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| An urgent appeal to the richest Congress ever! Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 03:08 AM PDT  Yahoo News' political columnist Matt Bai makes a request to lawmakers seeking reelection this fall. Full Story | Top |
| Fort Hood gunman sought mental health treatment Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 05:53 AM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — An Iraq War veteran being treated for mental illness was the gunman who opened fire at Fort Hood, killing three people and wounding 16 others before committing suicide, in an attack on the same Texas military base where more than a dozen people were slain in 2009, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Mom Succumbs to Cancer 6 Weeks After Giving Birth Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 04:17 PM PDT  Elizabeth Joice Decided Not to Abort Pregnancy for Cancer Treatment Full Story | Top |
| Russia to U.S. on Crimea annexation: Accept it and move on Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 10:12 AM PDT  By Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. policymakers need to calm down, maybe do some yoga and accept that Crimea is now part of Russia, a senior Russian diplomat said on Thursday in unusually caustic remarks directed at Moscow's former Cold War-era adversary. Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region last month has deepened the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War ended two decades ago. The West has imposed sanctions on officials and businessmen believed to be close to President Vladimir Putin. Many of those blacklisted have mocked the sanctions, wearing them as a badge of honor, but they have also rankled Moscow, with officials warning the West was only doing damage to itself. Full Story | Top |
| Ivan Lopez: Truck driver. Dad. Drummer. Portrait emerges after Fort Hood attack Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 09:52 AM PDT Emerging information about Army Spc. Ivan Lopez, who killed three people and injured 16, some critically, at Fort Hood on Wednesday, paint a picture of a troubled, perhaps injured soldier who was seeking treatment for mental problems before his transfer two months ago to the Texas Army base. The Iraq war veteran, who drove a truck for his unit, is at the center of an investigation into the third major attack by a service member on his own comrades in five years. When a Fort Hood police officer drew her gun to confront Lopez during a barrage that involved two buildings at the base, he turned his .45 caliber handgun on himself, officials say. Military officials, the FBI, and civilian police are now delving into Lopez's past in search of a possible motive. Full Story | Top |
| The Coming Obamacare Shock for 170 Million Americans Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 02:15 AM PDT Barack Obama declared victory this week as the deadline to avoid the penalty for the individual mandate to carry health insurance passed on Monday. "The Affordable Care Act is here to stay," the President insisted as he announced that 7.1 million people had enrolled in private insurance through Obamacare. As Jimmy Fallon pointed out later the same evening, the numbers were neither impressive nor reliable. "It's amazing what you can achieve when you make something mandatory," Fallon told his laughing audience, "fine people if they don't do it — and keep extending the deadline for months." Polls show that the American public remains as opposed to the ACA as ever, with 55 percent of Quinnipiac respondents disapproving of the law. A new study from the American Health Policy Institute – recently launched by former Bush administration Deputy Secretary of HHS Tevi Troy – shows that large employers expect to face steep compliance costs, starting in the fall. Full Story | Top |
| Obamacare’s Next Challenge: IRS Verification Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 09:35 AM PDT  Now that the open enrollment period has come to a close, the next challenge for Obamacare lies with the cash-strapped Internal Revenue Service, which is tasked with enforcing a handful of new provisions under the president's healthcare law—including issuing penalties to Americans without health insurance. Though IRS administrator John Koskinen says his agency is ready for Obamacare, he repeated his calls for more IRS funding in order to efficiently carry out the law. The report stated, "Electronic filing also substantially reduces IRS submission processing costs, resulting in productivity savings that are typically reinvested into other IRS programs that provide additional services to taxpayers." Under the new health law, the IRS is responsible for enforcing 45 new provisions including issuing penalties to Americans who are without health coverage after the open enrollment deadline, which ended on March 31. Full Story | Top |
| Army: Fort Hood gunman showed no previous violence Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 10:19 AM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The soldier who killed three people before committing suicide in an attack on the same Texas military base where more than a dozen people were slain in 2009 had shown no recent risks of violence, authorities said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Korean Conflict’s Weird Wartech Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 02:45 AM PDT  The six decade long standoff on the Korean peninsula has spawned an offbeat arsenal on both sides of the DMZ. Full Story | Top |
| Photos from the end of Kurt Cobain's painful road Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 09:03 AM PDT  Two photographers who captured some of the final images of the rock star before his suicide reveal the stories behind their historic photo shoots. Full Story | Top |
| Kerry: Israeli, Palestinian leaders must 'lead' Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 05:00 AM PDT ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Frustrated by a virtually moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry exhorted leaders on both sides Thursday to "lead" and to do so now to prevent the negotiations from collapsing. Full Story | Top |
| Paul Ryan: Still a Total Jerk Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 02:45 AM PDT  With the release of his bizarre budget this week, the congressman from Wisconsin proves once again that he's a wishy-washy wonk unworthy of sainthood. Full Story | Top |
