The memorial site in Copley Square to the Boston Marathon bombings is seen on Boylston Street on Tuesday. Darren McCollester/Getty Images hide caption
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The Plan B One-Step morning-after pill will now be available to women as young as 15 without a prescription. AP hide caption
FDA OKs Prescription-Free Plan B Pill For Women 15 And Up
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on Feb. 20, 2013. Under Mayer, Yahoo is ending its remote work policy for employees. Peter Kramer/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
President Obama answers questions during his news conference at the White House on Tuesday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
Federal authorities wearing hazmat suits walk to the home of J. Everett Dutschke on April 23, 2013 in Tupelo, Miss. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
A dashcam video purports to show the crash of a civilian cargo 747 in Afghanistan Monday. LiveLeak hide caption
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Doctors at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria, treat a boy injured in what the government said was a chemical weapons attack on March 19. Syria's government and rebels accused each other of firing a rocket loaded with chemical agents outside of Aleppo. George Ourfalian/Reuters/Landov hide caption
How Doctors Would Know If Syrians Were Hit With Nerve Gas
Sequester Puts Some Needing Housing Aid 'Back To Square One'
Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, left, arrives at a court house in Madrid on January 28, 2013. Dani Pozo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wrigley says its new Alert Energy Caffeine Gum gives consumers the power to control how much caffeine they get. Wrigley Incorporated hide caption
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is escorted from a courtroom on April 20. Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
This ancient Greek statue, from 520 B.C., is one of two nudes that were covered up in a Greek exhibit that went on display in Qatar. The statues were sent back to Greece. Nimatallah / Art Resource, NY hide caption
American farms like this iceberg lettuce field owned by Duda Farm Fresh Foods outside Salinas, Calif., are facing a dwindling supply of farmworkers from rural Mexico. Kirk Siegler hide caption
Why An Immigration Deal Won't Solve The Farmworker Shortage
When It Comes To Productivity, Technology Can Hurt And Help
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