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| Obama warns Russia of 'costs' for any military intervention in Ukraine Friday, Feb 28, 2014 01:48 PM PST President Barack Obama bluntly warned Russia on Friday that it will face international condemnation as well as unspecified "costs" for any military intervention in neighboring Ukraine. Full Story | Top |
| Woman receives FedEx box of strangers' sensitive documents Friday, Feb 28, 2014 10:29 AM PST Paging Sherlock Holmes. Your talents of deduction are needed to help solve the mystery of a woman who says she received a FedEx box full of strangers' credit card information and medical records. Full Story | Top |
| Under the Rock: Alcatraz's secret tunnels discovered Friday, Feb 28, 2014 12:01 PM PST Just when you thought you knew everything there is to know about the island of Alcatraz, a group of scientists comes along and discovers tunnels buried under the former prison's walls that experts had thought were destroyed long ago. Full Story | Top |
| Open Email Exposes Wife's Secret Weekend Rendezvous Thursday, Feb 27, 2014 09:00 PM PST DEAR ABBY: My wife of 45 years is having an online affair with a man who is a former business client. I found out when she inadvertently left an email message open on her laptop. Her phone records confirm daily long-distance conversations, as well. Although I know they have never met personally, they plan to meet during a weekend convention at a hotel in his hometown next month. Despite problems in our marriage, neither of us has strayed, and I'm confident she doesn't want to lose me nor do I want to lose her. ... Full Story | Top |
| Are Republicans right to call Harry Reid a liar? Friday, Feb 28, 2014 12:00 PM PST Are Republicans right to call Harry Reid a liar? This question arises in the wake of Senate Majority Leader Reid's statement on the floor of the Senate Wednesday regarding horror stories about American's experience with Obamacare. "All are untrue, but they're being told all over America," said Senator Reid. Republicans have leaped on this as a clear untruth of its own. Full Story | Top |
| Chinese media outlet uses racial slur at US envoy Friday, Feb 28, 2014 11:13 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — A major Chinese government news service used a racist slur to describe the departing American ambassador in a mean-spirited editorial on Friday that drew widespread public condemnation in China. Full Story | Top |
| Chronically ill facing high drugs costs under U.S. health law Thursday, Feb 27, 2014 10:11 PM PST  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's ban on discriminatory health insurance practices against the sick has not stopped insurers from increasing up-front charges for the expensive drugs needed to control chronic illnesses from leukemia to multiple sclerosis. Actuarial studies of plans sold through health insurance marketplaces in some states found that many make consumers responsible for as much as 50 percent of the price of specialty drugs, which can cost $8,000 or more a month. Long before the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, became law in 2010, insurers began replacing fixed-dollar co-payments for the drugs with co-insurance rates that require consumers to pay a percentage of the cost of specialty medicines. Therefore, any discussion of prescription drug coverage must also include a focus on the direct link between rising prescription drug prices and consumer cost sharing," said Clare Krusing, spokeswoman for America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade and lobbying group. Full Story | Top |
| Florida restaurant chain adds Obamacare surcharge to meal bills Friday, Feb 28, 2014 11:43 AM PST By Barbara Liston ORLANDO (Reuters) - Diners at a Florida restaurant chain are being asked to pay a health insurance surcharge on their meal tabs to cover the cost for business owners of the Obama administration's new healthcare program. Customers at eight Gator's Dockside restaurants dotted around central and north Florida are finding a 1 percent surcharge on their bills listed as "ACA," the letters standing for the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare. A $14.56 lunch tab for Asian salad and iced tea ordered by a reporter at a Dockside restaurant in the town of Clermont, a short drive west of Orlando, included a 13-cent ACA surcharge. "Therefore, instead of raising prices on our products to generate the additional revenue needed to cover the cost of ACA compliance, Gator's Dockside has implemented a 1 percent surcharge on all food and beverage purchases only," the notice adds. Full Story | Top |
| Kerry Kennedy acquitted of drugged driving in NY Friday, Feb 28, 2014 08:28 AM PST  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Kerry Kennedy was acquitted Friday of drugged driving after she accidentally took a sleeping pill and then sideswiped a truck in a wild highway drive she said she didn't remember. Full Story | Top |
| Armed men seize two airports in Ukraine's Crimea, Russia denies involvement Friday, Feb 28, 2014 01:06 PM PST  By Alissa de Carbonnel and Alessandra Prentice SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Armed men took control of two airports in the Crimea region on Friday in what Ukraine's government described as an invasion and occupation by Russian forces, stoking tension between Moscow and the West. More than 10 Russian military helicopters also flew into Ukrainian airspace over the region on Friday, Kiev's border guard service said, accusing Russian servicemen of blockading one of its units in the port city of Sevastopol, where part of Moscow's Black Sea fleet is based. Tensions have been rising on the Black Sea peninsula, the only Ukrainian region that has an ethnic Russian majority and the last major bastion of resistance to the overthrow of Moscow-backed Viktor Yanukovich as president almost a week ago. Moscow has promised to defend the interests of its citizens in Ukraine. Full Story | Top |
