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| Analysis: Republicans get opposite of stated goals Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 12:52 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans insisted they wanted to shut down the nation's 3-year-old health care overhaul, not the government. They got the opposite, and now struggle to convince the public that responsibility for partial closure of the federal establishment lies with President Barack Obama and the Democrats. Full Story | Top |
| Obama: Boehner only thing keeping government shut down Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 09:26 AM PDT  And the president warns: Social Security checks won't go out on time if debt limit not raised. Full Story | Top |
| Return to Mogadishu: Former Army ranger revisits ‘Black Hawk Down’ 20 years later Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 04:23 AM PDT Power Players Twenty years after retired U.S. Army Ranger Jeff Struecker led a squad of elite forces into Mogadishu on a failed rescue mission that inspired the film "Black Hawk Down," he returned to the site of the battle in Somalia and said the memories of the 17-hour-long firefight came rushing back. "When I went [...] Full Story | Top |
| GOP Rep. Todd Rokita tells CNN anchor Carol Costello: 'You're beautiful, but you have to be honest' Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 07:44 AM PDT Rep. Todd Rokita prefaced a response to CNN's Carol Costello during a debate over shutdown pay by praising her beauty. Full Story | Top |
| 55,000 people in Ark. want to sign up for coverage Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 07:07 AM PDT More than 55,000 low-income Arkansans have told the state they want to sign up for coverage under a recently approved plan to use Medicaid funds to purchase private insurance under the federal health care ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama, Hill leaders fail to solve shutdown impasse Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 12:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The government limped into a third day of partial shutdown Thursday after a White House meeting among President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders yielded no signs of progress but plenty of evidence that Democrats and Republicans remained riven over a dispute that has idled hundreds of thousands of federal workers and curtailed services nationwide. Full Story | Top |
| With turkeys gone wild, Maine expands hunting Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 10:29 AM PDT  Once nearly wiped out of existence, turkeys are running wild. Buoyed by what's been called the most successful wildlife restoration project ever, wild turkeys are eating crops, ruining gardens, crashing ... Full Story | Top |
| Frozen by shutdown, US warns of 'catastrophic' default Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 07:56 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama demanded an end to a three-day government shutdown he decried as a reckless "farce," piling pressure on Republicans to climb down first on a budget impasse. Full Story | Top |
| Lost and found: Man discovers wallet from decades past Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 07:34 AM PDT  Ian Stankiewicz was hiking around Eisenhower Park in Milford, Conn. when he and his friend made an unusual discovery. Full Story | Top |
| NEXT GOP MOVE: IMPEACH OBAMA! Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 02:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- If the Republicans in Congress are unable to prevent the United States from paying its bills later in this month of shutdowns and deficit limits, I assume their next move will be an attempt to impeach President Obama.This has not been a great century for American democracy, beginning with the Supreme Court's decision to give the presidency in 2001 to a man who may not have won it. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wall Street ends lower as shutdown continues for third day Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 01:56 PM PDT  By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dropped on Thursday as investors worried that a budget stalemate in Congress would become entangled with much more critical legislation to raise the federal borrowing limit. The standoff between congressional Democrats and Republicans to pass an emergency funding bill, which has led to a third day of a partial U.S. government shutdown, continued with little sign of progress toward a solution. ... Full Story | Top |
| Stocks fall on third day of government shutdown Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 03:34 PM PDT  Investors sold stocks across the board Thursday as a U.S. government shutdown dragged into its third day and the nation inched closer to a critical deadline to raise its borrowing limit. Stocks opened ... Full Story | Top |
| Who knew? Shutdown casualties shatter stereotypes Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 12:12 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking out a mortgage. Getting married in a park. Going for a fall foliage drive. Cashing a check. Full Story | Top |
| Pufferfish Love Explains Mysterious Underwater Circles Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 03:51 AM PDT  In 1995, divers noticed a beautiful, strange circular pattern on the seafloor off Japan, and soon after, more circles were discovered nearby. Some likened these formations to "underwater crop circles." The geometric formations mysteriously came and went, and for more than a decade, nobody knew what made them. Full Story | Top |
| Twitter unseals IPO papers, hopes to raise $1B Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 04:43 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has unsealed the documents for its planned initial public offering of stock and says it hopes to raise up to $1 billion in one of the year's most eagerly awaited stock market debuts. Full Story | Top |
| Tesla says car fire began in battery after crash Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 12:45 AM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — A fire that destroyed a Tesla electric car near Seattle began in the vehicle's battery pack, officials said Wednesday, creating challenges for firefighters who tried to put out the flames. Full Story | Top |
| Illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses under new California law Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 01:25 PM PDT By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - Illegal immigrants living in California will be eligible to apply for driver's licenses under a law signed on Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown, in the latest action to expand privileges for such immigrants in the state. The legislation is a major victory for Latino and immigration rights activists, who have fought for decades for such a law, and it is expected to spur 1.4 million people to apply for licenses over three years. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama blames Republican 'obsession' for government shutdown Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 09:18 AM PDT  By Roberta Rampton ROCKVILLE, Md (Reuters) - President Barack Obama ridiculed House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday for refusing to allow a vote on a funding bill that would end a three-day government shutdown, saying the top Republican in Washington is in the grip of conservative "extremists." Obama's speech at a construction company in the Washington suburb of Rockville, Maryland, showed there was no sign of movement toward a deal that would reopen the government's doors and allow hundreds of thousands of idled government workers to go back to their jobs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mark Cuban takes stand in insider-trading trial Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 09:17 AM PDT  Mark Cuban told jurors in federal court that he became angry in 2004 when he learned of a pending development that would reduce the value of his investment in an Internet search company. The CEO of Mamma.com ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. jobless claims show job market healing but service sector slows Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 08:08 AM PDT  By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits remained at pre-recession levels last week but growth in the massive U.S. service sector cooled in September as firms took on fewer new workers. The data could provide some of the strongest guidance this week on the health of the U.S. economy as a partial government shutdown delays the release of other data, including the monthly employment report that was scheduled to be released on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pills made from poop cure serious gut infections Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 08:32 AM PDT  Hold your nose and don't spit out your coffee: Doctors have found a way to put healthy people's poop into pills that can cure serious gut infections — a less yucky way to do "fecal transplants." Canadian researchers tried this on 27 patients and cured them all after strong antibiotics failed to help. Full Story | Top |
| California gives immigrants driver's licenses Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 06:09 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California on Thursday joined the growing list of states that allow immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to obtain driver's licenses — a measure supported not only by Latino activists but by police chiefs and insurance authorities. Full Story | Top |
| Tourists kicked out of landmark US parks Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 10:42 PM PDT  Los Angeles (AFP) - Hundreds of tourists staying in landmark US national parks like Yosemite and the Grand Canyon face a deadline Thursday to leave due to the government shutdown. Full Story | Top |
| Online delays signal strong demand for health care Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 12:12 AM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for health insurance under the nation's historic health care overhaul. Full Story | Top |
| The numbers that show how essential an agency is Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 03:51 AM PDT  NASA may have the Right Stuff, but it's not essential. In fact, of all the larger government agencies, NASA is sending the largest percentage home in the government shutdown because they are considered ... Full Story | Top |
| US default could be 'catastrophic': Treasury Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 08:01 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - The US Treasury warned Thursday of a disastrous outcome if Congress's refusal to raise the country's borrowing ceiling forces it to default on obligations. Full Story | Top |
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