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| Obama pens letter to schoolteacher, says health care ‘wasn’t the smart political thing!’ Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 02:29 PM PST A Texas schoolteacher who wrote a letter highly critical of President Obama's health care law was surprised when the president himself wrote back defending his policies but admitting that healthcare "wasn't the smart political thing!" Full Story | Top |
| Dems, Obama, head into 2014 distant, determined Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 07:52 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — A month after emerging from a government shutdown at the top of their game, many Democrats in Congress newly worried about the party's re-election prospects are for the first time distancing themselves from President Barack Obama after the disastrous rollout of his health care overhaul. Full Story | Top |
| Turning to the Bible for Weight Loss with the Daniel Diet Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 12:35 PM PST  Diet Encourages Eating Mainly Raw Vegetables Full Story | Top |
| George Harrison's sister lives modestly in rural Missouri Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 02:05 PM PST  When George Harrison died in 2001, the legendary musician and member of the Beatles left behind a fortune worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Full Story | Top |
| Court papers: Ohio boy not told he'd be given up Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 05:45 PM PST HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A couple accused of abandoning the adopted 9-year-old son they raised from infancy didn't tell him they were giving him to child welfare officials, according to documents filed by a prosecutor. Full Story | Top |
| Code Talker says Redskins name not derogatory Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 03:26 PM PST  A leader of the Navajo Code Talkers who appeared at a Washington Redskins home football game said Wednesday the team name is a symbol of loyalty and courage — not a slur as asserted by critics who want it changed. Full Story | Top |
| A Conservative Millionaire's Quest to Raise California's Minimum Wage to $12 an Hour Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 04:16 AM PST  The Conservative Argument for Raising the Minimum Wage Full Story | Top |
| Even if website works, Obamacare could see trouble ahead Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 01:22 PM PST  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration says it is on target to make its problematic health insurance website work smoothly for the "vast majority" of users by this weekend, but some Americans who want coverage by January 1 may not be able to get it - even if they successfully navigate the portal and sign up for a plan. The problem, according to insurance industry officials and other specialists, is that the administration is behind schedule in building a computer program needed to help insurers verify the names, insurance plan choices and other details of those who sign up for health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. The computer program - which administration officials acknowledge will not be finished until sometime next year - is among several crucial pieces of administrative technology the government is devising to serve new online healthcare marketplaces that allow people to purchase subsidized private health insurance or join the Medicaid program for the poor in all 50 states. Full Story | Top |
| See Comet ISON Slingshot Around Sun: Live SOHO Spacecraft Views Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 06:02 PM PST  Astronomers all over the world are training their eyes and telescopes on Comet ISON as it approaches its closest distance to the sun on Thursday (Nov. 28), with several unblinking space telescopes offering live views of the comet's solar encounter. But rather than the traditional football game, we'd suggest you watch ISON's progress around the sun instead. Full Story | Top |
| Justin Bieber in Australia graffiti row Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 11:11 PM PST  Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber was Thursday told to clean up his mess after the pop star was accused of spraying graffiti on an Australian hotel wall. Furious Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate said the Canadian had been disrespectful and "really, really silly", and sent a graffiti removal kit to the exclusive QT Hotel at Surfers Paradise so he could repair the damage. Bieber's handiwork includes a Pacman ghost and other fluorescent cartoon characters, reportedly painted in the early hours of Wednesday after the star's sell-out Brisbane show. Pictures of the graffiti were posted online, including on Instagram, with reports saying Bieber and his entourage left the cans of spray paint behind for staff to clean up. Full Story | Top |
| More Delays Plague Obamacare’s Rollout Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 01:14 PM PST  The Obama administration on Wednesday announced yet another major delay in the implementation of its problem-plagued health insurance website, this time postponing for a year a sign-up feature for small businesses. This comes just days before the White House's self-imposed Nov. 30 deadline for eliminating many of the technical problems that have paralyzed HealthCare.gov. The website's Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) enrollment application, which was created to make it easier for small businesses with fewer than 50 employees to sign up for health coverage through the federal exchange, will not be ready until next November, the White House said Wednesday. In the meantime, administration officials are instructing small businesses to bypass the website to apply for coverage by using paper applications or enrolling through brokers or directly through insurers. Full Story | Top |
| Turkeys avoid Thanksgiving fate with U.S. presidential pardon Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 12:42 PM PST By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taking a break from weighty matters of state and pitched battles with political foes, President Barack Obama exercised the lighter side of his authority Wednesday by sparing two magnificent turkeys the fate of becoming someone's Thanksgiving dinner. "This is not one of them." The pardoning event, an annual ritual, took place under the awning of the White House's North Portico as a small crowd squeezed together to escape a pelting rain, providing material for wags in Washington. Obama, who has said his ability to get elected to the White House despite his Kenyan family last name is a testament to America's tolerance and diversity, displayed a politician's appreciation for both the winner and loser of the contest. "He is sticking around and he's already busy raising money for his next campaign." Americans have been sending presidents turkeys for Thanksgiving since the 19th century, the White House said. Full Story | Top |
