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The Food and Drug Administration warns consumers there are no over-the-counter drugs or dietary supplements approved to treat or prevent sexually transmitted diseases. People who know or suspect they are infected with an STD should consult a health professional.

The past 36 hours have provided endless smirks in offices and at home while coworkers, television anchors and maybe even family members mix up President Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden.

Former All Things Considered host Jim Russell remembers his time on the show

Though there are still forceful advocates of a strong, continuing U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden's death has broadened calls for Obama to draw down troop levels there in favor of a more limited, targeted hunt for terrorists.

Past presidents have gained in public standing after ordering bold and successful military actions. But the effect rarely lasts long enough to help a president's re-election chances or his party hold onto the White House.

Artifacts from a 9th-century shipwreck are slated to be shown at Washington's Smithsonian Institution in 2012. But the stories of looting and profit that surround the ship's discovery have put the Smithsonian under fire, and the exhibit on the line.

Immigrant advocates in Detroit say local ICE agents disregarded their agency's own policies, citing a recent incident that sent terrified parents to hide out in a school. ICE is conducting an internal review, but the union that represents ICE agents says the operation was a by-the-book enforcement action.

SEAL Team Six is a highly select group with a long history. Before the Osama bin Laden operation, the unit went after Balkan war criminals, and fought in Somalia and Afghanistan.

The Army Corps of Engineers has blown up a levee along the Mississippi River in Missouri to help ease flooding in Illinois. Floodwaters are pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri farmland. Preliminary readings indicate the action saved the tiny town of Cairo, Illinois.

The Syrian government has been trying to keep protesters off the streets by making arrests — hundreds of them. But people are demonstrating anyway. The latest group of protesters waved bread to show solidarity with the besieged city Daraa, where residents have been cut off from food and water and other basic needs.