FDA confirms graphic cigarette warning labels to debut by 2012
The Food and Drug Administration will require nine new warnings on cigarette packs by fall 2012. The labels depict graphic health consequences, marking the most substantial change in U.S. cigarette packaging in 25 years.
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Graphic cigarette labels head to U S packs
The FDA will require nine graphic warnings on cigarette packs, showing rotting teeth, diseased lungs and a smoking corpse to deter use. The plan aims to cut smoking and build on decades of warnings, facing legal challenges from major tobacco firms including Altria.
Utah man uses Facebook during 16 hour standoff with police
Jason Valdez, 36, held a woman hostage in a motel in a 16 hour standoff with SWAT teams in Salt Lake City while posting on Facebook. He met online help from friends, posted about the incident, and praised supporters as officers closed in. He then shot himself as officers moved in. Authorities are reviewing possible obstruction charges against some friends.
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Glitch Opens Medicare to 30 More Middle Class
The health care law may let millions of middle class Americans, including early retirees, qualify for Medicaid as nearly free coverage. An anomaly could allow a couple earning about $64,000 annually to receive aid in 2014, since most Social Security benefits would no longer count as income. Officials say they are exploring fixes as critics call the gap unacceptable.
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