Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Daily News: Most Popular News Headlines - Meteorologist vows never to fly again after seeing latest climate report

Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 06:40 AM PDT
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Meteorologist vows never to fly again after seeing latest climate report 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 06:40 AM PDT
Ground staff check a VietJet A320 airplane before departure for Bangkok at Noi Bai international airport in HanoiMeteorologist vows never to fly again after seeing latest climate report.
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Congress plunges nation into government shutdown 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:56 AM PDT
A man walks through a nearly empty Capitol Rotunda during the late hours of a continuing budget battle on Capitol Hill on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 in Washington. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse as Congress continues to struggle over how to prevent a possible shutdown of the federal government when it runs out of money. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services.
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Hot times during the Cold War: Close calls revealed in new book on U.S. nuclear arsenal 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:57 AM PDT
Power Players There have been a handful of instances over the years in which nuclear weapons have come close to detonating in America. Such "broken arrow" events have never leveled entire towns or led to nuclear fallout, but a new book by the author of "Fast Food Nation" says they could have. "There's been a [...]
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Republicans want to fund parts of the government, but that wouldn't end the shutdown 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 01:58 PM PDT
The U.S. Capitol dome is reflected in water on Capitol Hill in WashingtonAnd the Senate rejected the plan anyway.
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Obama blasts ‘Republican shutdown,’ defends Obamacare 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 10:38 AM PDT
President Obama Urges GOP to Abandon 'Ideological Crusade,' End ShutdownHe compares Obamacare website to Apple.
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Ex-NBA player Tate George convicted of fraud 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:02 AM PDT
FILE - This Aug. 8, 2008, file photo shows former NBA and University of Connecticut player Tate George during the Jim Calhoun Celebrity Classic basketball game at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. George surrendered Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, to face charges stemming from what federal prosecutors say was a Ponzi scheme. Prosecutors say George used The George Group to run the more than $2 million investment fraud scam. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham, File)A former NBA player best known for his 1990 tournament buzzer-beater for the University of Connecticut was convicted Monday of four counts of federal wire fraud in a Ponzi scheme that netted him $2 million. ...
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Anthony Bourdain admits mistake on NM 'Frito pie' 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 03:51 AM PDT
Anthony Bourdain admits mistake on NM 'Frito pie'Insults dished out by food critic Anthony Bourdain on an episode of CNN's "Parts Unknown" have stirred up outrage in New Mexico — and now he acknowledges that he was wrong. The sharp-tongued ...
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President Obama Urges GOP to Abandon 'Ideological Crusade,' End Shutdown 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 12:01 PM PDT
President Obama Urges GOP to Abandon 'Ideological Crusade,' End ShutdownRepublicans and Democrats Are Far Away From a Resolution to End the Shutdown
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Slave descendants fighting tax hikes on Ga. coast 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 03:43 AM PDT
Residents of one of the few remaining Gullah-Geechee communities on the Southeast coast opened new appeals Monday against soaring property values that brought them big tax hikes, fearful they could be ...
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Federal workers get shutdown instructions 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 03:47 AM PDT
Federal workers get shutdown instructionsFederal workers will still have to report to work for about four hours Tuesday even though the government is shutting down. With no late deal averting the midnight Monday shutdown, several federal agencies ...
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Poll: Americans reject GOP shutdown strategy 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 06:25 AM PDT
US House Speaker John Boehner speaks to the press at the US Capitol in Washington on October 1, 2013Republicans may be hurting brand one year before 2014 elections
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All in a name: Jimmy Kimmel quizzes Americans on 'Obamacare' vs. Affordable Care Act 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 02:45 PM PDT
It turns out more people support the 'Affordable Care Act' than 'Obamacare' even though they are the same thing.
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Shut down? Hell no! say angry vets who storm barricades at D.C. memorial 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 10:00 AM PDT
Veterans came to Washington to honor their own and refused to let the government shutdown keep them from visiting the federally managed World War II Memorial.
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Shutdown stories: How congressional quarreling is affecting us 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 12:09 PM PDT
As the shutdown starts, Yahoo News is cataloging anecdotes Americans are sharing with us.
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For House Republicans, confrontation is safer than compromise 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:21 AM PDT
Chairman of the House Rules Committee, Representative Pete Session (R-TX) and Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sit after a late-night meeting at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonBy Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For most Republicans in the House of Representatives, the only greater peril than shutting down the federal government would have been fighting to keep it open. While a shutdown could hurt the Republican Party's ability to win the Senate next year or take the White House in 2016, that's not the concern of party members in the House, who led the push to pair continued government funding with measures that would delay President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. ...
