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Daily News: Most Popular News Headlines - Bill Clinton: When It Comes to Obamacare, GOP 'Begging for America to Fail'

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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
Bill Clinton: When It Comes to Obamacare, GOP 'Begging for America to Fail'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...
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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
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks to reporters as he emerges from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013, after his overnight crusade railing against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare." Cruz ended the marathon Senate speech opposing President Barack Obama's health care law after talking for 21 hours, 19 minutes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)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.
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What's Next? 5 Questions in Government Shutdown Showdown 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:19 AM PDT
What's Next? 5 Questions in Government Shutdown ShowdownThe 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...
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Life in Puerto Rico becomes costlier amid crisis 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 06:34 AM PDT
Life in Puerto Rico becomes costlier amid crisisSweat 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 ...
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Five Things Former President Clinton Took Away From the 2008 President Election 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:25 AM PDT
Five Things Former President Clinton Took Away From the 2008 President ElectionDuring 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...
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SEC lawsuit against Mark Cuban heads to trial 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:39 AM PDT
SEC lawsuit against Mark Cuban heads to trialWith 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 ...
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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.
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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. ...
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Do or die as US, Congress face government shutdown 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:28 PM PDT
The US Capitol is silhouetted on September 28, 2013 in WashingtonWashington (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.
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Saudi cleric says women who drive risk damaging their ovaries 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:34 AM PDT
A Saudi woman gets out of a car after being given a ride by her driver in Riyadh, on May 26, 2011RIYADH (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. ...
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Israel announces arrest of Iranian 'spy' 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 10:57 AM PDT
The US embassy in Tel Aviv on November 20, 2012Jerusalem (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.
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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. ...
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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif: Holocaust a 'Heinous Crime' and a 'Genocide' 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:10 AM PDT
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif: Holocaust a 'Heinous Crime' and a 'Genocide'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....
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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.
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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.
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Israel's Netanyahu warns White House about Iran 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 11:30 PM PDT
FILE -This Sept. 1, 2013 file photo shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Mortified that the world may be warming up to Iran, 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. With the White House cautiously optimistic about its dialogue with Iran, the meeting on Monday, Sept 30, 2013 between Netanyahu and President Barack Obama could be tense. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool, file)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.
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Israel says it has caught alleged Iranian spy 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:24 AM PDT
This undated photograph released by Shin Bet, Israel's security service, purports to show Belgian-Iranian businessman Ali Mansouri, who entered Israel with a Belgian passport under the name Alex Mans. Shin Bet said Sunday Sept. 29, 2013, it has arrested Mansouri who it claims was sent by Iran to spy on Israel under the guise of a windows and roofing salesman, an announcement that coincided with the Israeli prime minister's trip to the U.N. to cast doubt on Iran's charm offensive. (AP Photo/Shin Bet)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.
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NASA preparing to launch 3-D printer into space 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 10:49 PM PDT
NASA preparing to launch 3-D printer into spaceNASA 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 ...
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FACT CHECK: Slippery claims on health law, budget 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 11:27 AM PDT
FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to workers at the Ford Kansas City Stamping Plant in Liberty, Mo. 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. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)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.
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Russian court jails 6 more Greenpeace activists 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 06:45 AM PDT
Russian court jails 8 more Greenpeace activistsA 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 ...
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Obama administration to sue U.S. state on voting rules: source 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:03 PM PDT
A poll worker looks at voter authorization forms and provisional ballots after the polls closed at a church during the U.S. presidential election in Charlotte, North CarolinaBy 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. ...
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Iran is biggest test for Obama's often rocky ties with Netanyahu 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 07:34 AM PDT
Iranian Americans protest against a conversation between Obama and Rouhani, outside the White HouseBy 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. ...
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Who'll blink? Dems, GOP in shutdown stare down 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:16 PM PDT
An empty hallway in the U.S. Capitol Sunday morning, Sept. 29, 2013, as a government shutdown looms, in Washington. The political and economic stakes mounting with each tick of the clock, the White House and congressional Democrats say a House-approved delay in President Barack Obama's health care law does nothing but push Washington to the brink of the first government shutdown in 17 years. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)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.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from California 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 06:22 PM PDT
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying a small science satellite for Canada is seen as it is launched from a newly refurbished launch pad in Vandenberg Air Force StationBy 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. ...
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