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The Food and Drug Administration had decided that a version of the morning-after emergency contraceptive pill could be sold without a prescription to buyers of any age. But the head of the Department of Health and Human Services overruled the FDA.

He came into our living rooms as the fatherly colonel in M*A*S*H, as Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet and in guest star roles on other series from Murder, She Wrote to The Love Boat.

Saying it was time for accountability, Sen. Charles Grassley said Lanny Breuer showed a "complete lack of judgment" in relation to a failed gun-walking operation.

The university president called the shootings a "wanton act of violence" that brought back "difficult memories of the past." In 2007, a student there killed 32 others before taking his own life.

As the Euro crisis continues, Germany and France have proposed giving European Union leaders more power to demand fiscal discipline from member states. The crisis has raised difficult questions about national sovereignty for many E.U. member states.

NPR's Debbie Elliott and Richard Gonzales spent a month on the road across the nation, reporting stories of economic struggle for the NPR series "Hard Times." They heard stories of people and places grappling with economic hardship, and also found a few bright spots along the way.

Notes from Gingrich's 1994 college course "Renewing American Civilization" include his thoughts on American exceptionalism and how to turn distressed urban areas into places where people can "pursue happiness without fear."

Reacting to widespread protests across the country, Dmitry Medvedev said that "people should have an opportunity to express their opinion."

The supersize instrument tracks motion via cameras and creates tones and prerecorded sounds.

Lynn Neary speaks with Sarah Weinman, the news editor for Publishers Marketplace, about the antitrust probe of Apple and six publishing houses over the prices of e-books. It is being investigated by the Department of Justice and the European Commission.