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| Snakebite victim charged $89,000 for 18-hour hospital stay Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 08:25 AM PST  A snakebite victim treated at a North Carolina hospital came away with more than just fang marks when he received an $89,227 bill for an 18-hour stay. Full Story | Top |
| Obama ups minimum wage for some government contractors Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 02:59 AM PST  Power of the pen? President Barack Obama will announce Tuesday that he is ordering an increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 for workers on new federal government contracts for services, like janitors and construction workers, according to the White House. Full Story | Top |
| Obama vows to flex presidential powers in speech Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 10:10 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to energize his sluggish second term, President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday night in his State of the Union address to sidestep Congress "whenever and wherever" necessary to narrow economic disparities between America's rich and poor. Full Story | Top |
| Obama’s State of the Union shift: From ‘Social Darwinism’ to ‘opportunity’ Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 04:34 PM PST  Tune in to President Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday night, and you won't hear him recycle his denunciation of Republican economic policies as heartless "Social Darwinism." Full Story | Top |
| President Obama’s State of the Union: Chat and watch live Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 05:38 PM PST Watch President Barack Obama's State of the Union address and discuss the speech in a live chat with Yahoo News' Holly Bailey and Yahoo Finance's Rick Newman. Coverage also includes reaction from around the Web and analysis via Twitter from Yahoo News editors Megan Liberman and Daniel Klaidman, Washington editor Garance Franke-Ruta and chief Washington correspondent Olivier Knox. Full Story | Top |
| Jodi Arias defense costs top $2 million Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 05:47 AM PST  Jodi Arias' legal bills have topped $2 million, a tab being footed by Arizona taxpayers that will only continue to climb with a new penalty phase set for March, officials said Monday. Arias, 33, was convicted ... Full Story | Top |
| FACT CHECK: Less than meets eye in Obama speech Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 07:25 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama promised to clear red tape away from highway projects that actually are stalled because there's no money for them, not because rules are in the way. He's ordering a higher minimum wage for a sliver of the workforce, which affects no one now and not many later. Full Story | Top |
| Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a new GOP face for the State of the Union response Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 01:28 PM PST The top-ranking GOP woman in the House will talk about her life and the economy after Obama speaks. Full Story | Top |
| Southerners warned of icy mess in days ahead Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 08:46 AM PST ATLANTA (AP) — Across the Deep South, residents stocked up on fuel and groceries, schools and offices closed, and road crews were at the ready as a storm moved in Tuesday from the central U.S., threatening to bring snow, ice and subzero temperatures to a region more accustomed to air conditioners and sunscreen than parkas and shovels. Full Story | Top |
| 300,000-Year-Old Caveman 'Campfire' Found in Israel Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 07:26 AM PST  A newly discovered hearth full of ash and charred bone in a cave in modern-day Israel hints that early humans sat around fires as early as 300,000 years ago — before Homo sapiens arose in Africa. The finds could shed light on a turning point in the development of culture "in which humans first began to regularly use fire both for cooking meat and as a focal point — a sort of campfire — for social gatherings," said archaeologist Ruth Shahack-Gross of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. "They also tell us something about the impressive levels of social and cognitive development of humans living some 300,000 years ago," Shahack-Gross added in a statement. The centrally located fire pit is about 6.5 feet (2 meters) in diameter at its widest point, and its ash layers suggest the hearth was used repeatedly over time, according to the study, which was detailed in the Journal of Archaeological Science on Jan. 25. Full Story | Top |
| Ted Cruz is sick and tired of being asked about the government shutdown Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 02:21 PM PST Four months after the shutdown, Ted Cruz says dwelling on it is "distracting" from other issues. Full Story | Top |
| How Rick Santorum is laying the groundwork for another presidential run Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 02:48 AM PST  Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum wants to be the social conservative standard-bearer for the GOP. Full Story | Top |
| UK lawmakers tell queen to cut costs, boost income Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 07:46 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — Britain's royal household needs to get a little more entrepreneurial, eye possible staff cuts and replace an ancient palace boiler, lawmakers say in a new report. Full Story | Top |
| Obama to lay out go-it-alone approach in State of Union speech Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 03:31 PM PST  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will lay out his strategy for getting around a divided Congress starting with a wage hike for federal contract workers in a State of the Union speech on Tuesday that reflects scaled-back legislative ambitions after a tough year. Obama will make clear in his 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT Wednesday) address that he is willing to bypass U.S. lawmakers and go it alone in some areas by announcing a series of executive actions aimed at boosting the middle class, many that do not require congressional approval. Obama will tell Congress he is eager to work with lawmakers, "but America does not stand still - and neither will I." "So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that's what I'm going to do," Obama will say, according to speech excerpts released by the White House. The White House said Obama would announce that he is issuing an executive order to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for federal contract workers with new contracts. Full Story | Top |
