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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Food and Drug Administration said that specific does of certain oral contraceptives can be safely and effectively used as "morning-after pills." According to FDA studies, taking two two oral contraceptives within 72 hours after intercourse, followed by a second identical dose 12 hours later, is 75 percent effective in blocking a pregnancy. The pills work by preventing a fertilized egg from entering the uterus and won't work if a woman is already pregnant. Aside from nausea and, in some cases, vomiting, there are no serious side effects. It's the first federal approval...
...face similar judgements when we consider freedom of speech on the Internet. Should the same liberal standard applied by 20th century American courts to oral and written speech be applied to the World Wide Web? should communications by e-mail be protected with the same veil of privacy as are postal letters? I think not. Just a cursory look at these new information technologies reveals that the concept of speech on the Internet is quite novel. E-mail outdoes the telephone; it not only reaches into someone's private life, but it can reach 700 such people at the same...
...Kids, grit your teeth. Just one shot of the antibiotic Rocephin can be as effective in treating childhood EAR INFECTIONS as 10 days on oral antibiotics--today's standard treatment...
...committee news and at one point discussing language for the statement to be put out by the leadership. Stung by Democrats crying foul, the GOP struck back by pointing out that it was illegal to release the tape. "U.S.C. 119, Section 2511, prohibits the interception and disclosure of wire, oral or electronic communications. In other words, an unauthorized third party recording of a telephonic conversation is a violation of federal law," Republican Whip Tom DeLay wrote in a memo to Reno. "I urge you to pursue this matter with vigilance and due haste." The Justice Department has said it would...
...when he spit in her face or slung food." Ask Kay's son Joe, 12, whether he remembers any happy times with his dad, and he tells stories of outings that end in car crashes or fighting. Other friends and relatives trade Jackie tales like essential bits of oral history. They tell about that time when Jackie stole the pickup truck or dynamited the beech tree or bashed in the windshield or held the church congregation hostage. Says Kay's father, Chester Williams, a retired coal miner and preacher: "He felt like he could do anything and get by with...