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| Family photo captures shark lurking just a few feet from two kids Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 12:07 PM PST Can there be such thing as a shark photobomb? A California Mom caught an unexpected surprise guest in one of her family photos. Full Story | Top |
| Sen. Ted Cruz Expresses No Regret Over Role in Government Shutdown; Talks Coloring Book Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 06:14 AM PST  In an exclusive interview with ABC's Jonathan Karl for "This Week," firebrand conservative Sen. Ted Cruz, R – Tx., expressed no regrets over his role in this fall's government shutdown, placing the blame for the 16-day closure squarely on the shoulders of Democratic leaders. "I... Full Story | Top |
| AP IMPACT: The world braces for retirement crisis Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 06:06 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — A global retirement crisis is bearing down on workers of all ages. Full Story | Top |
| Obama's presidency beset by fits, starts in year 5 Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 10:07 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a moment for Barack Obama to savor. Full Story | Top |
| Former F1 champion Schumacher injured in ski accident Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 11:33 AM PST  * Schumacher suffers head injury while skiing in France * Seven-times Formula One champion taken to hospital (adds details) LYON, France, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Retired seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher suffered a head injury in a fall while skiing off-piste in the French Alps resort of Meribel on Sunday. The 44-year-old German was wearing a helmet and was conscious while being transported to a local hospital in Moutiers, the resort director, Christophe Gernigon-Lecomte, told Reuters. Schumacher was transferred to a better-equipped medical unit in Grenoble for further examinations and an FIA source said he had been placed under the care of Professor Gerard Saillant, a brain and spine injury expert. Saillant is a close friend of Schumacher's and his former Ferrari team chief Jean Todt, who is now President of the FIA. Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: U.S. government urged to name CEO to run Obamacare market Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 04:11 AM PST  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is coming under pressure from some of its closest allies on healthcare reform to name a chief executive to run its federal health insurance marketplace and allay the concerns of insurers after the rocky rollout of Obamacare. Advocates have been quietly pushing the idea of a CEO who would set marketplace rules, coordinate with insurers and state regulators on the health plans offered for sale, supervise enrollment campaigns and oversee technology, according to several sources familiar with discussions between advocates and the Obama administration. Supporters of the idea say it could help regain the trust of insurers and others whose confidence in the healthcare overhaul has been shaken by the technological woes that crippled the federal HealthCare.gov insurance shopping website and the flurry of sometimes-confusing administration rule changes that followed. The advocates include former White House adviser Ezekiel Emanuel, the brother of President Barack Obama's former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and the Center for American Progress, the Washington think tank founded by John Podesta, the president's newly appointed senior counselor. Full Story | Top |
| Federal health market surpasses 1 million signups Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 12:54 PM PST HONOLULU (AP) — A December surge propelled health care sign-ups through the government's rehabilitated website past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration said Sunday, reflecting new vigor for the problem-plagued federal insurance market. Full Story | Top |
| Weidman defends UFC belt when Silva injures leg Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 10:34 PM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chris Weidman accepted his UFC middleweight title belt with a grimace and a furtive look over his shoulder. Anderson Silva writhed and screamed on the canvas behind him, his left leg grotesquely broken by a kick to Weidman's knee. Full Story | Top |
| Pitfalls abound as legal pot sales begin Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 09:22 AM PST  Colorado and Washington state are launching the world's first legal recreational marijuana markets in 2014. Though pot has been sold for three decades at coffee shops in the Netherlands, the two states ... Full Story | Top |
| Feeling US snub, Saudis strengthen ties elsewhere Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 11:21 AM PST  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Increasingly vocal in its frustration over U.S. policies in the Mideast, Saudi Arabia is strengthening ties elsewhere, seeking out an alignment that will bolster its position after it was pushed to the sidelines this year. Full Story | Top |
| Cracking ice bodes well for Antarctica ship rescue Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 04:22 AM PST The ice-bound ship, the Akademik Shokalskiy, left New Zealand on November 28 on a privately funded expedition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of an Antarctic journey led by famed Australian explorer Douglas Mawson. The Australian icebreaker the Aurora Australis is expected to reach the stricken ship at about midnight on Sunday. A Chinese icebreaker could not break through the thick ice earlier but the weather on Sunday boded well for a rescue. "The ice conditions seem to have improved and there appears to be some softening and some cracks appearing," Lisa Martin of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which is coordinating the rescue, told Reuters. Full Story | Top |
