Sep 10 Painkillers prescribed new labels by FDA Photo: Flickr user hitthatswitch The Food and Drug Administration announced that it would be changing the label requirements of prescription, extended release or long-term 'opoid' painkillers in an effort to tackle prescription drug abuse. Continue reading
Sep 10 New York City voters report hiccups at polls for mayoral election Voters in New York reported issues using old-school voting machines Tuesday. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images. As New York City voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose their Democratic and Republican nominees for mayor, there were scattered reports… Continue reading
Sep 10 Amateur astronomers observe skies for threats that could smash into Earth .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } The Associated Press profiled an… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch live: Gold medal ceremony honoring 1963 Birmingham bombing victims Watch live as House and Senate leader formally awarding Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in a Birmingham, Ala. church bombing nearly 50 years ago. Continue reading
Sep 10 Kenyan deputy president appears at the ICC for crimes against humanity Kenya's deputy president William Ruto appeared at the International Criminal Court for charges that he allegedly ordered his political supporters to slaughter supporters of an opposing political party. The resulting violence that left more than 1,000 dead and… Continue reading
Sep 10 From the NewsHour vault: This day in history On this day in 1998, President Clinton met with Senate democrats and members of his Cabinet to ask forgiveness for his actions in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. James Lee Witt, chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, described… Continue reading
Sep 10 A 'pass atlas' map of where NFL quarterbacks throw the ball Wonder what the completion percentage for the more than 19,000 attempted passes by quarterbacks was in 2012? Completed passes? Common passing locations? Who has the most passes by zone? Kirk Goldsberry is a spatial and visual analytics guy… Continue reading
Sep 10 'Pink slime' goes back to school The ground beef filler product that came to be known as 'pink slime' has returned to schools in the U.S., according to a government report. Continue reading
Sep 10 Apple unveils not one, but two new iPhones Apple welcomed two new iPhones to its family today following a much anticipated media event in Cupertino, Calif. The iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5S will officially launch on September 20. Continue reading
Sep 10 UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Syria EDITOR'S NOTE: The emergency session of the UN Security Council on Syria, that was scheduled to be at 4 p.m. EDT, has been canceled after Russia withdrew its original request. (AP) Russia has requested an emergency closed-door meeting of… Continue reading