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| Mini space shuttle skids off runway in test flight Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:02 PM PDT  A new, smaller version of NASA's space shuttle is recuperating from a rough first landing. The Dream Chaser space plane is being designed by Sierra Nevada Corp. It's vying to carry astronauts to and from ... Full Story | Top |
| Pope Francis meets perhaps biggest, certainly cutest fan Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:01 PM PDT  A young boy wandered onto the stage at the Vatican this past weekend, hugging Pope Francis as he tried to give a speech. Full Story | Top |
| Sebelius on health care law rollout: 'No one indicated it could possibly go this wrong' Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 09:54 AM PDT  "You deserve better. I apologize," Sebelius said. "I'm accountable to you for fixing these problems." Full Story | Top |
| Sharpton, Barneys NY CEO discuss racial profiling Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 05:31 PM PDT  Civil rights activist Al Sharpton met with the CEO of Barneys New York on Tuesday to discuss allegations of racial profiling at the high-end retailer, while the New York state attorney general's office ... Full Story | Top |
| City: Odor from Sriracha chili plant a nuisance Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 10:03 AM PDT  It looked like things were really starting to heat up for this little Southern California factory town when the maker of the Sriracha chili sauce known the world over decided to open a sprawling 650,000-square-foot ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: On healthcare, spying, questions on what Obama knew and when Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 05:48 PM PDT  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To his critics, President Barack Obama often has seemed to be conveniently distant when trouble has hit his administration. But on Tuesday, Obama was hit with a public-relations crisis that struck at the core of his domestic and foreign policy - one that raised questions about whether he had misled Americans on his signature healthcare overhaul, and whether he really was unaware of the U.S. government's alleged spying on its allies. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama under fire as Americans lose prior health plans Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:58 PM PDT  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is facing fresh attacks for his pledge that Americans who like their current healthcare plans can keep them under Obamacare, as reports pile up of thousands of Americans facing cancellation notices. Accusations that the pledge was misleading are potentially a deeper threat to Obama than the website glitches that have plagued Healthcare.gov since its October 1 launch and allowed only a trickle of people to sign up on new federal insurance exchanges. ... Full Story | Top |
| Senators bicker over state stand your ground laws Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:57 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trayvon Martin's mother told a panel of senators Tuesday that state "stand your ground" self-defense laws do not work and must be amended, reviving the politically charged gun control issue a year ahead of the 2014 midterm elections. Full Story | Top |
| Captain Kirk to command new Navy destroyer Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 08:38 AM PDT  The commander of the sleek new USS Zumwalt, which launched late last week in Maine, has a name to match its space-age look. Full Story | Top |
| Flying Without Ever Leaving The Ground Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 07:53 AM PDT  With thousands of commercial drones expected to fly in U.S. airspace within a few years, "The Future Is Now" visited the University of North Dakota to meet students who are majoring in unmanned aviation systems: flying drones. Full Story | Top |
| Obama to stress Massachusetts’s health care example in Boston speech Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:24 PM PDT  Following another week of tech problems marring the rollout of Obamacare, President Barack Obama will tout Massachusetts' 8-year-old health care overhaul in a speech in Boston on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| No immediate decision on Texas abortion law appeal Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 03:53 AM PDT  A federal appeals court didn't act on an emergency motion Tuesday that would've allowed some new abortion restrictions to take effect in Texas, the latest step in a lengthy battle activists on both sides ... Full Story | Top |
| Sebelius heads to Hill to defend health law, job Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 04:07 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to cast blame, lawmakers are preparing to grill President Barack Obama's top health official over problems with the rollout of the government's health care website. Full Story | Top |
| Smartwatches abound. But who really wants one? Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 07:24 AM PDT  Smartwatches that display message alerts and weather updates are popping up everywhere this holiday season as consumer electronics companies try to persuade you to add them to your shopping list. But is ... Full Story | Top |
| Pricewaterhouse to buy consulting firm Booz Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 09:24 AM PDT  Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers said Wednesday it has reached a deal to buy business consultancy Booz & Company. PwC did not reveal the financial terms of the acquisition, which will boost its advisory business. Dennis Nally, chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International, said the merger would give chief executives around the world "the opportunity to work with a global consulting team that could provide services from strategy development right through to execution." PwC, headquartered in London, focuses on audit and assurance, tax and consulting services. Full Story | Top |
| Pentagon sees 'sufficient' progress to boost fiscal year 2015 F-35 output Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 05:15 PM PDT  By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon this week said the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 program had made sufficient improvement to plan for higher production in fiscal year 2015, but contract awards would be tied to progress on the fighter jet's software, reliability and other issues. "Program progress is sufficient for the department to budget for an increase in the production rate in fiscal year 2015," Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, wrote in a memorandum dated October 28 and obtained by Reuters on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama to cite Mass. health care law's slow start Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 12:40 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is citing the Massachusetts health care system's slow start to keep expectations low for early sign-ups for his own overhaul. And he's pointing to the bipartisan effort to get the program launched in Massachusetts to encourage his opponents to stop rooting for his law's failure. Full Story | Top |
| NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly booed offstage at Brown over 'stop and frisk' Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 05:22 AM PDT Top cop's lecture was halted on Tuesday after audience members disrupted the talk in protest of his controversial "stop and frisk" policy. Full Story | Top |
| War without borders: The growing threat of commando-style raids across the world Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 04:40 AM PDT Author David Kilcullen discusses new book about the changing nature of warfare. Full Story | Top |
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