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  • NY judge makes morning-after pill available to all

    April 5, 2013 4:30 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) - In a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration, a federal judge ruled Friday that age restrictions on over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill are "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable" and must end within 30 days. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Korman of New York means consumers... more »
  • ACLU NM: Walgreens assures on birth pill policy

    January 23, 2013 12:54 PM

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Walgreens won't allow individual pharmacists' personal religious beliefs to prevent customers from filling birth control prescriptions, two New Mexico advocacy groups have announced. The Deerfield, Ill.-based company told the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southwest Women's Law Center that the company will take steps nationwide... more »
  • Baby's birth is a gift on Mother's Day

    May 13, 2012 2:00 PM

    What better way to celebrate Mother's Day than with the birth of a child? Mom and Dad, Kristy and Jordon De Priest, were the first to celebrate a birth Sunday at St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center in Pueblo. Thomas Wayne was born at 3:29 Sunday morning weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz.... more »
  • Conjoined twins separated

    May 1, 2012 6:40 AM

    PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Doctors have given a clean bill of health to two-year-old twins who were born attached at the chest and abdomen and who underwent separation surgery at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital six months ago. Angelina and Angelica Sabuco were the guests of honor at... more »
  • Obama's birth certificate questions surface again

    March 1, 2012 3:58 AM

    PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona lawman who calls himself America's toughest sheriff is taking aim at President Obama's birth certificate issue. The controversy over the certificate has been widely debunked, but it remains alive in the eyes of some conservatives. On Thursday, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he'll unveil... more »
  • Train ride ends with an extra passenger

    January 17, 2012 1:52 PM

    An expectant New Jersey couple took a train ride they will never forget, yesterday, when they headed to Manhattan for a routine doctor's appointment. Along the way, the pregnant mother began to feel what she though was false labor. Instead, it was the real thing. Train officials bypassed... more »
  • New York artist gives birth in art gallery

    October 26, 2011 7:54 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) - A performance artist who said giving birth is the "highest form of art" has delivered a baby boy - inside a New York City art gallery The Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn said Marni Kotak gave birth to a healthy infant, weighing 9 pounds, 2 ounces,... more »
  • Baby born in convenience store parking lot

    June 21, 2011 7:30 PM

    A pregnant mother from Northglenn, Colorado didn't quite make it to the hospital Monday morning. According to the Westminster Fire Department, the woman's mother called 911 as they were driving to the hospital when she decided to stop the car at a convenience store at 120th Avenue and Perry Street... more »
  • GOP chief says birth certificate issue is a distraction

    April 27, 2011 1:18 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the Republication National Committee says the issue of President Barack Obama's birth certificate is a distraction. But in a statement, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus also accuses Obama of playing campaign politics by addressing that issue. Priebus says Obama "ought to spend his time... more »
  • Lawsuit over LPGA "female at birth" requirement

    October 13, 2010 4:38 PM

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A transgender woman is suing the LPGA over a requirement which states that all competitors must be "female at birth." Fifty-seven-year-old Lana Lawless underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2005. She filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Tuesday claiming that the... more »
  • Gibson makes guitars to honor John Lennon

    October 4, 2010 12:53 PM

    The Gibson Guitar factory in Montana is finishing a project to honor what would have been the 70th birthday of Beatles singer and guitarist John Lennon. Gibson Acoustic's director of sales and marketing, Robi Johns, tells the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that Yoko Ono asked the company to release a... more »
  • Colorado declares victory in effort to bring back lynx

    September 17, 2010 1:43 PM

    Colorado wildlife officials are declaring victory in their 11-year effort to reintroduce lynx to the state. The Division of Wildlife said Friday that the cats are reproducing faster than they're dying, a sign of a self-sustaining population. Colorado's native lynx died out in the early 1970s because of... more »
  • Recession blamed for decline in US births

    August 27, 2010 12:29 PM

    The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century. Births fell 2.7 percent last year even as the population... more »
  • Woman gives birth at Starbucks in Colorado Springs

    July 26, 2010 8:38 AM

    A woman who left a Starbucks in Colorado Springs may have had a tall order, but it had nothing to do with coffee. Police Sgt. Mark Stevens says the 42-year-old woman walked into a Starbucks near the Garden of the Gods and gave birth about noon Friday in the... more »
  • Army doctor refuses to go to Afghanistan

    April 14, 2010 5:38 PM

    An Army doctor is under investigation and may face court martial after questioning on YouTube whether President Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen -- then disobeying orders to report for duty in Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, a Colorado native and graduate of Colorado College, failed to report to... more »
  • First condor chick in a century hatches in California

    April 7, 2010 3:35 PM

    For the first time in more than a century, a California condor chick has hatched inside the federal park that once was a domain of the species. Biologists at Pinnacles National Monument in Central California are celebrating the milestone announced Wednesday. The hatching of the chick, whose sex has... more »
  • Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

    November 23, 2009 11:03 AM

    A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday to take care of some odd jobs at the International Space station. Dr. Robert Satcher Jr. and Randolph Bresnik - the father of a new baby girl - got started on the work... more »
  • Report: 13 million babies worldwide born premature

    October 5, 2009 8:07 AM

    A March of Dimes official calls it the "13 million baby question." Epidemiologist Christopher Howson is talking about how to tackle the growing problem of premature births around the world. While the proportion of all babies born too early are highest in Africa, it's followed closely by North America, where... more »
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