Access fuels prescription-drug abuse (Battle Creek Enquirer)

Spend a week in a pharmacy and you'd be astonished at the number of people trying to obtain prescription drugs illegally, said Anthony Ratti, managing pharmacist at Askler's Augusta Pharmacy 'N' More.

Business People (The News Journal)

AstraZeneca appointed Tony Zook president of the U.K. drug maker's MedImmune division. Zook had been running the unit on a temporary basis. Zook heads the drugmaker's Fairfax-based North American business as well as its global marketing.

Gonzaga men's basketball is fully loaded (Seattle Times)

With six of its top seven scorers returning, 10th-ranked Gonzaga believes it has the talent to be among the nation's elite teams.

SPORTS BRIEFS (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

WASHINGTON) - Washington Nationals first baseman Dmitri Young was sent outright to Triple-A Syracuse yesterday, the latest setback for the 2007 NL comeback player of the year. Young played in only 50 games this year, batting .280 with four homers and 10 RBI in 150 at-bats. He missed time with a lower back injury and while receiving treatment for diabetes. He was shut down for the season after ...

More states let felons cast vote (Houston Chronicle)

Across the nation, more than a dozen states have changed their laws since 2003 to allow more felons who have finished serving their sentences to cast ballots, reversing a long-standing trend.