| Plane rolls off runway after emergency landing at New York airport Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 09:34 PM PDT (Reuters) - A Delta Air Lines Inc flight made an emergency landing at a New York airport on Wednesday after a cockpit indicator signaled a hydraulic system problem, and the aircraft later rolled into a grassy area, an airline official said. Flight 886, which was carrying 118 passengers and five crew from an Atlanta airport to New York's LaGuardia Airport, was diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) because it has longer runways, Delta spokeswoman Leslie Scott said. Full Story | Top |
| Boston Marathon bomb response exposed 'fault lines' in policing: study Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 12:04 AM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - The massive manhunt for the perpetrators of last year's Boston Marathon bomb attack exposed some "fault lines" in coordinating law enforcement at the federal, state and local levels, according to a study released on Thursday. Emergency responders racing to a crime scene without waiting for orders might save lives by tending to the wounded, but during the chaotic chase to catch the suspects a few days later, they also risked being shot by police, the Harvard University report found. The hairiest events after the bombing, which killed three people and injured 264, began three days later when the two ethnic Chechen brothers accused of planting the pressure-cooker bombs at the finish line, shot and killed a university police officer in a failed attempt to steal his gun and flee the city. The shooting prompted hundreds of local police, as well as law enforcement officials who had traveled from other towns to help with the investigation, to race to Watertown, Massachusetts, where the suspects traded shots with police. Full Story | Top |
| Mozilla CEO resigns, opposition to gay marriage drew fire Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 01:33 PM PDT  By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mozilla Chief Executive Brendan Eich has stepped down, the company said on Thursday, after an online dating service urged a boycott of the company's web browser because of a donation Eich made to opponents of gay marriage. The software company came under fire for appointing Eich as CEO last month. In 2008, he gave money to oppose the legalization of gay marriage in California, a hot-button issue especially at a company that boasts about its policy of inclusiveness and diversity. "We didn't act like you'd expect Mozilla to act," wrote Mozilla Executive Chairwoman Mitchell Baker in a blog post. Full Story | Top |
| GOP’s Midterm Back-Up Plan—National Security Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 02:30 AM PDT  Get ready to hear Republicans hammer President Obama and congressional Democrats on matters of defense and national security leading up to the midterm elections in November. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to balance the budget in 10 years with $5.1 trillion in spending cuts. That same day, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), deputy majority whip, cited the Ryan budget plan and national security as the top campaign issues for Republicans after Obamacare. "National security is now reemerging as an issue, given, frankly, the weakness of the American response over the Ukrainian issue and the hot-button issues like the Iranian nuclear arms discussions and the Palestinian-Israeli dispute," Cole told MSNBC. Full Story | Top |
| Big donors may give even more under court's ruling Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 04:55 AM PDT  The Supreme Court ruling Wednesday erasing a long-standing limit on campaign donations will allow a small number of very wealthy donors to give even more than is currently the case, according to students ... Full Story | Top |
| Readers Weigh In On Pros And Cons Of Only Childhood Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 10:05 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: "Maybe Only One in Georgia" (Jan. 7), who asked whether she should have a second child, needs to understand there are no guarantees. Her 5-year-old could end up hating her younger sibling, or adoring her. Parents create a child because they want to share their union with a new life. Each child is unique and represents a life commitment, not just 18 years of hard work. I am the youngest of four, the "surprise" baby boy when my parents were in their 40s. I loved them and they never made me feel unwanted. I adore my older sister. ... Full Story | Top |
| Charles Koch Wants to Earn Billions and Spend Millions on Politics Without People Being Mean Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 06:39 AM PDT  Like the spoiled kid whose extravagant birthday party is ruined by one of the kids his mom made him invite, Charles Koch is sick and tired of being yelled at for trying to remake the entire country as he sees fit. Koch, of the "Koch brothers" Kochs, wrote a piece for The Wall Street Journal that — with the palpable annoyance of the aggrieved ubermensch — laid out why America was wrong for criticizing him. Here are the agreed-upon facts about the Koch brothers. From those facts, Charles Koch builds out one narrative — an attempt to rebut the more popular narrative that hangs from that framework. Full Story | Top |
| Motorist who struck boy critical after mob attack Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 08:02 PM PDT DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit man was in critical condition Thursday with severe head injuries after a neighborhood mob beat and kicked him when he stopped to check on a 10-year-old boy who stepped from a curb into the path of his pickup. Full Story | Top |
| British Prince George's first tour stifles Australia/NZ republicans Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 04:37 AM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith and Thuy Ong LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - He may still be in nappies but Prince George embarks on his first official tour this weekend as Britain's younger royals ride a wave of popularity that is expected to dampen republican movements in Australia and New Zealand. The eight-month-old prince, third-in-line to the British throne, will accompany his parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on a three-week tour of the two former British colonies. His first official event is expected to be at a parent and baby group on April 9 at Government House in Wellington, the New Zealand capital, the residence where his father, Prince William, crawled for the first time during a royal tour in 1983. Queen Elizabeth, who turns 88 this month, is scaling back her workload and the younger royals - William and his party-loving brother Harry - are taking on more duties as is their father and heir apparent Prince Charles. Full Story | Top |
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