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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said Monday that quarterback Jimmy Clausen's citation for transporting alcohol as a minor is a simple case of ignorance of the law. "I think it's out of ignorance -- and by ignorance I mean lack of knowledge," Weis said. "I don't think he was defiantly trying to get himself into trouble with the law." Weis said he himself didn't know it was illegal for someone who's underage -- Clausen is 19 -- to drive someone who is of legal drinking age to a liquor store to buy alcohol. He used...

California's action-star governor pledged in his first State of the State address in 2004 to "blow up the boxes" of the state's bloated bureaucracies. But that campaign fizzled like a box office dud -- one that Gov. Schwarzenegger has apparently forgotten. The governor on Tuesday announced his support for SB 162, which the Senate passed in January. The measure would split emergency health duties from the Department of Health Services. The result: A new state bureaucracy, the Department of Public Health, would concentrate exclusively on preparing California to address a bioterror attack or an epidemic, such as the avian flu....

Lawsuits fly over penis enlargements Tue Feb 15,12:58 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A New Jersey man has filed a false advertising lawsuit against a maker of herbal penis enlargement pills, alleging the medicine does not fulfil its promises, the plaintiff's lawyer says. Two similar cases, filed last year in Colorado and Ohio, accuse manufacturers of herbal dietary supplements, VigRx and Enzyte, of falsely claiming to be able to add substantial length and girth to a man's penis. All three suits seek class action status and claim to represent more than 1 million total plaintiffs. In the latest case,...

TALAHASEE, FL -- A Florida judge has ordered Sen. Ted Kennedy's food supply cut off immediately, and says he will rule shortly on whether the Massachusetts Democrat will continue to receive his daily ration of distilled fluids. "It's for Senator Kennedy's own good," said Judge Paul Spiro in announcing the unusual ruling. "While I may not seem to have jurisdiction over this case, I think I speak for millions of Americans when I issue this directive. We simply cannot allow this situation to continue. D-Mass is supposed to be a reference to his party and state, not a physical description."...