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| Fla. Blue dropping 300,000 policyholders Friday, Oct 25, 2013 07:23 AM PDT Florida Blue is dropping 300,000 customers whose policies the health insurer says aren't sufficiently comprehensive under the health care overhaul. The Jacksonville-based insurance company said Thursday ... Full Story | Top |
| Meghan McCain dishes about her 'pain in the ass' dad Friday, Oct 25, 2013 04:06 AM PDT Sen. John McCain's daughter says her dad is 'depressed' by politics today Full Story | Top |
| McDonalds ending relationship with Heinz Friday, Oct 25, 2013 02:40 PM PDT  McDonald's has lost its taste for Heinz ketchup. The fast-food giant said in a statement Friday that it is cutting ties with the condiment company after 40 years due to management changes there. A former ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: GOP aims at website, hopes to hit law Friday, Oct 25, 2013 12:16 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are waging war against a hapless website and hoping it leads to the destruction of "Obamacare," the health care program they loathe so fervently. Full Story | Top |
| Sebelius in Phoenix amid calls for her resignation Thursday, Oct 24, 2013 09:40 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that officials are working "24-7" to improve the government's health insurance website after its clunky rollout. Full Story | Top |
| Twitter wars: Palin vs. Piers Friday, Oct 25, 2013 11:00 AM PDT The former Alaskan governor and CNN host engaged in a war of words on Twitter. Full Story | Top |
| Revealed: Grand jury pointed fingers at Ramseys in JonBenet's death Friday, Oct 25, 2013 10:21 AM PDT  Prosecutors rejected indictment that found JonBenet Ramsey's parents "unlawfully, knowingly, recklessly and feloniously" put their daughter into a situation that resulted in her death. The long-sealed findings were made partially public Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Test proves Bulgarian woman mother of mystery girl Friday, Oct 25, 2013 07:17 AM PDT  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — DNA tests have confirmed that a 35-year-old Bulgarian Roma woman is the mother of a mysterious girl in Greece known as Maria, authorities said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Boeing, Lockheed team up to bid on new U.S. bomber program Friday, Oct 25, 2013 03:12 PM PDT  By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp will team up to bid on a new U.S. Air Force long-range bomber program, a multibillion-dollar project that U.S. Air Force officials have described as a top acquisition priority. Boeing, which has played a role in every U.S. bomber program since World War Two, would be the prime contractor on the next-generation bomber program, with Lockheed as its primary subcontractor, the companies said on Friday. The Air Force has said it plans to buy as many as 100 new bombers for no more than $550 million each. ... Full Story | Top |
| Son to follow in TV steps of 'Crocodile Hunter' Friday, Oct 25, 2013 04:10 AM PDT  The youngest Irwin is following in the TV hosting footsteps of late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin and big sister, Bindi. Nine-year-old Robert Irwin will co-host "Wild But True" on ... Full Story | Top |
| Health care site needs dozens of fixes Friday, Oct 25, 2013 12:05 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a month into a dysfunctional health care rollout, Obama administration officials said Friday they've found dozens of website problems that need fixing and tapped a private company to take the lead. They said most of the problems will be fixed by the end of November. Full Story | Top |
| California cop's mistaken fatal shooting of boy unfolded in seconds Thursday, Oct 24, 2013 10:31 PM PDT By Ronnie Cohen SANTA ROSA, California (Reuters) - No more than 10 seconds elapsed from the time sheriff's deputies spotted a 13-year-old California boy carrying what they thought was an assault rifle and the moment they shot him dead, only to learn afterward the gun was a plastic replica, police said on Thursday. It took 16 seconds more for the two officers to call for medical assistance, according to the time line of events released by police investigating Tuesday's shooting in Santa Rosa, a suburb in northern California's wine country. ... Full Story | Top |
| White House says 'Obamacare' website will be fixed by end of November Friday, Oct 25, 2013 02:40 PM PDT  By Caroline Humer and Sharon Begley (Reuters) - The website for Americans to buy insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare law should be working smoothly for most users by the end of November, a White House official assigned to fix Healthcare.gov said on Friday. Jeffrey Zients also told reporters in a conference call that Quality Software Services Inc, or QSSI, will now serve as a general contractor to oversee repairs to the glitch-ridden website. The administration has not had a technology company overseeing the entire project. ... Full Story | Top |
| Batman's black-and-blue Christmas in 'Origins' Friday, Oct 25, 2013 05:25 AM PDT  It's Christmas Eve in Gotham City — not the merriest time to be Bruce Wayne. For one thing, he's probably had enough of the "Jingle bells, Batman smells" carolers. This year, he's having a particularly ... Full Story | Top |
| Things you probably didn’t know about Ted Cruz: from avocados to ‘The Princess Bride’ Friday, Oct 25, 2013 01:43 PM PDT Love him or hate him, it's safe to say Ted Cruz is currently the most compelling figure in U.S. politics today. Here are some fun facts about the influential Texas lawmaker. Full Story | Top |
| 7.3-magnitude quake rocks Japan Friday, Oct 25, 2013 11:31 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck Saturday morning off Japan's east coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Japan's emergency agencies declared a tsunami warning for the area. Full Story | Top |
| Obama chides Republicans on spending cuts at school event Friday, Oct 25, 2013 02:17 PM PDT  By Mark Felsenthal NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned congressional Republicans on Friday that their next budget negotiations will need to be about more than just spending cuts after a fiscal stalemate that resulted in a 16-day government shutdown. Visiting a school that offers students a fast track to technology jobs to underline his point, Obama said some tax loopholes need to be eliminated to create more tax revenue for the government that can be used to trigger more job growth. ... Full Story | Top |
| Are glitches scaring off young people from Obamacare? Friday, Oct 25, 2013 12:43 PM PDT The White House is organizing an aggressive outreach push to make sure uninsured young people purchase coverage on the federal health insurance exchange, which cannot survive without young customers to offset the costs of older, sicker people. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. spying on Merkel sparks scorn and bugged-phone jokes in Germany Friday, Oct 25, 2013 07:18 AM PDT  Though Obama has been getting his share of the ridicule, much is being directed at Merkel herself. Full Story | Top |
| Ark. Democrats look for boost from shutdown Friday, Oct 25, 2013 10:31 AM PDT  Arkansas Democrats have suffered politically in recent years after Republicans tied the party to President Barack Obama in federal, state and even local legislative races. But now Democrats hope standing ... Full Story | Top |
| A Biden 'comeback'? He never left Friday, Oct 25, 2013 02:26 AM PDT  Is there a Biden-shaped hole in your life? Fret not. Full Story | Top |
| After hiatus, Obama returns to campaign mode in NY Friday, Oct 25, 2013 05:03 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Regrouping with Democrats after a bitter fiscal fight, President Barack Obama on Friday cast the recent spending-and-debt standoff with Congress as "a symptom of a larger challenge" but one offering Democrats the chance to show voters the virtues of their vision for government ahead of the 2014 midterm elections. Full Story | Top |
| Cruz caps post-shutdown tour with wary Iowans Friday, Oct 25, 2013 01:10 AM PDT  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Never mind that he lost. Full Story | Top |
| Mexico TV star shows Hollywood what Latinos want Friday, Oct 25, 2013 04:01 AM PDT  Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez jokes that it took him 12 years to become an overnight sensation. The real punch line is that it took much longer. The writer, director and star of the surprise Hollywood ... Full Story | Top |
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