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From rapper to Raptor, Drake takes on new role 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 03:58 AM PDT
From rapper to Raptor, Drake takes on new roleFrom rapper to Raptor, Drake already has one sweet perk with his new job. Go ahead, security. Just try and turn him away now from an NBA locker room. Drake no longer has to crash the party. Instead, he's ...
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Greenpeace crew in 'shock' in Russian jails 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:16 AM PDT
Moscow (AFP) - Greenpeace crew members detained in Russian jails for two months over their open-sea protest against Arctic oil drilling are "close to shock" over their conditions, a rights activist said Tuesday.
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Vaccine Refusal Contributes to Whooping Cough Outbreaks 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:15 AM PDT
The 2010 whooping cough outbreak in California may have been fueled, at least in part, by clusters of parents who refused to vaccinate their children, a new study suggests.
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GOP demanded lawmakers pay more for health care 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 12:41 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — About 18,000 people — including members of Congress, all their aides, presidential appointees and even the president and vice president — would lose the employer-provided health insurance under a condition that Republicans proposed for averting a government shutdown.
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The best shutdown tweets on Twitter 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 09:52 AM PDT
A US Park Police officer walks behind a barricade with sign reading "Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN All National Parks are Closed" in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Reaction to the government shutdown on Twitter was both bitter and biting, many users pointing to visible signs, tweeting pictures from national parks and monuments closed as a result of the halt.
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Web traffic, glitches slow Obamacare exchanges launch 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:18 PM PDT
A paediatric emergency room suite is shown in the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in MiamiBy 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. ...
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Israel ready to tackle nuclear Iran 'alone' 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 12:26 PM PDT
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly on October 1, 2013 at UN headquarters in New YorkNew York (AFP) - Israel is ready to act alone to stop Iran making a nuclear bomb, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, in a warning against rushing into deals with Tehran's new leaders.
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Health insurance markets open; success to be seen 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 07:16 AM PDT
FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2013 file photo, Laura Leon, project director for the navigator program at Sinai Community Institute of Chicago, speaks at a gathering of individuals seeking information on the new national health overhaul law that takes effect Oct. 1, 2013. Millions of Americans will be able to shop for the first time Tuesday on the insurance marketplaces. Whether consumers will be pleased with the experience, the premiums they will pay and the out-of-pocket costs of the plans offered to them will finally start to become clear. Tuesday's rollout comes after months of buildup in which the marketplaces, also known as exchanges, have been both praised and vilified. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)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.
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Shutdown orders issued as Congress misses deadline 
Monday, Sep 30, 2013 10:45 PM PDT
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, returns to his office after a procedural vote on the House floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse as Congress continues to struggle over how to prevent a possible shutdown of the federal government when it runs out of money. President Barack Obama ramped up pressure on Republicans Monday to avoid a post-midnight government shutdown, saying that failure to pass a short-term spending measure to keep agencies operating would "throw a wrench into the gears" of a recovering economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government staggered into a partial shutdown early Tuesday morning after congressional Republicans stubbornly demanded changes in the nation's health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Barack Obama and Democrats adamantly refused.
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Government powers down; Obama to address country 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 10:03 AM PDT
Fay Wagstaff, of El Paso, Texas, sits on the front steps of the closed Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday, forcing some 800,000 federal workers off the job as a protracted dispute over President Barack Obama's signature health care law reached the boiling point. Obama readied a midday statement to the nation while Democrats and Republicans at the Capitol blamed each other for the first shutdown in nearly two decades.
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White House rejects latest Republican offer to end shutdown 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 03:53 PM PDT
By Richard Cowan and Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House rejected a Republican plan to reopen portions of the U.S. government on Tuesday as the first shutdown in 17 years closed landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and threw hundreds of thousands of federal employees out of work. The back and forth offered no sign that President Barack Obama and Republicans can soon end a standoff over health care that has sidelined everything from trade negotiations to medical research and raised new concerns about Congress's ability to perform its most basic duties. ...
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Jellyfish wave shuts down Swedish nuke reactor 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 06:39 AM PDT
It wasn't a tsunami but it had the same effect: A wave of jellyfish was huge enough to force one of the world's largest nuclear reactors to shut down — a phenomenon that marine biologists say could become ...
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Ancient Kingdom Discovered Beneath Mound in Iraq 
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:59 AM PDT
Ancient Kingdom Discovered Beneath Mound in IraqIn the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq archaeologists have discovered an ancient city called Idu, hidden beneath a mound.
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