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| White House in Shutdown: Obamas Doing the Dishes? Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 08:01 AM PDT  President Obama washing the dishes? First lady Michelle Obama doing her own laundry? That's not exactly the scene inside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. during this government shutdown, ABC News has been told. But White House aides say the mandatory furloughs are having an impact on the... Full Story | Top |
| Switzerland to vote on $2,800 monthly ‘basic income’ for adults Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 11:19 AM PDT More than 100,000 residents in Switzerland have signed a petition demanding that the government ensure a minimum monthly income of nearly $2,800 (2,500 Swiss francs) for all adults in the country. Full Story | Top |
| Obama Doesn't Rule Out Using 14th Amendment To Raise The Debt Limit Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 08:56 AM PDT With the October 17 deadline to raise the debt limit rapidly approaching, President Obama is not specifically ruling out using the 14th Amendment to increase the nation's borrowing ability if the political impasse continues and Congress fails to do so, but says he does not... Full Story | Top |
| Sisters question fatal shooting in DC police chase Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 07:57 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The sisters of a woman who was fatally shot in Washington after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier say she was not a criminal and police should not have shot her. Full Story | Top |
| ANIMOSITY TOWARD AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE IS HARD TO FATHOM Friday, Oct 04, 2013 10:00 PM PDT Rena W. is a 35-year-old small-business owner -- the co-owner, actually, of an Atlanta hair salon. She works hard but doesn't make enough money to purchase health insurance.A mother of three, Rena has high cholesterol and hypertension. Last month, she suffered a mini-stroke, a calamity that brought confusion, a brief bout of aphasia and a trip to the emergency room. She has recovered, but now owes the hospital $17,000 for her treatment, a debt that she says will take her years to repay. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: US reliability questioned overseas Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 05:36 AM PDT  An unmistakable sense of unease is growing in global capitals as the U.S. government from afar looks increasingly befuddled. America is shirking from a military confrontation in Syria, stymied at home by a gridlocked Congress and in danger of defaulting on sovereign debt, which could plunge the world's financial system into chaos. Full Story | Top |
| Al Shabaab leader believed killed by U.S. commandos: NYTimes Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 03:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy SEAL team is believed to have killed a senior leader of the al Shabaab militant group in a raid on his seaside villa in Somalia on Saturday in response to a deadly attack on a Nairobi shopping mall last month, the New York Times reported. The unidentified target was believed to have been killed in a predawn firefight after the SEAL team landed in the Somali town of Barawe by sea, but the commandos were forced to withdraw before that could be confirmed, a report on the newspaper's website quoted a senior U.S. official as saying. It said U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Oregon bartender gets $17,500 tip Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 12:52 PM PDT  SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon bartender just got the tip of a lifetime. Full Story | Top |
| Pentagon: Most furloughed civilians ordered back Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 03:05 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is bringing back to work at least 90 percent of the estimated 350,000 defense civilian employees who were furloughed in the partial government shutdown. The move takes a big bite out of the impact of the political impasse in Washington that has left the government without a budget. Full Story | Top |
| Fox News mistakenly airs parody of Obama offering to personally fund Muslim museum Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 04:38 PM PDT In a story about the monument closure, Fox News host Anna Kooiman fell pray to a false report from a parody site, which claimed that President Obama had offered to keep the International Museum of Muslim Cultures open with cash from his own pocket. Full Story | Top |
| Shutdown Continues, But Furloughed Workers Will Likely Be Paid Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 08:29 AM PDT  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. government shutdown saga continues on Capitol Hill today, but for the 800,000 federal workers sent home without pay there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel. Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation that, if cleared... Full Story | Top |
| Obama to public: Don't give up on health sign-ups Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 08:46 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans "definitely shouldn't give up" on the problem-plagued program now at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal government. Full Story | Top |
| AP sources: US Navy SEALs raid Somali town Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 03:54 PM PDT  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — U.S. Navy SEALs carried out a pre-dawn raid Saturday on a coastal town in southern Somalia looking for a specific al-Qaida suspect linked to the Nairobi shopping mall attack, but did not get their target, a U.S. military official told The Associated Press. Full Story | Top |
