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| New Zealand airline reveals image of Hobbit dragon Monday, Dec 02, 2013 06:56 AM PST AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's national airline unveiled a giant image Monday of the dragon Smaug on one of its planes to celebrate the premiere of the second movie in the Hobbit trilogy. Full Story | Top |
| Waitress who received alleged anti-gay receipt suspended pending investigation Monday, Dec 02, 2013 12:58 PM PST A waitress who claimed she received an anti-gay message on her receipt has been suspended pending an investigation of her allegations. Full Story | Top |
| Woman buys ‘new’ iPad from Target with past user’s personal information Monday, Dec 02, 2013 01:29 PM PST Like many bargain hunters this past weekend, Robin Crowley of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, thought she found a deal on a new iPad Air. Full Story | Top |
| Best Things to Buy on Cyber Monday Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 11:30 PM PST Black Friday may trump Cyber Monday when it comes to consumer electronics, but for soft goods like clothes and shoes, Cyber Monday is still the undisputed, heavyweight champion. Full Story | Top |
| Is racism over? RNC clarifies tweet Monday, Dec 02, 2013 07:07 AM PST The original message was meant to commemorate the 58th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Instead, it suggested that the civil rights movement ultimately ended racism. Full Story | Top |
| Mugger apologizes to victim on Facebook — 35 years later Monday, Dec 02, 2013 10:00 AM PST  A man who mugged a stranger outside New York's American Museum of Natural History in the late 1970s has apologized to his victim after accidentally finding him on Facebook — 35 years later. Full Story | Top |
| Amazon unveils futuristic drone delivery plan Monday, Dec 02, 2013 02:14 PM PST  Want that Amazon order in just 30 minutes? Company CEO Jeff Bezos says he hopes to soon deploy an armada of mini-drones able to drop small packages at your doorstep. The US online retail giant's revolutionary project still needs extra safety testing and federal approval, but Bezos believes that Amazon "Prime Air" would be up and running within four to five years. Full Story | Top |
| Strangest Santa letter ever is simply a link to Amazon, of course Monday, Dec 02, 2013 06:31 AM PST Welcome to 2013, where letters to Santa are now hyperlinks. Full Story | Top |
| Gay weddings become reality in Hawaii with new law Monday, Dec 02, 2013 07:59 PM PST HONOLULU (AP) — Retired professors Rod Powell and Bob Eddinger have been partners in life since they met at the University of Hawaii in 1977. On Monday, they joined in marriage on the first day their home state allowed same-sex couples to form such unions. Full Story | Top |
| Diver Tom Daley reveals gay relationship Monday, Dec 02, 2013 05:14 AM PST  British diving star Tom Daley said on Monday he was in a relationship with a man but that he still "fancied" girls as he became the latest sports star to make a public declaration regarding their sexuality. The 19-year-old, a bronze medallist at last year's London Olympics and one of the faces used in the pre-Games publicity, made the announcement in a YouTube clip which he hoped would end "rumours and speculation". "I've been dating girls and I've never really had a serious relationship to talk about and now I feel kind of ready to talk about my relationships. The diver, who appeared on TV game shows after the London Games, said he still wanted to win gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Full Story | Top |
| After boy mauled, Balkan animal cruelty in focus Monday, Dec 02, 2013 04:56 AM PST BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A litter of puppies wrapped in a blanket and set on fire. A dog roaming the streets with its jaw hacked off. Cats found at the bottom of an apartment block, spines snapped. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. sends new submarine-hunting jets to Japan amid East Asia tension Monday, Dec 02, 2013 01:43 PM PST  By Tim Kelly and Phil Stewart TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy's first two advanced P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft have arrived in Japan, U.S. military officials said on Monday, helping to upgrade America's ability to hunt submarines and other vessels in seas close to China as tension in the region mounts. The initial deployment - another four of the aircraft are due to arrive in the coming days - was planned before China last month established an air defense identification zone covering islands controlled by Japan and claimed by Beijing. The Pentagon says it is routinely flying operations in the region, including in China's newly declared air defense zone, without informing Beijing ahead of time. Full Story | Top |
| Survivors recall Kindertransport flight from Nazis Monday, Dec 02, 2013 02:24 AM PST LONDON (AP) — The operation was called Kindertransport — Children's Transport — and it was a passage from hell to freedom. Full Story | Top |
| Man cited after tossing cash at Mall of America Monday, Dec 02, 2013 04:02 AM PST A 29-year-old Minnesota man who says he was trying to spread holiday cheer by tossing 1,000 dollar bills over an upper floor railing at the Mall of America has been cited for disorderly conduct. Serge ... Full Story | Top |
| Hottest Deals of the Day Monday, Dec 02, 2013 08:27 AM PST Check out DealNews.com's recommendations for some of the best discounts around on Cyber Monday. Full Story | Top |
