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Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 06:37 PM PST

Obamacare finally gets real for America 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 06:37 PM PST
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall about the federal health care law. Now is when Americans start figuring out that President Barack Obama's health care law goes beyond political talk, and really does affect them and people they know. With a cranky federal website complicating access to new coverage and some consumers being notified their existing plans are going away, the potential for winners and losers is creating anxiety and confusion. A look at three broad groups: those losing coverage, those gaining coverage, and those wondering if their coverage will change. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Americans are starting to realize the new health care law goes beyond political talk.
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Texans coach Kubiak collapses, taken to hospital 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 08:05 PM PST
Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, center, his helped after he collapsed on the field during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)HOUSTON (AP) — Houston coach Gary Kubiak collapsed leaving the field at halftime of the Texans' game Sunday night against Indianapolis and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
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Toronto mayor apologizes but says he won't resign 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 08:06 PM PST
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford arrives to talk on his weekly radio show in Toronto, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. Ford repeated this weekend that he won't resign despite mounting pressure for him to step aside after police said they had obtained a copy of a video that appears to show him puffing on a crack pipe. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Mark Blinch)TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologized Sunday for "a lot of stupid things" and acknowledged the need to curb his drinking, but he didn't address allegations of drug use and said he will continue to lead Canada's largest city despite pressure to resign.
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Egypt changes venue for trial of ousted president 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 01:03 PM PST
Supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi march during a protest a day before the trial of the former president taking place at a police academy in an eastern Cairo district, in Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. Morsi has been held in undisclosed destination since his ouster on July 3. He stands accused of incitement to murder. Arabic on the poster at left reads, "bring back the soldiers to the front lines." (AP Photo/Eman Helal)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Sunday moved the trial of the ousted Islamist president to a new location at another end of the capital, a move apparently aimed at thwarting mass rallies planned by the Muslim Brotherhood in his support when it opens on Monday.
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US, Egypt try to put brave face on strained ties 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 11:27 AM PST
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during press conference in Cairo, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. Kerry is in Cairo pressing for reforms during the highest-level American visit to Egypt since the ouster of the country's first democratically elected president. The Egyptian military's removal of Mohammed Morsi in July led the U.S. to suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in aid. This is the first stop in an 11-day trip that will take Kerry to the Mideast and Europe. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Egypt tried Sunday to put a brave face on their badly frayed ties and committed to restoring a partnership undermined by the military ouster of Egypt's first democratically elected president.
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Militant's death brings little joy in Pakistan 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 11:47 AM PST
FILE - In this file image taken on Oct. 4, 2009, Pakistan's new Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, center, operates light machine gun with his comrades in Sararogha in Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along Afghanistan border. Intelligence officials said Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud was one of three people killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban leader killed in a recent U.S. drone strike was behind hotel bombings, assaults on political rallies, beheadings of policemen and suicide attacks on soldiers. But his death elicited little joy in the country where he wreaked most of his havoc and instead stirred widespread anger and suspicion.
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Foles throws 7 TDs, Eagles beat Raiders 49-20 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 06:13 PM PST
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) passes against the Oakland Raiders during the second quarter of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Nick Foles didn't know he had etched his name in NFL history until after he came out of the game. That must have been because he was too busy shredding the Oakland Raiders' defense to keep up with his impressive statistics.
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College presidents find smaller can be better 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 08:16 AM PST
Holden Thorp, the new provost at the private university in St. Louis, is seen in this Feb. 16, 2013 photo provided by Washington University. Former University of North Carolina chancellor Thorp has resurfaced as Washington University's provost after five scandal-plagued years in Chapel Hill. Thorp was downright ecstatic to start over on a campus where the term ST. LOUIS (AP) — After five scandal-plagued years as University of North Carolina chancellor, Holden Thorp was downright ecstatic to start over on a campus where the term "student-athlete" doesn't evince snickers and groans.
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Schumer gives Hillary Clinton an early endorsement 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 04:09 PM PST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she isn't in a hurry to make a decision about running for president again. Her former Senate colleague, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, isn't waiting for her to make up her mind.
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Houston coach Kubiak collapses at halftime 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 08:09 PM PST
Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak is taken off the field on a stretcher during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)HOUSTON (AP) — Houston coach Gary Kubiak collapsed leaving the field at halftime of the Texans' game Sunday night against Indianapolis and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
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Keenum gives Texans 14-0 lead over Colts after 1st 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 06:22 PM PST
Houston Texans' Case Keenum celebrates teammate Andre Johnson's touchdown during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)HOUSTON (AP) — Case Keenum threw two long touchdown passes to Andre Johnson, and the Houston Texans led the Indianapolis Colts 14-0 after one quarter Sunday night.
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Bangladesh sentences 2 men to death for war crimes 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 03:11 AM PST
A Bangladeshi boy shouts slogans as he joins a rally with activists demanding maximum penalty for war criminals in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh on Sunday sentenced to death two Bangladeshis now living in the U.S. and Britain for crimes against humanity during the country's independence war against Pakistan in 1971. (AP Photo/Suvra Kanti Das)DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh on Sunday sentenced to death two Bangladeshis now living abroad for crimes against humanity during the country's independence war against Pakistan in 1971.
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Mutai, Jeptoo of Kenya win titles at NYC Marathon 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 01:48 PM PST
NEW YORK (AP) — Geoffrey Mutai ran by himself through Central Park, the same scene as the last New York City Marathon.
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Detroit Tigers hire Brad Ausmus as manager 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 05:35 PM PST
Brad Ausmus is introduced as the new Detroit Tigers manager during a news conference in Detroit Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. Ausmus replaces Jim Leyland who stepped down as manager. AP Photo/Paul Sancya)DETROIT (AP) — When Brad Ausmus was a player — which wasn't that long ago — the mental aspect of the game always came pretty easily.
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Boat carrying 70 Muslim Rohingya sinks off Myanmar 
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 07:08 AM PST
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A boat carrying at least 70 Muslim Rohingya capsized and sank Sunday off the western coast of Myanmar, an aid worker said. Only eight survivors have been found.
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