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A study finds those who used emergency contraception were about evenly divided between in their reasons. About half said it was because another contraceptive method had failed and half cited unprotected sex.

Voting can be a chore, but getting more people to vote by allowing early voting may not be doing the candidates or the electorate any favors.

The National Football League could coast nicely on its colossal audience. But as NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports, execs have turned their attention to the nation's children, targeting them with NFL Rush Zone: Season of the Guardians, an animated TV show co-produced with Nickelodeon.

They call them Romance Pants, from Instructables.com, one of the world's premier do-it-yourself sites. They're for the Romantic Man who has overplanned (and overthought and overdone) his upcoming night of love. One 7805 voltage regulator required.

The latest violence began following an argument between a Muslim goldsmith and his Buddhist customers in a central city. Ethnic violence in the former Burma comes as the government introduces democratic reforms after decades of military rule.

Sen. Harry Reid said the envelope was sent to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi. The envelope was found at a processing plant away from the Capitol.

On Monday, FBI investigators said they had not found any trace of ricin in a search of Paul Kevin Curtis' home.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-807366.mp3Times-Picayune culinary sleuths Marcelle Bienvenu and Judy Walker are…

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The bird, which newspapers say stands 6 feet, can run 40 mph and is "capable of disemboweling a human," escaped last month from a farm in Hertfordshire after apparently being spooked by a local hunt.