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  • **FILE** This image provided by Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., shows the packaging for the "Plan B" pill. (Associated Press)

    Judge strikes down age restrictions on 'morning-after' pill

    A federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to make a morning-after birth control pill available without a prescription for girls younger than 17 within 30 days — a blunt opinion that rebuked decisions by the Obama administration as politically motivated.


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    Local business contract takes the long route; government allows pass-through costs

    When the U.S. Forest Service sought to do some minor work replacing the siding on buildings at the San Jacinto Ranger District in Riverside County, Calif., it limited bids to HUBZone contractors — "small businesses in urban and rural communities" or "Historically Underutilized Business Zones."


  • ** FILE ** Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, is House Oversight Committee chairman. (Associated Press)

    EDITORIAL: Not so fast, Mr. President

    The president says any cuts to the federal leviathan would harm women, children and maybe their puppies and kittens -- and so far he's been able to get away with this fib. Now, the government's own inspectors general are collectively saying: "Not so fast, Mr. President."


  • Telecommuting: Was Yahoo doing it right?

    Yahoo's leaked edict under CEO Marissa Mayer that calls remote workers back to the office lit the Twitterverse on fire, angering advocates of telecommuting and other programs intended to balance work and home life.


  • ** FILE ** In this Tuesday, May 10, 2011, file photo, Karen Mills, of the Small Business Administration, participates in a discussion, in Dayton, Ohio. Mills is stepping down. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

    Obama Cabinet loses another woman: SBA's Karen Mills leaving

    Karen Mills, head of the Small Business Administration since 2009, is leaving her position, according to a media report.


  • SGT. SHAFT: Was ship in Vietnam exposed to Agent Orange?

    Dear Sgt. Shaft: A friend of mine who recently passed from cancer was in Vietnam on the USS Hoel DDG 13. The ship had several missions in Vietnam, but it is not on the VA ships list. His daughter is trying to help get compensation for her mother. Can you help?


  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stop discouraging entrepreneurship

    With the 2012 elections now finished, it's time President Obama and Congress paid attention to what small-business owners and entrepreneurs need and promote policies that will encourage growth on Main Street.


  • **FILE** Brian Meenan of Millwood, N.Y., takes photos and video of items that were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in his family's beachfront house on 31st Street on Long Beach Island in Long Beach Township, N.J., on Nov. 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

    Obama vows not to forget Sandy victims rebuilding

    President Obama vowed Thursday to stick with New Yorkers still struggling 17 days after Superstorm Sandy "until the rebuilding is complete" after getting an up-close look at devastated neighborhoods rendered unlivable.


  • In a photo from Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, David Herbeck prepares to give Katherine Davenport some campaign literature as he walks door-to-door in a Livonia, Mich., suburb reminding voters to vote on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

    Ballot proposal results could alter Michigan Constitution

    Michiganders on Tuesday will decide the fate of six ballot proposals, five of which could alter the state's constitution.


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