| Noah's ark project in Ky. to move forward Friday, Feb 28, 2014 04:19 AM PST  A Christian ministry's long-stalled plans to build Noah's Ark in the hills of Kentucky have been revived. Creation Museum founder Ken Ham announced Thursday that a municipal bond offering has raised enough ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. Senate Democrats do not plan to pass budget this year: Murray Friday, Feb 28, 2014 03:29 PM PST  By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate won't bother passing their own budget this year, arguing that a deal in December has already set spending levels for the 2015 fiscal year and "relitigating" it would create economic uncertainty. Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray said in a statement on Friday she would prefer to focus on promoting longer-term budget priorities for the Democratic Party, including measures to boost economic growth. The move will keep Democrats' election-year fiscal message focused on President Barack Obama's own 2015 budget request, due out on Tuesday, which will lay out his plans to shift spending to education, roads and expanding a tax credit for the working poor. "While this budget year is settled and it wouldn't be productive to relitigate it so soon after our two-year deal, I plan to work with my colleagues on the Budget Committee to lay out our long-term vision for creating jobs, boosting the economy, and tackling our deficits fairly and responsibly," Murray said. Full Story | Top |
| Big storm brings new worries to California Friday, Feb 28, 2014 01:50 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — California was lashed Friday by heavy rains that the parched state so desperately needs, though with the soaking came traffic snarls, power outages and the threat of mudslides. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. GDP revised down, but hints of economic thaw emerge Friday, Feb 28, 2014 01:52 PM PST  By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government slashed its estimate for fourth-quarter economic growth on Friday in the latest sign of a loss of momentum, but some tentative signs emerged that suggested the worst of the slowdown may be over. Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.4 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said, down sharply from the 3.2 percent pace it reported last month and the 4.1 percent logged in the third quarter. "I don't think the fundamentals have changed appreciably," said Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester, Pennsylvania. "That suggests some stabilization in economic activity," said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief economist at TD Securities in New York. Full Story | Top |
| NASA Mars Probe Snaps Stunning Photo of Red Planet Sand Dunes Friday, Feb 28, 2014 04:16 AM PST  NASA'S Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has sent over 200 terabits of data back to Earth. (1 terabit = 1000 gigabits.) Full Story | Top |
| No sign of expansion at plant where UAW dealt loss Friday, Feb 28, 2014 10:19 AM PST NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Friday marks the end of the two-week period within which U.S. Sen. Bob Corker promised Volkswagen would announce another line at its factory in Tennessee if workers there rejected representation by the United Auto Workers union. Full Story | Top |
| Officials: Al-Qaida plots comeback in Afghanistan Friday, Feb 28, 2014 07:15 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida's Afghanistan leader is laying the groundwork to relaunch his war-shattered organization once the United States and international forces withdraw from the country, as they have warned they will do without a security agreement from the Afghan government, U.S. officials say. Full Story | Top |
| How to plan for retirement at the 11th hour Friday, Feb 28, 2014 09:06 AM PST It's time to adjust your expectations. Full Story | Top |
| Library releasing documents from Clinton years Friday, Feb 28, 2014 09:52 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives plans to release about 4,000 pages of previously confidential documents involving former President Bill Clinton's administration. Some of the topics include the president's health care task force and the 9/11 Commission Report. Full Story | Top |
| Video Shows Eerie Electrical Anomaly Happening in Norwegian Mountains Friday, Feb 28, 2014 09:56 AM PST If you thought the worst thing that could happen when power lines went down was your cable or Internet going out, then watch this video. In Norway earlier this year, a snowstorm caused damage in an area that is popular with people who like to go sledding. A man by the name of Steinar Midtskogen was there and captured footage of a downed power line. The scene created a visual straight out of a sci-fi movie. Full Story | Top |
| Kid treats warehouse-store audience to incredible piano recital Friday, Feb 28, 2014 07:43 AM PST What, no tip jar? A young boy entertains shoppers at what looks like a Costco store by showing off his incredible skills at the piano, playing a Hungarian folk song titled "Csardas." Full Story | Top |
| Gay marriage fight pits Texas AG vs. gay friend Friday, Feb 28, 2014 03:37 PM PST  WACO, Texas (AP) — When Greg Abbott was paralyzed by a fallen tree in 1984, Mark Phariss flew 500 miles to his friend's bedside. They were law school pals who swapped stories over dinner, job leads and airport rides, and they still exchange Christmas cards today. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Yanukovich will 'struggle for Ukraine's future' Friday, Feb 28, 2014 07:36 AM PST By Denis Pinchuk ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) - Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, appearing in public for the first time since he fled from Ukraine to Russia, said on Friday he would not give up the fight for his country's future. In the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, he told reporters he had been forced from power by "nationalist, pro-fascist gangsters" and blamed the crisis on the West for "indulging" protesters seeking his overthrow. But protesters, angered by about 100 deaths in clashes with police, shouted down the agreement on Kiev's Independence Square and he fled for his life. Yanukovich, dressed in a suit and tie, denied he had ordered police to shoot at protesters before he was forced out of power. Full Story | Top |
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