| Obama warns divided Congress that he will act alone Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 09:49 PM PST  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to bypass a divided Congress and take action on his own to bolster America's middle class in a State of the Union address that he used to try to breathe new life into his second term after a troubled year. Standing in the House of Representatives chamber before lawmakers, Supreme Court justices and VIP guests, Obama declared his independence from Congress by unveiling a series of executive orders and decisions - moves likely to inflame already tense relations between the Democratic president and Republicans. While his rhetoric was high flying, Obama's actions were relatively modest, collectively amounting to an outpouring of frustration at the pace of legislative action with Republicans in control of the House of Representatives and able to slow the president's agenda. "I'm eager to work with all of you," Obama told the lawmakers gathered for the annual speech. Full Story | Top |
| 'Long-term unemployment' _ one mom's story Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 04:30 AM PST  AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Down the road from an emergency food pantry where a small crowd waits for the chance to gather free groceries, there is a church sign that reads: "If you need help, ask God. If you don't, thank God." Full Story | Top |
| US Republicans to mull immigration path this week Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 02:51 PM PST  US Republicans will lay out principles on immigration policy this week at a party retreat, as they debate whether to address the lightning-rod issue ahead of November's congressional elections. On the day after President Barack Obama's Tuesday night State of the Union speech, the 232 Republicans in the House of Representatives will seclude themselves at a resort on Maryland's Eastern Shore to thrash out policy guidelines for 2014. "On Thursday... we're going to outline our standards, principles of immigration reform and have a conversation with our members," House Speaker John Boehner told reporters Tuesday. The debate comes as congressional aides acknowledge that some Republicans will push for an overhaul of the country's outdated immigration laws that includes a pathway to legal status for many of the 11 million people living in the shadows. Full Story | Top |
| Pending execution 'terrifies' inmate, lawyer says Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 02:06 PM PST  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for a convicted murderer were making final pleas for his life on Tuesday, just hours before his scheduled execution in Missouri. Full Story | Top |
| States consider reviving old-fashioned executions Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 02:06 PM PST  ST. LOUIS (AP) — With lethal-injection drugs in short supply and new questions looming about their effectiveness, lawmakers in some death penalty states are considering bringing back relics of a more gruesome past: firing squads, electrocutions and gas chambers. Full Story | Top |
| House, Senate leaders see swift passage of US farm bill Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 03:27 PM PST  By Eric Beech WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees are optimistic that the long-overdue U.S. farm bill will pass, although the House of Representatives vote set for Wednesday could be the more difficult hurdle. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas said on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday that there are a number of House members - both liberal and conservative - who are opposed to sprawling legislation unveiled on Monday by congressional negotiators. "It's the coalition of the folks in the middle who want to get things done ... who will pass this bill." "If it was easy, it wouldn't be the farm bill," he added. Lucas said liberal members objected to cuts of about 1 percent a year in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, which provides assistance for low-income Americans to buy food. Full Story | Top |
| Pingpong Match Almost Immediately Devolves Into Nothing But Amazing Tricks Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 12:31 PM PST Usually I associate professional pingpong with the famous scene from "Forrest Gump." But that changed when a video of China's Chuang Chih-Yuan and Belgium's Jean-Michel Saive hit the Internet. The players take part in a pingpong showdown for the ages — theatrics, sound effects, and trick shots included. A video of the match is on YouTube and has almost 4.5 million views in less than a week. The match commences in a relatively normal fashion: The two players exchange volleys back and forth from an immediate proximity to the table's ends. But after only 40 seconds, you begin to see where things start to take a turn for the absurd. Rallies between Chih-Yuan and Saive begin to increase in both distance and time. Then the players act out — with Saive pretending to faint after one rally and Chih-Yuan rushing to "resuscitate" him. Full Story | Top |
| McCain: Arizona GOP censure may spur sixth run Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 01:36 PM PST PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Sen. John McCain hasn't decided whether he'll run for a sixth term, but the former GOP presidential nominee said Tuesday that the Arizona Republican Party's censure of him over the weekend may just have provided the motivation to seek office again. Full Story | Top |
| New DHS chief endorses 'earned' citizenship idea Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 06:54 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Homeland Security secretary says an earned path to citizenship for the roughly 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally is a matter of national security. Full Story | Top |
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