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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Union members are asking a federal judge to block Indiana’s new right-to-work law.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state’s true goal was to suppress religious objections by druggists — not to promote timely access to the medicines for people who need them.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ink wasn’t even dry on a settlement with the nation’s top mortgage lenders when Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon laid claim to a chunk of the money to avert a huge budget cut for public colleges and universities.

The company best known for bananas lost $16 million in the fourth quarter, according to the its financial filings. That’s a smaller loss than the fourth quarter of 2010, when the company lost $20 million.

DALLAS (AP) — A comic collection that includes a staggering array of some of the most prized issues ever published was headed for auction Wednesday in New York City, where it was expected to fetch more than $2 million.