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| Democratic strategist Al From: On Obamacare, good intentions aren’t enough Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 04:05 AM PST Former Clinton adviser says the problem-ridden program could damage the Democratic Party. Full Story | Top |
| North Korea's Kim seen behind sacking of powerful uncle Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 06:15 AM PST  By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to have dismissed a powerful uncle, a man key to his rise to power, from his posts, South Korean lawmakers said on Tuesday, a move that could help consolidate his power base with a younger guard of aides. Jang Song Thaek was likely sacked as vice chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission and as a department head of the ruling Workers' Party, lawmaker Jung Cheong-rae said, citing a senior South Korean official with the National Intelligence Service (NIS). Analysts who watch the North's power structure say Jang's removal would not have been possible without the approval of the third Kim to rule in the family dynasty. Choe Ryong Hae, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, has been the most prominent figure to accompany Kim at public events and is a reminder of the state's political roots in military power. Full Story | Top |
| Artist suing over Statue of Liberty stamp mix-up Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 03:54 AM PST An embarrassing mistake involving a Statue of Liberty stamp could come back to haunt the U.S. Postal Service. The "forever" stamp design released in 2011 was not based on the statue in New York ... Full Story | Top |
| 2013: A Landmark Year For Gay Rights Monday, Dec 02, 2013 08:35 PM PST After enduring countless battles over the years on the road to legalizing same-sex marriage, it was in 2013 that we witnessed landmark Supreme Court decisions and a wave of barriers fall as states nationwide granted the right to same-sex couples. Full Story | Top |
| Family discovers their faucet water is flammable Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 11:13 AM PST The Parker family in Dixie, Louisiana was shocked when they found out that the water flowing from their home faucets was flammable. Full Story | Top |
| Check out this ultra realistic iPad 'painting' of Morgan Freeman Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 07:58 AM PST  With only his finger and an iPad Air, one artist created a realistic-looking portrait of Morgan Freeman. Full Story | Top |
| The Cheerleader Effect Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 04:35 AM PST  The Cheerleader Effect Full Story | Top |
| Teens in Asia dominate global test; US stagnant Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 08:03 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Teens from Asian nations dominated a global exam given to 15-year-olds, while U.S. students showed little improvement and failed to reach the top 20 in math, science or reading, according to test results released Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Gov. Walker Urges Parents to Skip Toys and Send the Christmas Money to Him Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 03:46 PM PST  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's re-election campaign has the cure for your holiday shopping fatigue: Take the money meant for children's toys and send it to the Walker campaign. In a Black Friday fundraising email to supporters, the Walker campaign asked supporters for a holiday contribution... Full Story | Top |
| Obama's Kenyan-born uncle allowed to remain in US Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 05:43 PM PST  BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle, who ignored a deportation order more than two decades ago, on Tuesday was granted permission to stay in the United States. Full Story | Top |
| Obama targets young voters with Dec. 11 college summit Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 07:00 AM PST  President Barack Obama is summoning college presidents and business leaders to a daylong Dec. 11 summit at the White House to discuss specific ways to make higher education more accessible to low-income students, Yahoo News has learned. Full Story | Top |
| A taste of the horrible things to come for Windows XP Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 11:50 AM PST  Windows XP is now more than 12 years old but according to data from Net Applications, it is still used on more than 31% of desktop and laptop computers around the world. Those tens of millions of PC users could be in for a very rude awakening next year once Microsoft cuts off support for the aged operating system. Microsoft itself even warned users of the imminent tsunami of viruses and other malware that will inevitably wash over XP stragglers once it stops issuing updates and fixes for the OS. Now, a recently discovered critical zero-day flaw has been acknowledged in a Microsoft support document that could cause serious problems for XP users. "The vulnerability is an elevation of privilege Full Story | Top |
| U.S. agrees to loosen prison restrictions for accused Boston bomber Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 09:29 AM PST  (Reuters) - U.S. officials on Tuesday agreed to loosen prison restrictions on accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that the 20-year-old's lawyers have argued made it difficult to mount an effective defense. In papers filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, officials said they had modified the special rules of Tsarnaev's confinement to allow his attorneys to discuss his statements with third parties to help them prepare their defense. Dzhokhar got away, prompting a daylong lockdown of most of the Boston area as police searched for him. Dzhokhar was found hiding in a dry docked boat in a backyard in Watertown, Massachusetts, on April 19. Full Story | Top |
| US vet detained in NKorea oversaw guerrilla group Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 05:30 PM PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An 85-year-old U.S. veteran being held in North Korea spent his war years there in one of the Army's first special forces units, helping a clandestine group of Korean partisans who were fighting and spying well behind enemy lines. Full Story | Top |
| Federal gun charges decline despite Obama executive action Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 06:23 AM PST  More than a year after the Sandy Hook school shooting, President Obama's directive to amp up prosecutions of federal gun laws hasn't made much difference in how many people are charged with gun crimes. Full Story | Top |
