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The popular cold and allergy medicines contain pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in making the drug methamphetamine. Criminals are sending the ingredient to large meth labs in California.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opens its doors Thursday, but it still doesn't have a director. Although President Obama nominated Richard Cordray for the job, the political fight over the nomination and the agency is far from over.

Law enforcement agencies worry that politically motivated "hacktivism" could evolve into more dangerous cyberactivity. So while the people arrested in a crackdown of Anonymous were not suspected of having links to criminal gangs or terrorists, the FBI was determined to go after them.

In the past few weeks, Moody's and Standard and Poor's have threatened to downgrade the country's credit rating. It's a powerful message from the agencies, which were largely discredited in the years leading up to the financial crisis.

is it possible to discriminate against the dominant religion and religious ideology in a society? Some people say yes, and there's been a controversy in North County's San Dieguito Union High School District about an alleged anti-Christian bias.

Prime Minister David Cameron defended his former communications chief Andy Coulson before an emergency session of Parliament, saying he believes that people are innocent until proven guilty. He said an inquiry would be launched into the relationship between press, police and politicians.

A plan presented by Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs for a major makeover of Balboa Park has received preliminary support from the San Diego City Council.

When NASA wrapped up its spaceship programs Mercury and Apollo, it had new vehicles ready to replace them. But the agency has no such plan now that the space shuttles are retiring. Some people say it's a sign the organization has lost its way, but the agency's leaders say NASA has a robust future.

So far, the crisis under Rupert Murdoch's leadership has been costly. It killed a $12 billion bid of the largest broadcaster in the U.K. The company's shareholders lost billions of dollars in market value. The News of the World was closed forever, and there are a series of criminal investigations.

Nearly three years ago, Rhode Island resident Lisa Lunt split up with the woman she married in Massachusetts. Without a way to legally divorce in her state, she's been trapped ever since.