| 113th Congress least productive in modern history Monday, Dec 02, 2013 08:24 AM PST In news that should come as no surprise to Americans, who endured the 2013 partial government shutdown and fight over Obamacare, the 113th Congress has been declared the least productive in modern history. Full Story | Top |
| Cyber Monday's BEST Electronics Deals Monday, Dec 02, 2013 11:43 AM PST Host Farnoosh Torabi interviews Deal News' Mark LoCastro for the latest and greatest tech deals you can find today. Full Story | Top |
| Some Dems keep distance as Obama popularity drops Monday, Dec 02, 2013 12:00 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack Obama's popularity swooned in November. Now they are awkwardly distancing themselves from him a year before the election, seeking the right balance between independence and betrayal. Full Story | Top |
| Police warn over stunts at 'Fast and Furious' crash spot Monday, Dec 02, 2013 02:35 PM PST  Police in the US city where "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker died warned fans Monday against "burning rubber" near the spot where he was killed, as they probed the fatal car crash. They issued the caution after reports of people pulling stunt maneuvers on the stretch of road in Santa Clarita, northwest of Los Angeles, where Walker died in a fiery smash on Saturday. A makeshift shrine has sprung up at the place where Walker was killed when the red Porsche sports car he was traveling in slammed into a tree and caught fire. At least one witness has suggested that 40-year-old Walker and a 38-year-old friend, Roger Rodas, may have been drag-style racing at the time, according to CNN, although others have discounted such accounts. Full Story | Top |
| Bird steals camera in Australia, records journey Monday, Dec 02, 2013 07:38 AM PST SYDNEY (AP) — A brazen bird snatched a video camera that was recording crocodiles in northwest Australia and captured fascinating footage of its 110-kilometer (70-mile) journey across the country's remote landscape. Full Story | Top |
| Pilot use of automation eyed in air crashes Monday, Dec 02, 2013 11:39 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pilots are becoming so reliant on computer systems that do most of the flying in today's airliners that on the rare occasions when something goes wrong, they're sometimes unprepared to take control, according to aviation safety experts and government and industry studies. Full Story | Top |
| Who's leaving enormous tips all over the country? Monday, Dec 02, 2013 01:29 PM PST Someone is leaving gigantic tips all over the country. But who? Full Story | Top |
| Retooled Obamacare website traffic surges but problems remain Monday, Dec 02, 2013 03:48 PM PST A surge of visitors clogged the U.S. government's revamped healthcare insurance shopping website on Monday, signaling that President Barack Obama's administration has a way to go in fixing the portal that showcases his signature domestic policy. By 5:30 p.m. EST, the website had logged 750,000 visitors, the White House said, nearly the 800,000 daily users the refurbished site is supposed to be able to handle. That was significant progress for a website that has become the face of one of the biggest crises of Obama's administration, one that has undermined the Democratic president's promotion of an activist government and threatened to become a drag on Democrats in next year's elections, when control of Congress will be at stake. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was passed in 2010. Full Story | Top |
| White House denies report Obama planning Iran visit Monday, Dec 02, 2013 09:23 AM PST The White House on Monday denied President Barack Obama is trying to arrange what would be a history-making trip to Iran in 2014. Full Story | Top |
| Gov't diagnosis: HealthCare.gov on the mend Monday, Dec 02, 2013 09:08 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer crashes should be giving way to insurance coverage — if the government's diagnosis of its health care website is correct. Full Story | Top |
| Fertility doctors aim to lower rate of twin births Monday, Dec 02, 2013 01:56 PM PST  BOSTON (AP) — In the five years since the "Octomom" case, big multiple births have gone way down but the twin rate has barely budged. Now fertility experts are pushing a new goal: One. Full Story | Top |
| Oh, snap! Facebook is implementing an unfollow button Monday, Dec 02, 2013 01:05 PM PST Facebook is going the way of Twitter and Instagram by allowing users to "unfollow" friends whose comments and updates they'd like to remove from their News Feed. Full Story | Top |
| Amazon Prime Air: Delivery by Drones Could Arrive As Early as 2015 Monday, Dec 02, 2013 02:43 AM PST  Drones Might Soon Be Dropping Off Your Toothpaste and Underwear Full Story | Top |
| A jail by another name: China labor camps now drug detox centers Monday, Dec 02, 2013 04:18 AM PST  By John Ruwitch KUNMING, China (Reuters) - Li Zhongying was freed from a Chinese labor camp ahead of schedule in September because, guards told her, the government was scrapping 're-education through labor', a heavily criticized penal system created in the 1950s. Many of China's re-education through labor camps, instead of being abolished in line with a ruling Communist Party announcement this month, are being turned into compulsory drug rehabilitation centers where inmates can be incarcerated for two years or more without trial. Human rights activists and freed inmates said drug offenders were still being forced to do factory work, as has been the practice under the re-education through labor system, colloquially known as 'laojiao'. Full Story | Top |
