washingtonpost.com - OklahomaOklahomaCommon Cold Medicines Curbed- May 6, 2005 In the 10 months since Oklahoma pharmacies became the first in the nation to keep popular cold medications behind the counter and require identification to buy them, seizures of illegal methamphetamine labs have fallen by 80 percent, state law enforcement officials say.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36331-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Ethics Panel Finds Conflict With Senator's Job as Physician- May 6, 2005 Republican Tom Coburn will fight the ruling, arguing that the panel's decision contradicts the Founding Fathers' desire for lawmakers to retain ties to their communities.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28320-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/o... Executives Take a Turn As Pr. George's Principals- May 6, 2005 Fifteen minutes before classes began yesterday, businessman Al Porter reported for duty as the honorary principal of DuVal High School in Lanham. Thomas Anderson, the real principal, whisked him into a closed-door meeting to hear a mother's concerns about her son's low grades.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55089-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Finding Life Lonely in the Center- May 6, 2005 Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) is a most exotic and endangered species: a moderate in the United States Senate.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51838-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Interactive Video Used To Train Officers for Iraq- May 6, 2005 Gator Six is more dazzling than a PowerPoint presentation, yet not quite a video game. It's a collection of 260 video clips on two CDs that, in essence, serve as an interactive film of the Iraq war.-The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48355-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Texans Divided Over Plan for Toll Roads- May 6, 2005 Called the Trans-Texas Corridor, it is the most ambitious highway project since the Eisenhower administration introduced the interstate system in the 1950s, and experts are watching to see whether the plan could work in other states.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6370-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ok Hope for Asbestos Bill Blossoms, Then Withers- May 6, 2005 As the legislative day dawned on Capitol Hill yesterday, an unexpected ray of hope arrived with it: A bill to resolve the asbestos crisis, pronounced dead a month ago, appeared to be alive once more.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48253-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Satirical Groundhog Tales Breed a Devoted Following- May 6, 2005 The winter of 1979 was a cold, hard one in Oklahoma City, especially for Megan Hicks. The ground had been frozen solid for two straight months, and Hicks was a brand-new mother, home alone for the first time and depressed. Unable to get it together to send Christmas cards as usual, she made it by early February -- Groundhog Day.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47876-2005Jan29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... GAO Criticizes FDA On Spermicide Labels- May 6, 2005 The failure of the Food and Drug Administration to update warning labels on products containing the spermicide Nonoxynol-9 may increase the risk of contracting the AIDS virus among those who use the products, analysts at the Government Accountability Office have found.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45113-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... U.S. Extremist Groups Still Pose Threat- May 6, 2005 The possibility for domestic terrorism remains strong because of "lone wolf" actors who may have associated with militia groups and remain committed and violent, according to authorities.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64058-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |