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| US denies Obama knew of Merkel spying Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 01:30 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - The imbroglio over the tapping of Angela Merkel's phone deepened Sunday, after a US denial that President Barack Obama was personally informed for years of electronic surveillance against the German chancellor. Full Story | Top |
| Here's a tax increase Republican lawmakers support Monday, Oct 28, 2013 12:42 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress don't usually fight for tax increases, especially ones that are part of President Barack Obama's health care law. Full Story | Top |
| Not happy with work? Wait until you're 50 or older Monday, Oct 28, 2013 12:46 AM PDT  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Not happy with your job? Just wait. Full Story | Top |
| Cheney: Republicans need to look to new generation Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 06:00 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney said Sunday that Republicans need to look to a new generation of leaders as the party deals with poor approval ratings following the government shutdown. Full Story | Top |
| Banksy slams One World Trade Center in rejected New York Times op-ed Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 09:27 AM PDT  "The biggest eyesore in New York is not the graffiti," the elusive British street artist declares on his website. "It's under construction at ground zero." Full Story | Top |
| First passengers arrive at Dubai's newest airport Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 09:19 AM PDT  A flight carrying a little more than 100 passengers from Budapest touched down Sunday at Dubai's new Al Maktoum International Airport, a modest first arrival for a terminal designers hope will be the world's ... Full Story | Top |
| Shaq endorses Christie for governor of New Jersey Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 07:36 AM PDT "I don't endorse many politicians," O'Neal says in a new ad released by the Christie campaign Sunday. "But Chris Christie is different." Full Story | Top |
| Sebelius to face tough questioning on health law Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 06:52 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans said Sunday they intend to press Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Obama administration's troubled launch of healthcare.gov, the online portal to buy insurance — even as the website suffered yet another setback. Full Story | Top |
| Worst storm in decade lashes Britain, France Monday, Oct 28, 2013 12:29 AM PDT  London (AFP) - Britain faced travel chaos on Monday and some 75,000 homes were without electricity in northern France as one of the worst storms in years battered the region, sweeping at least one person out to sea. Full Story | Top |
| After shutdown, few talking about budget solutions Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 05:42 AM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — Something is noticeably absent from congressional candidates' rampant finger-wagging over this month's bipartisan deal to extend the nation's borrowing limit and reopen government: concrete proposals to fundamentally alter the U.S. balance sheet. Full Story | Top |
| Clinton: Ideologues reliable GOP voters Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 04:20 PM PDT  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Fanaticism is fueling conservative voters who could threaten Democrat Terry McAuliffe's political chances, former President Bill Clinton warned Sunday as he joined his longtime buddy's campaign for Virginia governor. Full Story | Top |
| Sea Lion Species Removed from Endangered Species List Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 06:19 AM PDT  The eastern Steller sea lion, which roams the West Coast between Alaska and California, has been taken off the U.S. Endangered Species List after a major population comeback over the last several years. Full Story | Top |
| Saudi women fined for defying driving ban: police Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 06:44 AM PDT  Riyadh (AFP) - At least 16 Saudi women have received fines for taking the wheel on a day set by activists to defy the kingdom's traditional ban on female driving, police and reports said Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Bullies: They're not just in middle school Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 06:02 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Was a losing team bullied? Is your angry spouse a bully? How about that co-worker who's always criticizing you? Or the politicians who forced a government shutdown? Full Story | Top |
| Indonesia to ban masked monkey shows in capital Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 05:15 PM PDT  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's capital is getting rid of the monkey business. Full Story | Top |
| Data center glitch is latest problem in 'Obamacare' rollout Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 03:24 PM PDT  By Sharon Begley and David Morgan NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A data center critical for allowing uninsured Americans to buy health coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare law went down on Sunday, the U.S. government said, in the latest problem for the "Obamacare" rollout. Verizon's Terremark operates the data center behind a federal system for determining eligibility for government subsidies to buy insurance nationwide and hosts HealthCare.gov, the website that makes insurance available in 36 of the 50 states. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Lost world' discovered in remote Australia Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 11:00 PM PDT  Sydney (AFP) - An expedition to a remote part of northern Australia has uncovered three new vertebrate species isolated for millions of years, with scientists Monday calling the area a "lost world". Full Story | Top |
| NSA spying on allies: What must now change Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 05:28 AM PDT  Soon after he won the White House, President Obama declared to the world, "The interests that we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart." It was a hopeful sentiment, one aimed at reversing a conflict-based way of thinking that had long pervaded American politics and foreign policy. Full Story | Top |
| Global Effort Needed to Defend Earth from Asteroids, Astronauts Tell UN Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 07:48 AM PDT  NEW YORK — Members of the United Nations met with distinguished astronauts and cosmonauts this week in New York to begin implementing the first-ever international contingency plan for defending Earth against catastrophic asteroid strikes. Full Story | Top |
| Hawaii lawmakers to hold special session to consider gay marriage Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 05:06 AM PDT By Malia Mattoch HONOLULU (Reuters) - Hawaii, which had a pioneering role in the acceptance of same-sex marriage in the United States two decades ago, could become the 15th state to extend marriage rights to gay couples when state lawmakers meet this week for a special session. Governor Neil Abercrombie, a Democrat, has called the session to start on Monday to debate a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. "I think Hawaii has always celebrated its sense of Aloha for one another," Abercrombie said in a telephone interview. "This is a question of equity. ... Full Story | Top |
| Key U.S. official faces grilling over Obamacare website Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 06:08 AM PDT  By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two months before the troubled October 1 launch of Obamacare exchanges, a key administration official overseeing the program assured a congressional oversight panel that work was on track to roll out a tested website that would make it easy for Americans to enroll in affordable health insurance coverage. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pastor who banned fried chicken leads Mississippi Obamacare push Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 08:34 AM PDT  By Julie Steenhuysen HERNANDO, Mississippi (Reuters) - When Dr Michael Minor first became pastor at Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Hernando, Mississippi, in 1996, he discovered a population overcome by an epidemic of obesity. "It was so bad, I was having a funeral every weekend," he said. Minor took dramatic action for a Southern preacher, banning fried chicken at church potlucks and setting up a walking track around the church perimeter. He has had marked success. "You can see the difference. People are much better sized, way better. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Strained finances trip up French firms' recovery role Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 01:26 AM PDT  By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - Squeezed by thin margins and high debt, French companies will struggle to ramp up the investment spending on which President Francois Hollande's government is banking to underpin a fragile recovery. Hollande's government has hung its 2014 recovery hopes on business investment taking over consumer spending's traditional role as the motor of growth in the euro zone's second largest economy. It expects growth to reach at least 0.9 percent in 2014, counting on a corporate tax credit scheme to boost overall business investment by 1. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gov criticized over layoffs at Ohio aluminum plant Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 07:58 AM PDT  What was once the largest private employer in its region is now Ohio's largest industrial layoff of the year. Republican Gov. John Kasich is facing criticism over the indefinite shuttering of Ormet Corp., ... Full Story | Top |
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