| US offering to destroy Syrian chemicals at sea Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 09:01 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is offering to destroy some of Syria's deadliest chemical weapons in international waters aboard a nearly 700-foot, U.S. government-owned ship, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Why You Should Avoid the $50 Black Friday Doorbuster Android Tablets Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 12:35 PM PST  Please Just Say No to the Tablets Under $50. Full Story | Top |
| Health law business insurance site delayed 1 year Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 12:36 AM PST  The Obama administration is delaying yet another aspect of the health care law, putting off until next November the launch of an online portal to the health insurance marketplace for small businesses. ... Full Story | Top |
| New setback for Obamacare as website delays mount Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 02:51 AM PST  The US government announced Wednesday small businesses will have to wait until next year to buy health coverage through an online marketplace, yet another setback for Barack Obama's signature health care reform. In an online posting, Health and Human Services said the online "marketplaces" created as part of the reform -- to help small businesses compare plans, take advantage of tax breaks, and find the best rates -- will not be available until November 2014, "for coverage taking effect on or after January 1, 2015." The health care reform package, dubbed "Obamacare," a major campaign promise from Obama that was made law in March 2010, requires companies with more than 50 employees to offer health insurance for their employees. But it is yet another setback for the Obama administration, which has made a number of concessions in recent weeks after a rocky rollout of several of the law's most sweeping changes. Full Story | Top |
| China sends jets into air zone as Japan, South Korea defy it Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 09:42 AM PST  China sent fighter jets and an early warning aircraft into its newly declared air defence zone, state media said Friday, as Japan and South Korea stated they had defied the zone with military overflights. The Chinese planes had conducted normal air patrols on Thursday as "a defensive measure and in line with international common practices," said Shen Jinke, spokesman for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, according to state news agency Xinhua. Shen said China's air force would remain on high alert and take measures to protect the security of the country's airspace, Xinhua reported. Japan and South Korea said Thursday they had defied the air defence identification zone (ADIZ) declared by Beijing last weekend, showing a united front after US B-52 bombers did the same. Full Story | Top |
| US Holocaust survivor meets Polish savior 70 years on Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 06:52 PM PST  A Jewish boy who hid from the Nazis in a hayloft was on Wednesday reunited after 70 years with the son of a couple who risked everything to save him. Beaming American Holocaust survivor Leon Gersten, 79, embraced and clasped the hand of a visibly moved Czeslaw Polziec, 81, whose Polish parents saved five Jews during World War II. Gersten welcomed Polziec to New York's JFK Airport after his trans-Atlantic flight, supported by his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. "It's like getting to know each other again," Gersten told reporters in anticipation. Full Story | Top |
| Democratic senator says Obama administration 'fear-mongering' on Iran Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 06:48 PM PST  The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee accused the White House on Wednesday of using "over the top" rhetoric and "fear-mongering" tactics to try to halt new sanctions against Iran after the United States brokered an interim deal with Tehran over its nuclear program. Senator Robert Menendez criticized President Barack Obama's administration for agreeing to the deal under which Iran will accept restrictions on its nuclear program in exchange for limited relief from economic sanctions that have damaged its economy and cut deeply into its oil exports. Many Republicans already have criticized Obama over the agreement, and some Democrats, who tend to more hawkish on Iran than Obama's administration, have been skeptical about it. A bill to impose further sanctions against Iran has been stalled in the Senate after Obama's administration appealed for a delay to allow time to pursue a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear problem. Full Story | Top |
| Obama pardons turkeys as part of annual rite Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 05:03 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama spared two turkeys from the brine and the oven Wednesday, fulfilling the annual tradition of a presidential pardon for a couple of lucky birds ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Full Story | Top |
| Cardiologists strongly back Obamacare, worry over rocky start Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 10:07 PM PST  By Ransdell Pierson and Bill Berkrot DALLAS (Reuters) - American cardiologists appear staunch in their support for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, although some fear that its rocky launch could derail efforts to improve preventive care for needy patients. The broad support for the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, emerged in interviews last week in Dallas with more than 20 cardiologists at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association. The group has set an aggressive goal of reducing heart disease and deaths from heart disease and strokes in the United States by 20 percent by 2020. Heart specialists say the key to achieving that goal is a greater focus on preventive care and access to medical services for more Americans. Full Story | Top |
| Obama helps hand out Thanksgiving fixings to needy Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 09:30 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is continuing an annual family tradition by helping to pack bags of food and distribute them to the needy on Thanksgiving eve. Full Story | Top |
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