| Favorite Hairdresser Divorces Her Husband, Not His Cousin Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 09:01 PM PST DEAR ABBY: For 17 years I have been using the same hairstylist, "Marietta," because she does great cuts and color. She's married to my cousin "Gil," but not for long. They're divorcing.Gil's mother suggested I should find a different stylist, but when I did, I had horrible results. I returned to Marietta and it took her several appointments to correct my color.Some family members are now furious with me for getting my hair done by someone who is soon to be a relative's ex. I look at it as a business. I like what Marietta does for me. We never discuss the divorce. ... Full Story | Top |
| After troubled rollout, Obamacare's new test starts on New Year's Day Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 05:06 AM PST  New Year's Day will bring a fresh test for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, as hundreds of thousands of Americans will begin to use the program's new medical coverage for the first time. For the nation's healthcare system as well as its politics, the stakes are huge in Wednesday's launch of the program known as Obamacare. For anxious Democrats with an eye on the 2014 congressional elections, it is a chance for the Obama administration to rebound from the disastrous rollout of the website that enrolls people in private coverage through the program - and show that the White House's effort to help millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans is finally gaining its footing. Or, as Republican congressman Fred Upton and other critics of Obamacare warned in recent days, Wednesday could represent the beginning of another debacle that fuels Republicans' push to make dissatisfaction with Obamacare the chief issue in the November elections. Full Story | Top |
| Report: NSA intercepts computer deliveries Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 03:59 PM PST  LONDON (AP) — A German magazine lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security Agency's hacking unit Sunday, reporting that American spies intercept computer deliveries, exploit hardware vulnerabilities, and even hijack Microsoft's internal reporting system to spy on their targets. Full Story | Top |
| GOP can count ways to Senate majority Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 11:55 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans count enough competitive races to challenge Democrats for control of the Senate in the 2014 elections, if only they can figure out what to do with the tea party. Full Story | Top |
| The most vulnerable retirees struggle to survive Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 06:25 AM PST  It isn't the retirement George Warren dreamed of. Full Story | Top |
| Spanish artist fights for Franco punching ball Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 09:16 PM PST  First, he stuffed Spanish dictator Francisco Franco into a fridge. Now, he has transformed Franco's head into a punching ball. Not surprisingly, 36-year-old Spanish artist Eugenio Merino's headline-grabbing works have won few fans among the late dictator's admirers. Indeed, the National Francisco Franco Foundation, which sued unsuccessfully over Merino's earlier Franco-in-a-fridge sculpture, is taking him back to a court in Madrid in outrage over his latest work, "Punching Franco". Full Story | Top |
| Israel hits back after rockets fired from Lebanon Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 01:02 PM PST  Marjayoun (Lebanon) (AFP) - The Israeli military fired a barrage of shells into southern Lebanon in retaliation on Sunday after Katyusha-style rockets slammed into the Jewish state, officials said. The exchange of fire hit uninhabited areas of both Israel and Lebanon without causing casualties or damage, officials on both sides said. The Israeli government accused the powerful Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah of being responsible for the rocket fire and threatened an even tougher response to any further attacks. The UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon (UNIFIL) said two rockets fired from the El Khiam area had struck open ground near the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona. Full Story | Top |
| Schumacher in coma, 'critical' after France ski accident Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 07:02 PM PST  Grenoble (France) (AFP) - Michael Schumacher, the retired seven-time Formula One champion, was in a critical condition on Monday after undergoing brain surgery following a skiing accident in the French Alps, doctors said. The 44-year-old German was "suffering a serious brain trauma with coma on his arrival, which required an immediate neurosurgical operation", the hospital in the southeastern French city of Grenoble said in a brief statement. Schumacher had been skiing off-piste with his 14-year-old son in the upmarket Meribel resort, where he reportedly has a property, when he fell and hit his head on a rock. The director of the Meribel resort, Christophe Gernigon-Lecomte, had said just after the accident that Schumacher had been wearing a helmet and was "conscious but a little agitated", suggesting he had not received life-threatening injuries. Full Story | Top |
| FBI: Cellphone records linked suspect to robberies Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 04:53 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — A suspect killed by Phoenix police in a bank robbery attempt is believed to be the same man accused in the shooting death of a Mississippi police officer and the wounding of another, the FBI said Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: Hacker took over BBC server, tried to 'sell' access on Christmas Day Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 06:42 AM PST  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - A hacker secretly took over a computer server at the BBC, Britain's public broadcaster, and then launched a Christmas Day campaign to convince other cyber criminals to pay him for access to the system. "HASH" sought to convince high-profile hackers that he had infiltrated the site by showing them files that could only be accessed by somebody who really controlled it, Holden said. Full Story | Top |
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