Ohio
Carter hospitalized for stomach ailment
CLEVELAND - Former President Jimmy Carter, on a trip promoting his new book, developed an upset stomach on a flight to Cleveland on Tuesday and was staying at a hospital overnight at his doctor's recommendation.
Carter's grandson, Georgia state Sen. Jason Carter, said his 85-year-old grandfather was doing fine.
The former president planned to stay the night at MetroHealth hospital in Cleveland, according to a statement from the Carter Center, an Atlanta-based nonprofit. He planned to resume his book tour today in Washington D.C.
District of Columbia
Mouth-rinse claims challenged by FDA
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration has warned three companies that market mouth-rinse products to stop making unsupported claims that they remove plaque and promote healthy gums.
The claims suggest the products, which are used by countless Americans every day, are effective in preventing gum disease when no such benefit has been proven, the FDA said Tuesday.
The agency said warning letters were sent to Johnson & Johnson, maker of Listerine Total Care Anticavity Mouthwash, and to two drug store giants - CVS Corporation, which sells CVS Complete Care Anticavity Mouthwash, and Walgreen Company, which sells Walgreen Mouth Rinse Full Action.
Illinois
Emanuel's tenants don't want him home
CHICAGO - If Rahm Emanuel wants to run for Chicago mayor, the White House chief of staff will have to persuade voters to do what the couple leasing his Chicago house apparently would not: Welcome him home.
Emanuel, widely expected to announce a decision about his candidacy within days, recently called the tenants renting his home on Chicago's North Side and asked them to move out so he could move back in, spokesman and close friend Rick Jasculca said Tuesday.
But the couple said no. They extended their lease until next year just days before Mayor Richard Daley announced he wouldn't seek re-election, Jasculca said, and told Emanuel they don't want to leave.
Utah
Family with 4 wives focus of bigamy probe
SALT LAKE CITY - The family with four wives had hoped its participation on a TLC reality TV show would shed light on polygamy but is now the target of a bigamy investigation by Utah police.
"Sister Wives," which premiered Sunday, chronicles the life of 41-year-old advertising salesman Kody Brown, his four wives, 13 children and three stepchildren. The Browns, of Lehi, have said they hoped that the peek into their lives would help broaden the public's understanding of plural families.
Lehi police are investigating whether the family is violating bigamy laws in plain view on cable TV. Brown is only legally married to Meri but also calls three other women his spouses: Janelle, Christine and Robyn.
Missouri
Lottery luck strikes twice for man, 57
ST. LOUIS - The odds against winning $1 million in the lottery: astronomical. How about doing it twice?
It happened to a man from Bonne Terre, Mo., Missouri Lottery officials said Tuesday. Ernest Pullen, 57, won $1 million with a "100 Million Dollar Blockbuster" Scratchers ticket in June. And this month, he won $2 million with a "Mega MONOPOLY" Scratchers ticket.
Pullen, a retired military man who was working at the help desk for a telecommunications company before retiring after the first lottery win, said he considers himself to be a "lucky guy."
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