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| MSNBC host apologizes to Mitt Romney Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 09:25 AM PST MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry has taken to Twitter to apologize to Mitt Romney's family for offensive comments made during a segment on her cable talk show on Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Intelligent “Wrapping Paper” Heals Broken Bones in Half the Time Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 11:07 AM PST The time it takes to heal a broken bone may soon be cut in half thanks to an intelligent "wrapping paper" from Israeli company Regenecure. The "wrapping paper," technically called a membrane implant, enables bones to heal faster and more evenly by attracting healing stem cells and fluids while keeping soft tissues from growing around [...] Full Story | Top |
| Congress letting 55 tax breaks expire at year end Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 12:05 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an almost annual ritual, Congress is letting a package of 55 popular tax breaks expire at the end of the year, creating uncertainty — once again — for millions of individuals and businesses. Full Story | Top |
| Melissa Harris-Perry apologizes for Romney grandchild jokes: Sincere? Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 09:59 AM PST On Sunday MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry ran a segment that has landed her, her employer, and her guests in a lot of trouble. It involved a panel of comedians commenting on photos of the year, and things went off the rails when a picture of former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his extended family appeared on-screen. Mr. Romney was holding on his knee his latest grandchild, Kieran Romney, who is adopted and African-American. Harris-Perry herself said she would like to see the "gorgeous" Romney child and North West, daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, get married some day. Full Story | Top |
| Over 2.1 million have signed up for Obamacare: officials Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 01:38 PM PST  By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 2.1 million people have enrolled in private health insurance plans through new federal and state websites since they were launched in October as part of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Sign-ups for what has become known as Obamacare gained pace during December as the website's performance improved, and as more Americans focused on getting coverage by the new year. Many of the newly insured under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enrolled just ahead of a December 24 deadline to receive benefits on January 1, giving health insurers a tight framework to create accounts that can be accessed by doctors. About half the 2.1 million signed up for private health insurance on the federal website, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told reporters in a conference call. Full Story | Top |
| Former first lady Barbara Bush hospitalized in Houston Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 06:15 PM PST  (Reuters) - Former first lady Barbara Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for treatment of early signs of a "respiratory-related issue," her husband's office said on Tuesday. Bush, 88, one of only two women to be both the wife and mother of U.S. presidents, was admitted on Monday to Methodist Hospital in Houston's Texas Medical Center, the statement said. "She is in great spirits, has already received visits from her husband and family, and is receiving fantastic care," the office of former President George H.W. Bush said in a written statement. Bush is the wife of George H.W. Bush, the 41st president, and mother of George W. Bush, the 43. Full Story | Top |
| Obama's tarnished health care law at a crossroads Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 07:38 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — All things good, bad and unpredictable converge with the new year for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as the law's major benefits take effect, along with an unpopular insurance mandate and a risk of more nerve-wracking disruptions to coverage. Full Story | Top |
| 10 Coolest Archaeology Discoveries of 2013 Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 10:14 AM PST  Archaeologists dig through the faint traces of the past to learn more about human history. From royal tombs to the mysterious vanished inhabitants of Europe, here are some of the strangest and most exciting archaeology finds of the year. It turns out Richard III may have been a control freak who spoke with a lilt and was subjected to painful scoliosis treatment. Full Story | Top |
| 13 Most popular Yahoo News Photo galleries of 2013 Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 07:31 AM PST The countdown of photo galleries that our Yahoo readers liked the best this year! Full Story | Top |
| $0.60 for cake: Al-Qaida records every expense Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 04:40 AM PST  The convoy of cars bearing the black al-Qaida flag came at high speed, and the manager of the modest grocery store thought he was about to get robbed. Mohamed Djitteye rushed to lock his till and cowered ... Full Story | Top |
| Dems, GOP seek to define issue for 2014 elections Monday, Dec 30, 2013 11:31 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a competitive district east of Denver, Democrat Andrew Romanoff is counting on voter anger at a divided and ineffectual Congress to help him unseat three-term Republican Rep. Mike Coffman. Full Story | Top |
| Speaker Boehner ends rough year on a high note Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 09:29 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — It says a lot about House Speaker John Boehner's rough 2013 that even friends debate when the low point hit. Full Story | Top |
| Putin vows total destruction of 'terrorists' after bombings Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 09:26 AM PST  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday threatened "terrorists" with total destruction after twin suicide strikes claimed 34 lives and raised alarm over security at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games. A bombing at the main railway station of the southern city of Volgograd killed 18 people on Sunday while a second strike that hit a trolleybus on Monday claimed 16 lives. The blasts are Russia's deadliest since a suicide raid on Moscow's Domodedovo airport that was claimed by Islamic insurgents from the North Caucasus killed 37 people in January 2011. Putin made the statement in a traditional midnight New Year's address he recorded during an unannounced visit to Russia's Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk that is seven hours ahead of Moscow. Full Story | Top |
| MSNBC's Segment on Romney's Grandson Did Not Go Over Well Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 12:52 AM PST  On Melissa Harris-Perry's show on Sunday, a segment featuring a panel of comedians riffed on a Romney family photo, which featured their adopted grandson Kieran, who is black. In the segment, actress Pia Glenn jokingly sang some lines from the Sesame Street song "One Of These Things"—as in "one of these things is not like the other"—and comedian Dean Obeidallah, remarked that the picture "really sums up the diversity of the Republican Party … they found the one black person." Former Senator Scott Brown called on the network to apologize, while Romney 2012 campaign adviser Stuart Stevens had this to say: In a spontaneous reaction to a photo,my disdain for Mitt Romney's political platform led me to inadvertently insult adoptive families. — Pia Glenn (@PiaGlenn) December 31, 2013 Full Story | Top |
| Obama ringing in new year in low-key fashion Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 06:06 PM PST  HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama closed out 2013 in low-key fashion Tuesday, hitting the beach with his family at a popular Hawaii snorkeling spot before making a stop for shave ice, a favorite treat of the island-born president. Full Story | Top |
| This is the one reason Android users are actually jealous of iOS users Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 07:00 AM PST  Android users are a proud group and are typically not fond of admitting that they're envious of iPhone users. However, there's one area where even the most diehard Android fan has to admit that iPhone users have it better: Software upgrades. AppleInsider notes that 78% of iOS users have now upgraded to iOS 7, an impressive feat for an update that was released less than four months ago. In contrast, the latest numbers released by Google show that only 55% of all Android users are using devices that run on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or higher, even though Google first released Jelly Bean all the way back in the summer of 2012. What's more, Google says that just over 1% Full Story | Top |
| Trapped ship passengers can't go overboard with New Year celebration Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 07:17 AM PST By Lincoln Feast and Maggie Lu Yueyang SYDNEY (Reuters) - Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them. The Akademik Shokalskiy, trapped since December 24 about 100 nautical miles east of a French Antarctic station, Dumont D'Urville, and about 1,500 nautical miles south of Tasmania, welcomes the New Year at 1100 GMT, two hours ahead of Sydney. It was not possible to contact the ship immediately thanks to patchy communications in one of the coldest and remotest places on Earth, but the plan was for passengers to congregate in the bar and sing a song about their adventure. "Tonight's celebrations have been tempered by the knowledge that we will definitely be getting helicoptered off, basically at the earliest opportunity, once the weather improves," Andrew Peacock, the expedition's doctor, said by satellite telephone. Full Story | Top |
| Vandals spray graffiti against Kerry in West Bank Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 01:58 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Suspected Jewish vandals set fire to three vehicles in a West Bank village early on Tuesday and sprayed threatening graffiti referring to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ahead of his expected visit to the region, police said. Full Story | Top |
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