By LAURAN NEERGAARD / AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is requiring that supermarket-style bar codes soon be placed on the labels of thousands of drugs to help ensure that hospitalized patients get the right dose of the right drug at the right time. The long-anticipated regulation, announced Wednesday by the Food and…

By DAVID HAMMER / Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — While Democratic presidential candidates complain that too many jobs are going overseas, the last Democrat to hold the office is having a Scottish firm build nearly $1 million worth of cabinets for his presidential library. The foundation building the $160 million Bill Clinton…

By JIM ABRAMS / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The legal rights of the fetus are at issue in a House vote on legislation that would make it two separate crimes to harm both a pregnant woman and her unborn child. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act, expected to pass the House Thursday, has…

By DAN D’AMBROSIO / Associated Press Writer DENVER (AP) — A pastor displayed the message “Jews Killed The Lord Jesus” in front of his church on a busy Denver thoroughfare Wednesday, prompting outrage from Jews and Christians alike. The sign in front of Lovingway United Pentecostal Church upset one passer-by so much she bought a…

By ALEXANDRIA SAGE / Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The opening of “The Passion of the Christ” drew everyone from conservative churchgoers to confrontational New Yorkers more than willing to roll out their soapboxes as screenings got under way. But the gore — and in some cases, church rules — kept even…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan’s latest call for benefit cuts in Social Security and Medicare for future retirees touched off a frenzy among politicians in both parties already hypersensitive about the November elections. Greenspan told Congress on Wednesday that soaring budget deficits from out-of-control entitlement programs could lead to a “very debilitating”…

By MATT GOURAS / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — The University of Tennessee’s next president will likely face much stricter policies than the man blamed for lavish spending on travel, entertainment and home furnishings. Spending rules for the next president will be examined next week by the UT Board of Trustees, part of an…

MURFREESBORO (AP) — A female colleague of Middle Tennessee State University President Sidney McPhee has sued him and the Tennessee Board of Regents after an investigation into harassment allegations. The former assistant to McPhee claims she suffered “severe emotional distress, mental anguish, indignation, wounded pride, shame and despair.” Her lawsuit also claims she was involuntarily…

NASHVILLE (AP) — As housing developments creep into once-rural farmland, dangerous animal-related vehicle crashes are on the rise, state records show. Animals caused 5,103 crashes in Tennessee in 2001, including three fatalities, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. That’s up from 4,067 accidents in 1997. “It’s kind of a sore spot to farmers,” said Jeff…

By DUNCAN MANSFIELD / Associated Press Writer KNOXVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority’s current efforts to trim costs and payroll are nothing like the 1980s when then-Chairman Marvin Runyon laid off thousands, TVA director Bill Baxter said Wednesday. “He used an ax. Today, we are using a scalpel,” Baxter told the East Tennessee Industrial…