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| Senate Committee says Benghazi Attacks Preventable Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 10:21 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report on the deadly assault on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, laying blame on the State Department, the intelligence community — even the late Ambassador Chris Stevens — for failing to communicate and heed warnings of terrorist activity in the area. Full Story | Top |
| Republican goal: ‘Tarnish’ the brand of Democratic presidential hopefuls early Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 11:26 AM PST  The RNC prepares an aggressive campaign against possible Democratic presidential candidates. Full Story | Top |
| Asiana victim who was run over may have been visible, videos suggest Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 09:20 AM PST Newly released videos obtained by CBS News suggest that the 16-year-old girl who was run over by a fire truck and killed after surviving a crash on ill-fated Asiana Airlines Flight 214 might have been visible to rescue workers, contradicting earlier reports that she was covered with fire-extinguishing foam. Full Story | Top |
| Waffle House charges man over $1600 for breakfast Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 11:45 AM PST A Waffle House in Piedmont, South Carolina mistakenly charged Jim Andrews and his wife $1,666.61 for their breakfast. Full Story | Top |
| New video surfaces of U.S. prisoner from Afghan war Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 02:35 PM PST  A new video has surfaced showing Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier captured by militants while stationed in Afghanistan more than four years ago, the soldier's family said on Wednesday. "Today we learned that a new video of our son, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, has been distributed by his captors," Bergdahl's family said in a statement relayed by the Idaho National Guard. Bergdahl was stationed in Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan when he disappeared under unclear circumstances on June 30, 2009, about two months after arriving in Afghanistan. U.S. officials said Bergdahl appeared to be in 'declining health,' but not gravely ill, in the video, which U.S. officials believe was recorded within the last month. Full Story | Top |
| Pope cleans house at bank with new cardinals Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 05:08 AM PST  Pope Francis made another move to clean house at the troubled Vatican bank on Wednesday, naming a new roster of cardinal advisers to replace the ones who were in place during its latest brushes with scandal. ... Full Story | Top |
| First lady won't rule out plastic surgery, Botox Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 03:14 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama, who turns 50 later this week, isn't ruling out using plastic surgery or Botox in the future. Full Story | Top |
| Obama to Dems: I'll act with or without Congress Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 04:47 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has told Senate Democrats he plans to use his executive authority to act in 2014 when Congress stands in his way. Full Story | Top |
| Senate Report Concludes the Benghazi Attacks Were Preventable Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 07:48 AM PST  The Senate Intelligence Committee just released its report on the 2012 Benghazi attacks. According to the committee's findings, the State Department and U.S. Intelligence agencies should share some blame for not doing more to prevent the deadly attacks, which left four Americans dead. In a statement, the Intelligence Committee concluded: The attacks were preventable, based on extensive intelligence reporting on the terrorist activity in Libya—to include prior threats and attacks against Western targets—and given the known security shortfalls at the U.S. Mission Full Story | Top |
| Democratic presidential prospect can’t think of anything positive to say about Obama Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 03:00 PM PST A former Democratic governor who is exploring a possible presidential campaign as the "anti-Hillary," now says he can't think of a single nice thing to say about President Obama. Full Story | Top |
| House approves $1.1 trillion measure to fund government through Sept 30 Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 02:09 PM PST  By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill on Wednesday that quashes the threat of a government shutdown through September 30 and offers lawmakers a chance to end four years of chaotic, crisis-driven budgeting. The 359-67 vote, reflecting strong bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled chamber, sends the measure to the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate for approval by Saturday. The Senate gave itself three more days to consider the measure by approving an extension of current funding that was due to expire at midnight on Wednesday. The massive "omnibus" spending bill, which funds programs from missile systems to Amtrak rail services, passed with strong majorities of both House Republicans and Democrats. Full Story | Top |
