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| Lawmakers get checks, even in shutdown mode Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:07 PM PDT  Members of Congress get paid at a cost of $10,583.85 per hour to taxpayers. Full Story | Top |
| Administration responds to online health care exchange glitches Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 03:00 PM PDT  The Obama administration defended its roll out of glitch-ridden online health care exchanges on Tuesday, saying that an unusually high number of interested visitors were to blame for the site's outages. Full Story | Top |
| Vanishing glaciers of Peru Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 03:57 PM PDT  Water drips from an icicle at the leading edge of the Pastoruri glacier in Huaraz, September 19, 2013. The Pastoruri glacier is one of the fastest receding glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range according to a 2012 paper by the University of Texas and the Huascaran National Park. Peru is home to 71% of the world�s tropical glaciers, which are a source of fresh water for millions, but 22% of the surface area of Peruvian glaciers has disappeared in the past 30 years alone, according to The World Bank. Environmental issues are under the spotlight during a working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who are meeting in Stockholm from September 23-27. Picture taken September 19, 2013. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRAVEL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Full Story | Top |
| Jacksonville airport reopens after evacuation Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 09:03 PM PDT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville International Airport has reopened after a bomb squad removed a "destructive" device from the area. Full Story | Top |
| US government shutdown closes parks, monuments Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 01:23 PM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Visitors arrived to find "CLOSED" signs at the Statue of Liberty, the Smithsonian and other parks and historic sites across the country. Callers looking for help from the government reached only voicemail. And federal employees were left to wonder when they would return to work. Full Story | Top |
| Netanyahu: Israel won't let Iran get nuclear arms Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:43 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played the spoiler Tuesday to Iran's attempts to ease relations with the West, calling the Iranian leader "a wolf in sheep's clothing" and declaring that Israel will do whatever it takes to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, even if it has to stand alone. Full Story | Top |
| BP executive defends spill response tactics Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 05:39 PM PDT  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP executive who led the company's efforts to halt its massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico testified Tuesday that his decisions were guided by the principle that they shouldn't do anything that could make the crisis even worse. Full Story | Top |
| Nearly 1,000 Iraqis killed in September, UN says Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 01:18 PM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi sheik cradled his grandson's tightly wrapped body Tuesday, his face grim and his eyes downcast, trailed by men bearing the coffin of the infant's mother. Full Story | Top |
| Strap on your computer, wearable tech taking off Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 03:00 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The digital domain is creeping off our desktops and onto our bodies, from music players that match your tunes to your heart beat, to mood sweaters that change color depending on your emotional state — blue for calm, red for angry. There are vacuum shoes that clean the floor while you walk and fitness bracelets, anklets and necklaces to track your calorie burning. Full Story | Top |
| Govt. shutdown puts service academy sports on hold Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 03:35 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Army, Navy and Air Force might be forced to skip their football games next weekend because of the partial government shutdown. Full Story | Top |
| Chemical weapons experts in Syria to start mission Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 10:45 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Wading into the world spotlight, international inspectors arrived in Damascus on Tuesday to begin the monumental task of overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons in the middle of a civil war. Full Story | Top |
| Sour food, shattered glass: Cleaning Kenya's mall Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 08:45 AM PDT  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The sour odor of rotting food overwhelms the senses. Shattered glass crunches underfoot. And evidence of looting is ever-present, including in Westgate Mall's chandelier-filled casino. Full Story | Top |
| AP PHOTOS: Syrian children attend school amid war Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 08:16 AM PDT  MADAYA, Syria (AP) — Clutching his books close to his chest, 12-year-old Abdo al-Fikri eagerly walked into a classroom in Madaya, an opposition-held village in northern Syria, his brother and sister trailing behind him. Full Story | Top |
| Government powers down; blame trading in capital Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 02:34 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — First slowed, then stalled by political gridlock, the vast machinery of government clanged into partial shutdown mode on Tuesday and President Barack Obama warned the longer it goes "the more families will be hurt." Republicans said it was his fault, not theirs. Full Story | Top |
| Government powers down; trading blame in capital Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 01:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Institutes of Health began turning away patients for experimental treatment, and rugged Yellowstone National Park was closed to visitors as the vast machinery of government clanged into partial shutdown mode. President Barack Obama warned that more families and businesses would be hurt if it lasted much longer, while Republicans insisted the fault was not theirs but Obama's and his fellow Democrats'. Full Story | Top |
| Obama hits GOP 'ideological crusade' in shutdown Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 01:38 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress hung "Closed" signs on a big swath of the government Tuesday and sent home 800,000 workers in what President Barack Obama labeled an "ideological crusade" by GOP lawmakers determined to gut his health care law. On Capitol Hill, House Republicans answered with a bid to restart a few favored slices of government, including national parks, while still demanding concessions on health care. Full Story | Top |
