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| Bill Clinton: When It Comes to Obamacare, GOP 'Begging for America to Fail' Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 06:03 AM PDT  The Republican Party is "begging for America to fail" by rooting for President Obama's signature health care law to fail, former President Bill Clinton said during an interview for "This Week" with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, "I've never seen a time — can you remember a... Full Story | Top |
| Ted Cruz: If we have a shutdown, it will be because Harry Reid 'holds the American people hostage' Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:44 AM PDT  With a possible government shutdown looming, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tried to place the blame on squarely on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for refusing to compromise on the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's signature health care law. Full Story | Top |
| What's Next? 5 Questions in Government Shutdown Showdown Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:19 AM PDT  The federal government is careening ever closer to the first shutdown in 17 years, with time running short — and the inclination to find compromise almost non-existent. Here's a look at five looming questions in the shutdown showdown: 1. So what's next? The Senate has... Full Story | Top |
| Life in Puerto Rico becomes costlier amid crisis Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 06:34 AM PDT  Sweat gathered on the back of Gilberto Olivo's shirt as he tried to divert attention from his resume at a recent job fair in the working-class town of Catano. Once a chemical engineer who held managerial ... Full Story | Top |
| Five Things Former President Clinton Took Away From the 2008 President Election Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:25 AM PDT  During an interview with ABC News, former President Bill Clinton was asked by "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos about the biggest lesson he learned from the 2008 presidential campaign, in which his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic presidential primary to... Full Story | Top |
| SEC lawsuit against Mark Cuban heads to trial Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:39 AM PDT  With the Dallas Mavericks' season-opening game still a month away, the basketball team's outspoken owner, Mark Cuban, will be seeing a different kind of court this week. The government's insider-trading ... Full Story | Top |
| Terrorists used new tactic to spare some Muslims Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 04:34 AM PDT The turbaned gunmen who infiltrated Nairobi's Westgate mall arrived with a set of religious trivia questions: As terrified civilians hid in toilet stalls, behind mannequins, in ventilation shafts and underneath food court tables, the assailants began a high-stakes game of 20 Questions to separate Muslims from those they consider infidels. Full Story | Top |
| Capitol quiet as federal government shutdown nears Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 04:28 PM PDT By David Lawder and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a deadline to avert a federal government shutdown fast approaching, the U.S. Capitol was eerily quiet on Sunday as Republicans and Democrats waited for the other side to blink first and break the impasse over funding. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives early on Sunday passed a measure that ties government funding to a one-year delay of President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare restructuring law. Senate Democrats have vowed to quash it. ... Full Story | Top |
| Do or die as US, Congress face government shutdown Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:28 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - Lawmakers have one final day to try to prevent the first US government shutdown in 17 years, but a deal appeared remote Monday as congressional leaders showed little intent to compromise. Full Story | Top |
| Saudi cleric says women who drive risk damaging their ovaries Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:34 AM PDT  RIYADH (Reuters) - A conservative Saudi Arabian cleric has said women who drive risk damaging their ovaries and bearing children with clinical problems, countering activists who are trying to end the Islamic kingdom's male-only driving rules. A campaign calling for women to defy the ban in a protest drive on October 26 has spread rapidly online over the past week and gained support from some prominent women activists. On Sunday, the campaign's website was blocked inside the kingdom. In an interview published on Friday on the website sabq. ... Full Story | Top |
| Israel announces arrest of Iranian 'spy' Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 10:57 AM PDT  Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel's Shin Bet security service on Sunday announced the arrest on September 11 of an Iranian "spy" carrying photographs of the US embassy in Tel Aviv. Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: What would happen if the U.S. government shuts down? Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 04:43 PM PDT (Reuters) - A partial shutdown of the U.S. government will begin at midnight on Monday if Republicans and Democrats fail to agree on a funding bill. In a government shutdown, spending for essential functions related to national security or public safety would continue along with benefit programs such as Medicare health insurance and Social Security retirement benefits for seniors. But civilian federal employees - from people who process forms and handle regulatory matters to workers at national parks and museums - would be furloughed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif: Holocaust a 'Heinous Crime' and a 'Genocide' Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:10 AM PDT  In an exclusive interview this morning on "This Week," Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif condemned the Holocaust as a "heinous crime" and a "genocide," dismissing as a poor translation the appearance of the word "myth" about the Holocaust on the Iranian Supreme Leader's English website.... Full Story | Top |
