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News Wrap: Three NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan by Roadside Bombing
HARI SREENIVASAN: The Food and Drug Administration approved overt-counter sales of the morning after birth pill for girls 15 and older. Before now, the pill was available to those 17 and over. Earlier this month, a federal judge ordered that the age restrictions be lifted, but the FDA said today's decision had been in the works before the judge's order.
Three NATO service members were killed in a roadside bombing in Southern Afghanistan today. It came on the third day of the Taliban's spring offensive. The militants have vowed to target foreign military bases and diplomatic areas and to use insider attacks by Afghan soldiers and police to kill NATO troops. NATO didn't identify the nationalities of those killed today.
In Libya, a confrontation escalated as militiamen surrounded the Justice Ministry in the capital city of Tripoli. It's the third day of trouble, as armed groups test the government's political transition. Gunmen stood guard today -- stood guard today beside trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns. Roads around the Justice Ministry were sealed off, the building was closed, and visitors were turned away. The militias are trying to force out members of Moammar Gadhafi's regime who are still in government posts.
The Parliament of Cyprus narrowly passed a multibillion-dollar bailout plan today, avoiding national bankruptcy. The government struck the deal with its euro partners and the International Monetary Fund last week. Officials had warned that without the agreement, the country faced economic collapse and possible withdrawal from the euro system. The deal has angered many Cypriots by forcing large bank depositors to take major losses on their savings.
More signs of growth for the U.S. economy today. Consumer confidence rose in April, after falling in March. The Conference Board, a private research group, says hiring and pay raises helped. And the Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller index showed more -- home prices jumped more than nine percent in February. That's the biggest increase in nearly seven years.
On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 21 points to close well over 14,839. The Nasdaq rose more than 21 points to close above 3,328.
Those are some of the day's major stories -- now back to Judy.
Source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/jan-june13/other_04-30.html
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How flat is too flat: Where do you want to see the future of iOS design? [Poll]
There've been a lot of rumors lately about how Jony Ive, now in charge of all human interface across Apple, may be reducing or eliminating the use of heavier textures, gradients, skeuomorphs, and other rich visual elements in iOS 7. Everything from buttons to icons, tabs to panels, bars to skins seems ripe for a subtler, flatter, more digitally authentic refresh. But what does that mean exactly?
For some, "flatter" could just mean taking things down a notch -- less severe gradients, lighter shadows, shallower bezels, fainter textures, and an overall refinement of what's already there. For others, "flatter" means scorched earth -- no gradients, no shadows, no bezels, no textures, and an utter obliteration of all that was.
Truth is often in the eye of the beholder, and somewhere in between the extremes. But it does prompt the question: how flat would you like to see iOS 7? Vote in the poll up top and let me know the details, and the reasons for them, in the comments below!
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Iran says use of chemical arms by anyone in Syria is "red line"
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it regarded the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war as a "red line", echoing major adversary the United States but saying Syrian rebels were the main culprit and not the Damascus government.
Last week Washington said it had "varying degrees of confidence" that Syrian government forces had likely used the nerve agent sarin on a small scale against rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. President Barack Obama has warned Damascus that deployment of chemical weapons could trigger consequences for Assad - language widely interpreted to include military intervention so far shunned by Washington. Obama has also called resort to chemical arms a "red line" Assad must not cross.
In calling chemical weapons use a "red line" for Iran, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi did not indicate what action Tehran - one of Assad's staunchest political and military allies - might take in the case that a poison gas attack by either side in the conflict were to be proven.
"We have always emphasized that the use of chemical weapons on the part of anyone is our red line," Salehi said, according to the ISNA news agency. "Iran is opposed to the use of any kind of weapon of mass destruction, and not just their use but their production, accumulation, and use."
Salehi also reiterated calls for the United Nations to investigate assertions by the Syrian government that Syrian insurgents had used chemical weapons.
"On Syria," he said, "we have also requested that in accordance with the Syrian government, which emphasizes that the opposition has used these weapons, the United Nations...identify the main culprit in this regard, which is the opposition."
The Syrian government and the opposition blame each other for alleged chemical attacks in Aleppo in March and Homs in December. Syria wants U.N. investigators to look into only the reported Aleppo attack, but U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wants the inquiry he has ordered to cover both incidents.
Ban said on Monday that investigators have been gathering and analyzing available information on alleged chemical attacks in Syria, but access to the war-torn country was essential for a "credible and comprehensive inquiry.
Iran counts itself as the biggest victim of chemical weapons attacks in recent history, saying up to 100,000 Iranians were exposed to the effects of Iraqi poison gas during the two neighbors' 1980-88 war. Other studies have estimated that around 60,000 were affected.
Tehran, however, is suspected by Western powers of seeking another form of mass-destruction weapons capability - nuclear - with its shadowy uranium enrichment program. Iran denies this, saying it seeks nuclear energy only for peaceful purposes.
(Reporting By Yeganeh Torbati; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-chemical-arms-anyone-syria-red-line-113122661.html
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Stocks drift mostly higher; Pfizer weighs on Dow
NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks are drifting mostly higher on Wall Street, but poor results from Pfizer are holding down the Dow Jones industrial average.
The Dow was down three points to 14,814 at midday Tuesday, a decline of 0.02 percent.
Pfizer fell the most in the Dow after reporting weaker earnings than analysts were expecting. The stock fell 90 cents, or 3 percent, to $29.54.
The Standard & Poor's 500 edged index up two points to 1,595, an increase of 0.1 percent. That's slightly above the record high close the S&P reached the day before.
The Nasdaq composite rose 13 points, or 0.4 percent, to 3,319.
Avon Products' loss wasn't as deep as analysts had expected. The stock rose 68 cents to $22.92, a gain of 3 percent.
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Asking for a Doctor's Note? Keep It Legal - Free Enterprise - FindLaw
We knew the drill in grade school: You say you're sick, then you hand over a doctor's note. The grow-up world isn't all that different, as employers commonly ask employees to verify sick leave with a note from a doctor.
Sure, asking for a doctor's note is, for the most part, legal -- but demanding a prying doctor's note isn't. Requiring too much information from employees for sick leave can land employers in legal trouble.
Here are five do's and don'ts when asking for a doctor's note:
Source: http://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2013/04/asking-for-a-doctors-note-keep-it-legal.html
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