| Our voices: How the shutdown is affecting us Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 12:09 PM PDT Yahoo News is cataloging anecdotes Americans are sharing with us. Full Story | Top |
| Political committees look to capitalize on shutdown Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 01:19 PM PDT  As lawmakers across Washington try to deflect blame for the first federal government shutdown in 17 years, their political operatives are trying to capitalize on the stalemate. Full Story | Top |
| Republicans want to fund parts of the government Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 01:58 PM PDT  But it won't end a shutdown and the Senate rejected it anyway. Full Story | Top |
| GOP states offering little help on how to buy insurance Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 02:21 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — On the day consumers start perusing newly launched federal online health exchanges, Republican governors who oppose President Barack Obama's insurance overhaul are mostly sitting on their hands. But the law is going into effect without them. Full Story | Top |
| NYPD: Motorcyclists pull over, beat SUV driver Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 01:07 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — New York police have detained a second suspect in an encounter in which a man driving with his family was chased and beaten by a group of motorcyclists, and at one point ran over one of the bikers. Full Story | Top |
| Statue of Liberty, other top tourist sites closed Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 10:08 AM PDT  Some of the nation's top tourist spots were closed Tuesday because of the government shutdown. Full Story | Top |
| Obama blasts ‘Republican shutdown’ Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 10:38 AM PDT  'They've shut down the government over an ideological crusade.' Full Story | Top |
| HealthCare.Gov experiences delays on first day Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 09:41 AM PDT The marketplace's online hub appeared to be plagued with delays shortly after its launch, as many visitors were greeted with a message: "Please wait." Full Story | Top |
| Health insurance markets open; success to be seen Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 07:16 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Online insurance marketplaces at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul struggled to handle the volume of consumers on Tuesday, the first day of a six-month open enrollment period. Full Story | Top |
| Chemical weapons inspectors cross into Syria Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 07:55 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — An advance group of international inspectors arrived in Syria on Tuesday to begin the ambitious task of overseeing the destruction of President Bashar Assad's chemical weapons program, kicking off a mission that must navigate the country's bloody civil war as well as the international spotlight. Full Story | Top |
| More than 115,000 killed in Syria's war: monitor Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 07:10 AM PDT Beirut (AFP) - At least 115,206 people have been killed in Syria's devastating 30-month conflict, most of them fighters from both sides, a monitoring group said on Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Healthcare launch poised to reach millions despite shutdown drama Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:18 PM PDT  By David Morgan and Caroline Humer (Reuters) - Technical glitches and heavy internet traffic slowed Tuesday's launch of new online insurance exchanges at the heart of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, showcasing the challenge of covering millions of uninsured Americans. The opening itself represented a victory for Obama's signature domestic policy achievement after years of attack from Republican foes and delays in building the technology infrastructure to support sites in 50 U.S. states. ... Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Americans reject GOP strategy Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 06:25 AM PDT  Americans aren't crazy about Obamacare, but hate closing the government to repeal it. Full Story | Top |
| Americans annoyed with shutdown Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 10:58 AM PDT  The impact of the shutdown was mixed: painful for some; just irritating for others. Full Story | Top |
| Pope promises to change Vatican mentality Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 05:21 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis began landmark meetings on Tuesday to reform the Vatican, promising to do all he could to change the mentality of an institution he said was too focused on its own interests. Francis and eight cardinals from around the world are holding three days of closed-door meetings to discuss the Vatican's troubled administration and to map out possible changes in the worldwide Church. ... Full Story | Top |
| Federal workers get shutdown instructions Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 03:47 AM PDT  After setting out-of-office replies, furloughed employees have strict orders not to work. Full Story | Top |
| Obama spotlights healthcare launch as Republicans try to block it Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 01:10 PM PDT  By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spotlighted the opening day of sign-up for his landmark healthcare program on Tuesday, noting that it is taking place although Republicans in the U.S. Congress have shut down the government because they oppose the law. "Even though the government is closed, a big part of the Affordable Care Act is now open for business," Obama said in the White House Rose Garden, surrounded by people who would benefit from the provisions of the healthcare law. ... Full Story | Top |
| No deal: Government shutdown begins Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:56 AM PDT  Congress fails to end a bitter dispute over funding for the president's health care law. Full Story | Top |
| 'Obamacare' exchanges start up as gov't shuts down Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 07:11 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's long-anticipated launch Tuesday of new insurance exchanges to provide health care to millions of uninsured Americans is coming under the cloud of a government shutdown that began the same day. Full Story | Top |
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