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Pentagon spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 15th

By PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as it faces budget cuts and forced employee furloughs, the Pentagon is spending nearly a $1 billion a year on a program that sends unemployment checks to former troops who left the military voluntarily. Unemployment Compensation for Ex-

Pentagon spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 15th

Brominated vegetable oil in Gatorade?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 14th

By GARANCE BURKEAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When PepsiCo Inc. announced it would stop putting an obscure vegetable oil in its Gatorade right before the Super Bowl, one of the loudest cheers came from a high school student who had made it her mission to get rid of the ingredient. "I was

NEW DETAILS: Public Health Groups Offer Input On Legal Pot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 12th

SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state should be conservative in how much legal marijuana it allows to be sold and strict in how it regulates pot advertising. That's the advice to state regulators from a group of Washington public health and substance abuse prevention organizations.

FDA head says menu labeling 'thorny' issue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 12th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Diners will have to wait a little longer to find calorie counts on most restaurant chain menus, in supermarkets and on vending machines. Writing a new menu labeling law "has gotten extremely thorny," says the head of the Food and Drug

FDA head says menu labeling 'thorny' issue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 12th

To mayor, NYC soda ruling just 'temporary setback'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 12th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg's bullishness, political realities and legal questions make for an uncertain future for one of the premier pieces of his legacy: a now-blocked ban on supersized sugary drinks. The city lost no time Tuesday getting

Judge strikes down NYC ban on supersized sodas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 11th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A judge struck down New York City's pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating uncertainty for restaurants that had already

UN sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 8th

By FOSTER KLUG and DAVID GUTTENFELDERAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their

AP: NY fracking held as Cuomo, RFK Jr. talk health

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Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 2nd

By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo came as close as he ever has to approving fracking last month, laying out a limited drilling plan for as many as 40 gas wells before changing course to await the findings of a new study after discussions with