APNewsBreak: Wrigley halts caffeinated gum
Wrigley says it is taking a new caffeinated gum off the market temporarily as the Food and Drug Administration investigates the safety of added ...
Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands
The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun ...
Some cuts likely for food stamps
The government's food stamp program, which helps feed 1 in every 7 America, was one of the few programs exempted from this year's automatic spending ...
Pakistani government to ban air conditioners
Pakistan's prime minister has decided to ban the use of air conditioners by government offices to help cope with the country's pervasive energy ...
Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported
Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele's last words were over a cellphone to a friend: "I'm going to crash!" The car she was driving had clipped a snow ...
FTC puts background check sites on notice
Federal regulators on Tuesday warned several companies that the quick, easy background checks they are providing online might violate the Fair Credit ...
Correction: Tanning Beds-FDA story
In a story May 6 about proposed regulations for tanning beds, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an FDA proposal would not require ...
Appeals court strikes down union poster rule
In another blow to the nation's dwindling labor unions, an appeals court on Tuesday struck down a federal rule that would have required millions of ...
Saudi journalist claims he is banned from writing
A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticizing the Interior Ministry. Ali al-Elayan wrote on his ...
Limo driver: Fire took 3 minutes to claim 5 lives
First came the tapping. Over the blasting music, limo driver Orville Brown heard someone in the backseat knock on the partition behind him, saying ...
Biden asks clergy to make moral argument on guns
Vice President Joe Biden wants pastors, rabbis and nuns to tell their flocks that enacting gun control is the moral thing to do. But another vote may ...
Court: Calif. cities can ban medical pot shops
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the ...
Nuclear protester trial gets underway this week
An octogenarian nun and two codefendants used bolt cutters to cut through fences and spent about two hours inside a Tennessee national security plant ...
FAA safety oversight of aircraft repairs faulted
The government's oversight of hundreds of domestic and overseas repair stations that service U.S. airliners is ineffective and doesn't target the ...
Scenic, struggling S. Illinois braces for oil rush
This is the Illinois that many people never see — the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, ...
NRA, gun control advocates say fight far from over
National Rifle Association leaders told members Saturday that the fight against gun control legislation is far from over, with battles yet to come in ...
New efforts to curb cellphone theft
Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless ...
Toys R Us appeals $20M award in Mass. slide death
On a warm summer day in July 2006, Robin Aleo climbed to the top of a 6-foot inflatable pool slide and slid down head first. As she neared the bottom, ...
States fear losing aid for 'uninsurables'
Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul because of cost ...
Hill aides: White House recalculates spending cuts
The White House budget office is recalculating how to apply automatic spending cuts for a handful of agencies, freeing up almost $4 billion for the ...
Fishermen want humpback whales off endangered list
A group of Hawaii fishermen is asking the federal government to remove northern Pacific humpback whales from the endangered species list, saying the ...
Timber! Forest Service asks states to return cash
The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across ...
Decades-old question: Is antibacterial soap safe?
It's a chemical that's been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen ...
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