| Obama urges Americans not be discouraged by rocky healthcare rollout Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 12:24 PM PST  President Barack Obama urged Americans not to be discouraged by the rocky rollout of HealthCare.gov on Tuesday and vowed to fix whatever glitches remain as he sought to restore confidence in his leadership. Obama used a speech at the White House to address criticisms of the law and accuse his Republican opponents of attempting to gain politically from the problems surrounding his central domestic policy achievement. Obama, whose job approval ratings have sunk as problems mounted around the healthcare system's website, said repairs to the website have now made it work well for the vast majority of users and that "we're are going to keep on working to fix whatever problems come up." "Do not let the initial problems with the website discourage you because it's working better now," Obama told an audience of supporters of the law. "And it's going to keep on working better over time." Obama is struggling to contain the political damage from the troubled rollout of the new health law. Full Story | Top |
| Biden: China air zone raises risk of accidents Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 03:08 AM PST TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden voiced strong opposition Tuesday to China's new air defense zone above a set of disputed islands, showing a united front with an anxious Japan as tension in the region simmered. Full Story | Top |
| Samsung's $40,000 HDTV sparks hilarious Amazon reviews Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 06:25 AM PST  Who would pay $40,000 for an HD television? That's what some Amazon users are wondering about Samsung's 85-inch, "4K Ultra HD 120Hz 3D Smart LED TV," which the website is offering at the discounted price of $39,997.99. Full Story | Top |
| Woman Saddened By Wonderful Partner Who Doesn't Want Kids Monday, Dec 02, 2013 09:00 PM PST DEAR ABBY: I am a 38-year-old woman who has been dating a 41-year-old man for seven months. Sadly, although I have always wanted children, he does not. I realize my choice is either to stay in a relationship with a fabulous partner, knowing we won't have children, or end it, hoping I'll find someone just as wonderful who wants kids. Full Story | Top |
| Obama declares health care law is working Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 12:44 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to regroup from his health care law's disastrous rollout, President Barack Obama on Tuesday insisted that the sweeping overhaul is working and warned Republican critics that he would fight any efforts to strip away its protections. Full Story | Top |
| Insurers warn of problems with Obamacare enrollment surge Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 03:56 PM PST  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. insurers fear that a surge in enrollments on the revamped government-run healthcare website could create more problems for insurance companies already struggling with error-filled applications for coverage three weeks before a sign-up deadline. In what could become the next major headache for President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy, a group representing leading U.S. insurers said on Tuesday that technology fixes that will enable millions of people to sign on to HealthCare.gov have not fully addressed faulty data that the site has been sending these companies about their new enrollees. The problems include enrollment forms with erroneous personal information and duplicate or missing applications. The warning coincided with an effort by Obama to win back support for the healthcare overhaul after the website's disastrous October 1 debut sent his job approval ratings plummeting and threatened to damage fellow Democrats in next year's congressional elections. Full Story | Top |
| US media points to human error in NYC train crash Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 08:29 AM PST US media pointed Tuesday toward human error as the cause of a deadly commuter train crash in New York, reporting that the driver either fell asleep or "zoned out." The train was traveling at nearly three times the recommended speed limit when it derailed early Sunday, killing four people and injuring another 67 passengers, federal investigators say. Investigators are questioning the driver, William Rockefeller, 46, in a process expected to continue for several days. The New York Post reported that Rockefeller told investigators he had "zoned out" as the train was headed towards the bend. Full Story | Top |
| Obama tries to move past health care website woes Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 11:14 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to move past its website woes, the Obama administration is launching a two-pronged health care strategy this month aimed at avoiding enrollment snafus come January while also trying to refocus the public's attention on broader benefits of the sweeping law. Full Story | Top |
| World War Two era Japanese submarine found off Hawaii coast Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 09:35 AM PST By Suzanne Roig HONOLULU (Reuters) - Scientists plumbing the Pacific Ocean off the Hawaii coast have discovered a World War Two era Japanese submarine, a technological marvel that had been preparing to attack the Panama Canal before being scuttled by U.S. forces. The 400-foot (122-meter) "Sen-Toku" class vessel — among the largest pre-nuclear submarines ever built - was found in August off the southwest coast of Oahu and had been missing since 1946, scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa said. The I-400 and its sister ship, the I-401, which was found off Oahu in 2005, were able to travel one and a half times around the world without refueling and could hold up to three folding-wing bombers that could be launched minutes after resurfacing, the scientists said. "We came upon this as we were looking for other targets ... It is like watching a shark at rest," said Jim Delgado, a researcher aboard the Pisces V deep-diving submersible which traveled to the wreckage. Full Story | Top |
| Dow, S&P fall for third straight day; retail weighs Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 01:42 PM PST  By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and the S&P 500 fell for a third straight day on Tuesday, dropping from record levels in a broad decline as investors took profits amid signs of a weak holiday shopping season. Amazon.com Inc slipped 2 percent to $384.66 and was one of the biggest drags on the S&P 500. Full Story | Top |
| Enter New Budget Deal, Exit Loathsome Sequester Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 03:00 AM PST  After a year of political warfare over the government shutdown, Obamacare and federal spending, two feisty partisans may be close to cutting a budget deal. Seems like Congress has had enough of the across the board spending cuts, widespread employee furloughs and warnings of a hollowed out military. They're looking to eliminate the sequester and restore some of those cuts at least for the next year or two. While the agreement being hammered out by Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Budget Committee chief Paul Ryan (R-WI) is far from a "Grand Bargain" of tax and entitlement reforms once envisioned by the two parties, it would be enough to placate both parties and avert the possibility of another government shutdown in early January. Full Story | Top |
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