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MAR. 23, 2009

LATEST HEALTH NEWS  Brought to you by Judge Orders FDA to Let 17-Year Olds Use Pill A judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to let 17-year-old girls use emergency contraception without a prescription. MORE Robin Williams Recovering From Heart Surgery Robin Williams is recovering at a hospital in Cleveland after having heart surgery his doctors deemed successful. MORE Bad at Math? Blame It on Your Parents UCLA researchers say most of the brain chemicals that affect your ability to do math are inherited. MORE Open Heart Surgery With No Open Chest Medicine is constantly taking steps forwards. Surgeons in Connecticut are now able to perform open-heart surgery through tiny incisions. MORE Man With Polio Wins $22.5M Suit Against Drug Maker A Staten Island man stricken with polio has won a multimillion dollar lawsuit against a drug maker, claiming he contracted polio 30 years ago while changing his daughter's diaper. MORE WEATHER TODAY HIGH: 56 LOW: 49   TRAFFIC NEWS HEADLINES Why Would Anyone Cheer OPD Killings? In the wake of the shooting incident in Oakland in which four officers were killed, tough questions are being asked about the relationship between the community and the police department. MORE Bay Area Family Killed in Montana Plane Crash A family from St. Helena is among the 14 victims killed when the plane they were on took a nose dive into a cemetery. MORE Flipped Fortunes: GOP Rakes in Fundraising Cash Not only did Michael Steele do all right with fundraising in his first month as RNC chairman -- his DNC counterpart did so poorly that the Democrats are now more worried about their party than are GOPers. MORE

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