| Republicans rip White House in shutdown reprisal Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 12:53 AM PDT  Washington (AFP) - Republicans launched a furious counter-attack on the White House as the US government shutdown drags into a fifth day with no end in sight. Full Story | Top |
| Republicans see shutdown fight shift away from 'Obamacare' Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 03:07 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - With their leadership clinging to its strategy of demanding changes to the health care law, some rank-and-file Republicans acknowledged Saturday that ending the US government shutdown requires a new game plan. Full Story | Top |
| US commandos raid Somalia, nab Libyan Qaida leader Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 05:55 PM PDT MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — In a stealthy seaside assault in Somalia and in a raid in Libya's capital, U.S. military forces on Saturday struck out against Islamic extremists who have carried out terrorist attacks in East Africa, snatching a man allegedly involved in the bombings of U.S. embassies 15 years ago but missing a man linked to last month's attack on a Nairobi shopping mall. Full Story | Top |
| Even amid furloughs, some Texans cheer Cruz Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 08:23 AM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — Thanks to Texas' new senator, Dale Huls is out of a job — at least for now. Yet Huls has never been prouder that he voted for him. Full Story | Top |
| 2 more bikers held in NYC motorcycle-SUV brawl Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 07:43 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Two more motorcyclists have been taken into police custody in connection with the videotaped beating of a New York City man by a gang of angry bikers. Full Story | Top |
| Government doors closed, but workers may get paid Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 11:10 AM PDT  Their government has failed to keep the doors open and has told federal workers to stay off the job as the political parties fight over spending and health care in austere times. Now Congress and President ... Full Story | Top |
| Iran leader hints at disapproval over Obama call Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 03:32 PM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader hinted Saturday that he disapproved of the phone call between Presidents Hassan Rouhani and Barack Obama during the Iranian leader's trip to New York last month, but he reiterated his crucial support for the president's policy of outreach to the West. Full Story | Top |
| School tells cop not to wear uniform to pick up his own kids Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 06:34 AM PDT An elementary school principal in Mesa, Ariz. has asked a police officer not to wear his police uniform or his gun when he picks up his daughter at school, reports local Fox affiliate KSAZ. Full Story | Top |
| Illegal immigrants allowed to practice law in California Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 05:16 PM PDT By Noreen O'Donnell (Reuters) - Illegal immigrants can be licensed to practice law in California under one of eight bills expanding immigrant rights that were signed by Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday. The California Supreme Court, which finalizes requests of applicants to be licensed as a lawyer in California, is now authorized to approve qualified applicants regardless of their immigration status. ... Full Story | Top |
| Congress likely to give shutdown workers back pay Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 04:42 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A partial government shutdown enters its fifth day, with Congress convening for a session that promises no progress in breaking the impasse but will at least offer back pay to furloughed federal workers. Full Story | Top |
| Obama open to name change for Washington Redskins Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 11:16 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he would "think about changing" the Washington Redskins' name if he owned the football team as he waded into the controversy involving a word many consider offensive to Native Americans. Full Story | Top |
| Pentagon to recall most furloughed workers, easing shutdown pain Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 02:26 PM PDT  By Phil Stewart and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall most of the roughly 400,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the government shutdown, in a move that could greatly lessen the impact of the shutdown on America's armed forces. The exact number to be recalled remained uncertain. Civilian Pentagon employees comprise about half the 800,000 federal employees currently furloughed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Iran's Khamenei says part of diplomatic opening in New York 'not proper' Saturday, Oct 05, 2013 07:56 AM PDT  By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday he supported moderate President Hassan Rouhani's diplomatic opening to the United States at the U.N. General Assembly last week but some aspects of it were "not proper". Khamenei did not elaborate on his objections but also said he did not trust the United States as a negotiating partner, hinting at disapproval over an historic phone conversation between Rouhani and U.S. President Barack Obama. ... Full Story | Top |
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