| 'Sully': 5 years after the 'Miracle on the Hudson' Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 07:01 AM PST  It's been five years since Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 people on board and making "Sully" a household name. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. judge upholds subsidies pivotal to Obamacare Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 02:25 PM PST  By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday upheld subsidies at the heart of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, rejecting one of the main legal challenges to the policy by conservatives opposed to an expansion of the federal government. A ruling in favor of a lawsuit brought by individuals and businesses in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia would have crippled the implementation of the law by making health insurance unaffordable for many people. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington D.C. wrote that Congress clearly intended to make the subsidies available nationwide under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a requirement of the law, commonly called Obamacare, that most Americans buy health insurance or pay a tax penalty. Full Story | Top |
| Seven words you won’t hear in Guantanamo Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 04:34 AM PST Last week, I went on a media tour of the Guantanamo Bay prison, where the U.S. military is holding 155 men who were deemed "enemy combatants" in the war against al Qaeda and its affiliates by the Bush administration. Full Story | Top |
| A fresh take on the traditional seven-layer dip Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 10:13 AM PST  Everybody seems enraptured by seven-layer dip. And not that it's bad, but it's been done. And done again. And again. Full Story | Top |
| Report: NSA maps pathway into computers Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 07:13 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world — but not in the United States — that allows the U.S. to conduct surveillance on those machines, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Angry Dad Wants To Learn How To Control His Emotions Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 09:00 PM PST DEAR ABBY: I'm a dad in my 30s and I have a problem. I have been battling anger issues since I was a kid. I have been finding myself getting more and more worked up with my kids. When they misbehave, I lose it and yell at them. It is the way I was raised; however, I feel even worse afterward. I really want to break this habit. I don't want the only memories my children have of me to be images of my red face and bugged-out eyes hollering at them. Do you have any guidelines I can follow to get a better handle on my anger? -- LOUD DAD IN WEST VIRGINIA DEAR LOUD DAD: Yes, I do. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fallon, Springsteen parody Christie's traffic jams Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 11:37 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's favorite rock star had something to say about the bridge scandal that's cost a couple of Christie loyalists their jobs. Full Story | Top |
| Washington, D.C., panel approves decriminalizing marijuana Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 12:00 PM PST By Lacey Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The District of Columbia stepped closer to decriminalizing marijuana on Wednesday when a city council panel approved a measure that would make smoking a joint in the U.S. capital a violation comparable to a parking ticket. Approved unanimously by the city council's public safety committee, the bill reduces penalties for possessing less than an ounce (28 grams) of marijuana to a fine as little as $25. Eight times more blacks than non-blacks in Washington are arrested for pot possession, and committee Chairman Tommy Wells said the measure's goal was fairness and reducing law enforcement costs. If the full council passes the measure, Washington would join 15 U.S. states and a handful of cities that have decriminalized marijuana use. Full Story | Top |
| Dog missing in NYC for 3 weeks is found thanks to fliers, Facebook Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 01:10 PM PST  A dog that went missing in midtown Manhattan in December was reunited with his owners on Tuesday thanks to fliers, Facebook and the kindness of plenty of strangers. Full Story | Top |
| US prevented South Korea air strike on North, says Robert Gates Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 02:08 AM PST South Korea declined to comment Wednesday on revelations that the United States talked it down from launching a retaliatory air strike on North Korea in 2010. The claims were made in the newly published memoir of former US defense secretary Robert Gates, in which he also describes former South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun as "probably a little bit crazy". The 2010 incident followed the North's surprise shelling of a South Korean border island in November of that year. The attack triggered what Gates labelled a "very dangerous crisis", with the South Korean government of then-president Lee Myung-Bak initially insisting on a robust military response. Full Story | Top |
| US top court mulls abortion clinic buffer zone case Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 12:48 PM PST  More than 40 years after legalizing abortion in the United States, the Supreme Court Wednesday appeared skeptical of a law creating a buffer zone at abortion clinics, where opponents want to be able to protest freely. The case, which combines the controversial question of abortion with the always sensitive issue of freedom of speech, takes up a Massachusetts law that forbids anyone to come within 35 feet (10 meters) of women's health clinics where abortions are performed, unless they have business there. Anti-abortion advocates have set up long-running protests outside many such clinics, some brandishing pictures of aborted fetuses, some handing out informational pamphlets and some suggesting alternatives to abortions to women arriving at the clinic. Two doctors who provided abortions were killed in 1994 in Massachusetts. Full Story | Top |
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