| Syria war crimes evidence implicates Assad Monday, Dec 02, 2013 01:34 PM PST  Evidence has been uncovered in Syria that implicates President Bashar al-Assad and members of his inner circle in war crimes and crimes against humanity, a top UN official said Monday. The allegations came as Syrian rebels, including jihadists, captured the historic Christian town of Maalula north of Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group. A UN probe into rights violations committed during 33 months of brutal conflict "has produced massive evidence ... (of) very serious crimes, war crimes, crimes against humanity," United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said in Geneva. It is the first time evidence by a UN-mandated commission has directly implicated Assad in crimes committed during Syria's civil war, which has killed an estimated 126,000 people, according to new figures released by the Observatory. Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obamacare by Christian university Monday, Dec 02, 2013 09:13 AM PST The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal filed by a Christian university in Virginia that sought to challenge several aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Lawyers for Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., had urged the high court to consider whether Congress has the power to impose a mandate on employers to provide a government-set level of health insurance to employees or face significant financial penalties. They also argued that the ACA and its implementing regulations violate the university's religious rights by forcing Liberty University and its officials to make monthly payments that they said would fund abortions and to provide contraceptives that violate sincerely held religious beliefs. Last week, the high court agreed to hear two appeals filed by for-profit corporations arguing that the ACA violates their religious rights by forcing them to provide their workers with cost-free access to certain types of contraceptives that offend their religious beliefs. Full Story | Top |
| Online Obamacare Enrollment Surges in November, but Still Lagging Monday, Dec 02, 2013 09:30 AM PST  Around 100,000 Americans successfully signed up for health insurance in November through the troubled federal online marketplace, HealthCare.gov, a person familiar with the preliminary data confirmed to ABC News. The figure reflects a surge in enrollment as software and hardware fixes to the site were... Full Story | Top |
| The GOP gets it wrong on race — again Monday, Dec 02, 2013 05:51 AM PST  Throw the confetti and drop the balloons: Racism in America is over. Or at least that was the impression given by a poorly phrased tweet over the weekend from the Republican National Committee, which lauded civil rights icon Rosa Parks for "ending racism." Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in ending racism. Previous tweet should have read "Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism." Full Story | Top |
| Obama still plans to sign up for Obamacare Monday, Dec 02, 2013 12:29 PM PST  The White House said back in March 2010 that President Barack Obama would enroll for health insurance under Obamacare. Has he? His spokesman didn't say. Full Story | Top |
| What happens if the U.S. disengages from the Middle East? Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 10:05 PM PST  To some observers, President Obama's decision to sign off on an interim deal to freeze Iran's nuclear program sends an unmistakable message to the Middle East: The U.S. is backing away from the region, and in a big way. "Obama has now announced that the United States cannot be relied upon to stand up to Iran," says Michael Doran, a Middle East adviser to President George W. Bush. "Therefore, Israel and our Arab allies will be forced to live by their wits." Obama has made it plain that he thought his predecessor was far too fixated on the Middle East and its surrounding hot spots, to the detriment of U.S. national security interests. Full Story | Top |
| Obama reveals $100 million HIV research initiative Monday, Dec 02, 2013 02:54 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced a new initiative at the National Institutes of Health in pursuit of a cure for HIV, saying his administration is redirecting $100 million into the project to find a new generation of therapies. Full Story | Top |
| GOP: Racism Is Over. Most Americans: Nope Monday, Dec 02, 2013 02:31 AM PST On Sunday morning, the Republican National Committee's @GOP account tweeted this in commemoration of the 58th anniversary of Rosa Parks's arrest after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man: "Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in ending racism." Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in ending racism. A survey from Pew Research this May shows that a majority of white and black Americans believe there is a least some discrimination against African-Americans. Eighty-eight percent of black Americans saw discrimination against African-Americans, with 46 percent saying that there is "a lot" of it. Full Story | Top |
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