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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: 'Rush' actress Olivia Wilde expecting first child: report Analysis: Bank of America verdict spotlights U.S. focus on civil cases Insight: Delays, clashes hinder attempts to salvage Batista's OGX Condoms should be more available to teens, doctors say Don't let religious beliefs impede kids' care: doctors Computer cracks CAPTCHAs in step toward artificial intelligence Data center glitch is latest problem in 'Obamacare' rollout Company hosting Obamacare data has technical glitch: U.S. official Pastor who banned fried chicken leads Mississippi Obamacare push Key U.S. official faces grilling over Obamacare website Romanian farmers choose subsistence over shale gas

'Rush' actress Olivia Wilde expecting first child: report  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 10:16 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Rush" actress Olivia Wilde is pregnant and expecting her first child with fiance and "Saturday Night Live" veteran Jason Sudeikis, People magazine reported on Sunday. The 29-year-old actress, who first gained wide attention as Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on Fox television's medical drama "House," met Sudeikis, 38, on the 2011 season finale of "SNL" and they began dating six months later. They became engaged in January of this year, according to People. "They are incredibly happy," an unnamed source close to the couple was quoted as telling the magazine. ... Full Story	Top
Analysis: Bank of America verdict spotlights U.S. focus on civil cases  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 10:01 PM PDT By Nate Raymond and Aruna Viswanatha NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice appeared to have struck gold last week with the law it wielded against one of the nation's largest banks over conduct that fueled the financial crisis. To convince a jury that Bank of America engaged in fraud, lawyers in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office turned to FIRREA, a once-dormant civil fraud statute that essentially allows the government to build a criminal case against financial institutions, but without having to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. ... Full Story	Top
Insight: Delays, clashes hinder attempts to salvage Batista's OGX  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 09:21 PM PDT By Guillermo Parra-Bernal, Jeb Blount and Nick Brown SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Attempts to save Eike Batista's flagship oil company, the business most responsible for the meltdown of his once high-flying industrial empire, have been hampered by internal conflict and unpredictable decisions by the Brazilian tycoon, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters. ... Full Story	Top
Condoms should be more available to teens, doctors say  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 09:15 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although teenagers should be encouraged to abstain from sex, they should also have access to cheap condoms, pediatricians said Monday. In a policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Adolescence said schools are a good place to make condoms available. To be most effective, they should also be accompanied by sex education programs. There is still some resistance to making condoms more accessible for young people, researchers said. ... Full Story	Top
Don't let religious beliefs impede kids' care: doctors  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 09:15 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pediatricians and child abuse agencies should step in when parents' religious beliefs keep kids from getting necessary medical care, doctors said Monday. In a policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Bioethics also said states should repeal any exemptions to child abuse and neglect laws. Those exemptions mean some states don't always consider parents negligent if they forgo medical treatment for a child because of their religious beliefs. ... Full Story	Top
Computer cracks CAPTCHAs in step toward artificial intelligence  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 09:01 PM PDT By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - A technology start-up said on Monday that it had come up with software that works like a human brain in one key way: it can crack CAPTCHAs, the strings of tilted, squiggly letters that websites employ to make users "prove you are human," as Yahoo! and others put it. San Francisco-based Vicarious developed the algorithm not for any nefarious purpose and not even to sell, said co-founder D. Scott Phoenix. ... Full Story	Top
Data center glitch is latest problem in 'Obamacare' rollout  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 07:36 PM PDT By David Morgan and Sharon Begley WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A data center critical for allowing uninsured Americans to buy health coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare law went down on Sunday, halting online enrollment for all 50 states in the latest problem to hit the program's troubled rollout. The data center operated by Verizon's Terremark experienced a connectivity issue that caused it to shut down, affecting the federal government's already problem-plagued online marketplace Healthcare. ... Full Story	Top
Company hosting Obamacare data has technical glitch: U.S. official  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 02:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A data center that hosts the key website for the healthcare exchanges that are at the heart of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law lost connectivity on Sunday, said a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services. Verizon's Terremark, which operates a data center hosting the Healthcare.gov website and a data system for verifying information, experienced a networking component failure that impacted several government websites. ... 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
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
Romanian farmers choose subsistence over shale gas  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 02:16 AM PDT By Luiza Ilie PUNGESTI, Romania (Reuters) - The small hilly town of Pungesti in eastern Romania could be sitting on vast reserves of shale gas and U.S. energy major Chevron wants to find it. But the people of Pungesti want nothing to do with it. Though most of them live off subsistence farming, social aid and cash from relatives working abroad, they would rather stay poor than run what they say is the risk of ruining their environment. ... Full Story	Top

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