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  • Feds fight morning-after pill age ruling in NY

    Updated: 32 min ago

    NEW YORK (AP) — Department of Justice lawyers filed court papers Friday again asking a federal appeals court to delay lifting age restrictions and prescription requirements on an emergency contraceptive popularly known as the morning-after pill. The papers seek to delay implementation of a...

  • Nissan marks 10th anniversary of Canton plant

    Updated: 1 hr ago

    JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — On May 27, 2003, a gold Nissan Quest minivan burst through a paper barrier to the cheers of assembled workers and dignitaries in the company's new Canton plant. It was Mississippi's entry into automaking. A decade later, some workers are looking back at their changed...

  • News Corp. OKs poison pill, buyback before split

    Updated: 2 hr ago

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the...

  • Bill would treat e-cigarettes like other tobacco

    Updated: 2 hr ago

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would treat electronic cigarettes like any other tobacco product by restricting where people can use them in public under a bill approved by the state Senate on Friday. Some of the vapors or nicotine emitted by the e-cigarettes may pose health risks, said...

  • Report: Yahoo, pay-TV operators among Hulu bidders

    Updated: 3 hr ago

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The person wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke Friday on condition of...

  • FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy

    Updated: 3 hr ago

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the problems involve seven patients who...

  • Fla. House speaker questions unique Citizens deal

    Updated: 3 hr ago

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A backlash is quickly growing against the decision of Florida's largest property insurer to shift thousands of policies to a start-up insurance company. Just two days ago Citizens Property Insurance Corp. narrowly approved an agreement that calls for paying $52...

  • Trustee opposes $20M payout to American Air CEO

    Updated: 3 hr ago

    The Justice Department is objecting to a proposed $20 million severance payment for American Airlines CEO Tom Horton, saying it's bigger than allowed by bankruptcy law. Horton became CEO when American filed for Chapter 11 protection in November 2011. The proposed merger of US Airways Group Inc....

  • Texas Brine offers settlements for sinkhole

    Updated: 3 hr ago

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Texas Brine Co. said Friday that it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a 15-acre sinkhole. The company operated a collapsed salt dome that authorities say caused the...