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Acetaminophen Levels Prompt FDA Concern
This week, an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration raised a red flag about a very popular and very effective painkiller — acetaminophen. The panel of experts has recommended lowering levels of acetaminophen in prescription and over-the-counter drugs because of concerns about liver damage.
Targets On Their Backs, Marines Enter Afghan Town
On Day Three of the massive Marine offensive to wrest Afghanistan's Helmand River valley from Taliban control, the Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment — known as "America's Battalion" — prepare to move into the southern village of Sorhodez.
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Wall Street opens lower, hit by jobs data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks opened lower on Thursday after payrolls data showed more Americans than expected lost their jobs in June, dimming hopes that the economy may be heading out of recession quickly.
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Call for calm after N Korea missiles
Russia, China and the US call for calm after North Korea test-fires a series of missiles off its east coast, defying UN sanctions.
UK threatens new Burma sanctions
UK PM Brown threatens new sanctions against Burma after it refused to let the UN chief meet the jailed opposition leader.
Serena powers to Wimbledon title
Serena Williams ends her sister's recent dominance at Wimbledon with a straight-sets win that gives her a third Wimbledon title.
Targets On Their Backs, Marines Enter Afghan Town
On Day Three of the massive Marine offensive to wrest Afghanistan's Helmand River valley from Taliban control, the Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment — known as "America's Battalion" — prepare to move into the southern village of Sorhodez.
At Newspaper, Poets Report For A Day
The editor of the Israeli daily newspaper Ha'aretz recently tried an unorthodox experiment. In celebration of Hebrew Book Week, he told most of his staff reporters to take a day off. Instead, he brought in a team of unlikely replacements — 31 of Israel's most acclaimed authors and poets — and asked them to report the day's news.
Iranian Reporter Tells The Other Side Of The Story
Iranian-American Marzieh Hashemi was born in New Orleans but moved to Iran a year ago and reports for Iran's Press TV. As one of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supporters, Hashemi tells host Scott Simon that that much of the world has a distorted view of what has happened in Iran in the aftermath of the disputed election.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Saturday ruled out foreign involvement in its efforts to reconcile rival factions, just after visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged Iraqis to do more to bury grievances and stave off renewed conflict.
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired four missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defense ministry said, in an act of defiance toward the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor.
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State Senators are spending the 4th of July weekend at the State Capitol, under orders from Governor David Paterson to settle a stalemate that's gone on for nearly a month. Reporter Karen DeWitt looks at the roots of what led to this unprecedented stalemate.
New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo hit the road yesterday to showcase a new website to go along with his government consolidation bill, which passed last month.
Inaction by the New York state Senate is frustrating many stakeholders. WRVO's Ryan Morden has this report.
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