials as a yearling.    The Spokesman-Review reports the moose was

Moose Shot By Law Enforcement After Suffering Severe Injuries In Car Accident; Meat Donated To Union Gospel Mission

Moose Shot By Law Enforcement After Suffering Severe Injuries In Car Accident; Meat Donated To Union Gospel Mission
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A young moose had to be killed by law enforcement officers after being injured in a collision with a car near the Spokane Valley Mall.    The moose was described by wildlife officials as a yearling.    The Spokesman-Review reports the moose was

State Dept eyes probe process after complaints

State Dept eyes probe process after complaints
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department's internal watchdog has asked outside law enforcement experts to review how complaints of serious misconduct or crimes against American diplomats are investigated, amid charges that some probes have been improperly halted by

State Dept eyes probe process after complaints

State Dept eyes probe process after complaints
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department's internal watchdog has asked outside law enforcement experts to review how complaints of serious misconduct or crimes against American diplomats are investigated, amid charges that some probes have been improperly halted by

Obama's ATF nominee gets Senate hearing

Obama's ATF nominee gets Senate hearing
By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Five months after President Barack Obama called on lawmakers to approve his choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Senate is considering the nomination. When B. Todd Jones appeared before the Senate

Threat forces LA-to-Texas flight to land in Ariz.

Threat forces LA-to-Texas flight to land in Ariz.
PHOENIX (AP) - A "telephonic bomb threat" against a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas, resulted in the plane being diverted to Phoenix on Monday afternoon, the FBI said. Laura Eimiller of the FBI's Los Angeles field office said the flight left Los Angeles International

Bulger lawyers seek delay to look into 'cover-up'

Bulger lawyers seek delay to look into 'cover-up'
By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Lawyers for reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger asked a judge Monday to delay opening statements in his racketeering trial so they can investigate a claim that law enforcement protected a hit man who is expected to be a star prosecution witness.