| LOT 787 Dreamliner diverted due to antenna snafu Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 03:27 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A Boeing 787 Dreamliner, operated by Poland's LOT airline, has made an unscheduled landing in Reykjavik, Iceland, because of a malfunctioning antenna. Full Story | Top |
| Romneycare vs. Obamacare: Lessons for today's 'shutdown' debacle Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:13 AM PDT Back during the 2012 presidential campaign, President Obama had fun tweaking his Republican opponent about "Romneycare" the health care insurance program Mitt Romney had cited as one of the key successes of his time as Governor of Massachusetts. Full Story | Top |
| Israel's Netanyahu warns White House about Iran Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 11:30 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Mortified that the world may be warming up to Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking an unpopular message to the White House and the United Nations this week: Don't be fooled by Tehran's new leadership. Full Story | Top |
| Israel says it has caught alleged Iranian spy Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:24 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Shin Bet domestic security service said Sunday it has arrested a Belgian citizen of Iranian origin whom it claims was sent by Iran to spy on Israel under the guise of a windows and roofing salesman, an announcement that coincided with a trip by Israel's prime minister to the U.S. aimed at casting doubt on Iran's recent overtures to the West. Full Story | Top |
| NASA preparing to launch 3-D printer into space Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 10:49 PM PDT  NASA is preparing to launch a 3-D printer into space next year, a toaster-sized game changer that greatly reduces the need for astronauts to load up with every tool, spare part or supply they might ever ... Full Story | Top |
| FACT CHECK: Slippery claims on health law, budget Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 11:27 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is the insurance industry's most powerful pitchman these days as he drums up interest in the health insurance markets opening for business Tuesday. Whatever the merits of his product, there are reasons for the buyer to beware of his rhetoric. Full Story | Top |
| Russian court jails 6 more Greenpeace activists Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 06:45 AM PDT  A court in the northern Russian city of Murmansk on Sunday sent six more Greenpeace activists to jail for two months and showed no sign that the remaining two activists would be treated any differently ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama administration to sue U.S. state on voting rules: source Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:03 PM PDT  By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration plans to sue North Carolina on Monday to block newly enacted voting rules that it believes violates federal civil rights law, a person briefed on the Justice Department's plan said on Sunday. The challenge would be the second of its kind in three months aimed at voting changes in a Republican-led state. In July, the Justice Department said it would sue Texas. The department's civil rights enforcers are acting after the U.S. Supreme Court in June invalidated part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act they previously relied on. ... Full Story | Top |
| Iran is biggest test for Obama's often rocky ties with Netanyahu Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 07:34 AM PDT  By Matt Spetalnick and Dan Williams WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Six months after President Barack Obama eased a strained relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Israel dubbed "Operation Desert Schmooze," the two leaders now face the biggest test of whether they can work together - and the stakes are higher than ever. A diplomatic charm offensive by new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has suddenly opened up a gap between the White House and Netanyahu's government. ... Full Story | Top |
| Who'll blink? Dems, GOP in shutdown stare down Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:16 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — With the government teetering on the brink of partial shutdown, congressional Republicans vowed Sunday to keep using an otherwise routine federal funding bill to try to attack the president's health care law. Full Story | Top |
| SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from California Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 06:22 PM PDT  By Irene Klotz VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California (Reuters) - An unmanned Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Sunday to test upgrades before commercial satellite launch services begin later this year. The 22-story rocket, built and flown by Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, soared off a newly refurbished, leased launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Station at noon (1600 GMT). The Falcon 9 blazed through clear blue skies out over the Pacific Ocean, its water vapor trail visible even as the rocket left the atmosphere. "It went better than expected. ... Full Story | Top |
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