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GOP: Obama is bluffing on debt limit

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GOP: Obama is bluffing on debt limit

GOP: Obama is bluffing on debt limit

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:46 AM PDT

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, is cheered as Republican members of the House of Representatives rally after passing a bill that would prevent a government shutdown while crippling the health care law that was the signature accomplishment of President Barack Obama's first term, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. The top Senate Democrat, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., has pronounced the bill dead on arrival and calls the House exercise a "waste of time." Applauding at left in front is Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., who led conservatives in persuading Boehner to accept a deal to link defunding the Affordable Care Act with the continuing resolution for government funding. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Party leaders believe they have enough leverage to force the president's hand.

Government shutdown won't kill Obamacare

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:58 AM PDT

Home Depot Will Send Part-timers To Health Insurance ExchangesWASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pulling on the budget thread can't neatly unravel President Barack Obama's health care law.

Montana rapist freed after controversial 30-day sentence

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10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:01 AM PDT

AP10ThingsToSee - Pakistani women grieve over the coffins of their relatives, who were killed in a suicide attack on a church, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed scores of people Sunday, officials said, in one of the worst assaults on the country's Christian minority in years. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

Obama mocks GOP for 'crazy' Obamacare predictions

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:41 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Md. The president is promoting the benefits of his health care law before new insurance exchanges open for business next week. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)LARGO, Maryland (AP) — With just five days to go before Americans can begin signing up for health care under his signature law, President Barack Obama on Thursday ridiculed Republican opponents for "crazy" doomsday predictions of the impact and forecast that even those who didn't vote for him are going to enroll.

Boehner: House won't pass 'clean' spending bill

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:31 AM PDT

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks to reporters as he emerges from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013, after his overnight crusade railing against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare." Cruz ended the marathon Senate speech opposing President Barack Obama's health care law after talking for 21 hours, 19 minutes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will not simply pass a temporary spending bill from the Democratic Senate after it is shorn clean of a tea party plan to "defund Obamacare," House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday.

Russia offers to guard Syria arms destruction

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:23 AM PDT

In this image taken from Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, video obtained from the Sham News Network, Syrian opposition fighters fire at government forces near Daraa customs in Daraa al-Balad, Syria. Russia offered on Thursday to provide troops to guard facilities where Syria's chemical weapons would be destroyed, as U.N. inspectors prepared to continue their probe on the use of such agents in the country's civil war. (AP Photo/Sham News Network via AP video)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Russia offered on Thursday to provide troops to guard facilities where Syria's chemical weapons would be destroyed, as U.N. inspectors prepared to continue their probe on the use of such agents in the country's civil war.

Interpol issues alert for British terror widow

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:59 AM PDT

Hanout photo of copy of fake South African travelling passport of Samantha LewthwaiteLONDON (AP) — Interpol, acting on a Kenyan request, issued an arrest notice Thursday for Samantha Lewthwaite, the fugitive Briton whom news media have dubbed the "white widow."

Ex-Mont. teacher freed after 30-day term for rape

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:39 AM PDT

This undated photo courtesy of Auliea Hanlon shows Cherice Moralez, who was raped in 2007 when she was 14 by teacher Stacey Rambold in Billings, Mont. Rambold is due to be released from prison on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 after serving just 30 days. The short sentence triggered a backlash against the judge who handled the case, including calls for him to be removed from the bench. (AP Photo/Auliea Hanlon)BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana prison officials released a former high school teacher Thursday after he completed a 30-day sentence for rape that is under review by the state's high court and has prompted critics to call for the removal of the judge who oversaw the case.

Report ponders: How sensitive is climate to CO2?

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo smoke billows from chimneys of the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China. Scientists are more confident than ever that pumping carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels is warming the planet. By how much is something governments and scientists meeting in Stockholm will try to pin down with as much precision as possible Friday Sept. 27, 2013 in a seminal report on global warming. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scientists are more confident than ever that pumping carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels is warming the planet. The question is, by how much?

Militant group attacks Kenyan border towns

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:38 AM PDT

Foreign investigators take a break at the city morgue in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. Forensic experts from around the world, including the U.S., Britain and Germany, continued their work Thursday, carrying out fingerprint, DNA and ballistic analysis, said police spokeswoman Gatiria Mboroki. More than 60 people were killed when militants entered the Westgate Mall on Saturday, firing assault rifles and throwing grenades. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Islamic extremist group that killed scores of people at a Nairobi mall has now attacked two Kenyan towns near the Somali border, killing three people. The leader of the Somali group affiliated with al-Qaida said the attacks will continue until Kenyan troops are withdrawn from Somalia.

Obama vows health care law won't be undercut

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 08:29 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says congressional critics of the 3-year-old health care law have become more irresponsible in their attempts to kill it the closer the law comes to full implementation.

House GOP considers options on possible shutdown

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 08:53 AM PDT

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks to reporters as he emerges from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013, after his overnight crusade railing against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare." Cruz ended the marathon Senate speech opposing President Barack Obama's health care law after talking for 21 hours, 19 minutes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will not simply pass a temporary spending bill from the Democratic Senate after it is shorn clean of a tea party plan to "defund Obamacare," House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday.

Iran chides Israel for not signing nuclear treaty

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 07:59 AM PDT

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves the podium after speaking at a meeting on nuclear disarmament during the 68th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran's new president called on Israel on Thursday to join an international treaty banning the spread of nuclear weapons, chiding the Jewish state for being the only Mideast nation that has failed to do so.

Local al-Qaida commander killed in Syria

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 08:49 AM PDT

In this image taken from Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, video obtained from the Sham News Network, Syrian opposition fighters fire at government forces near Daraa customs in Daraa al-Balad, Syria. Russia offered on Thursday to provide troops to guard facilities where Syria's chemical weapons would be destroyed, as U.N. inspectors prepared to continue their probe on the use of such agents in the country's civil war. (AP Photo/Sham News Network via AP video)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Activists say a local al-Qaida commander in Syria has been killed during clashes with Kurdish militiamen in northern Syria.

Bill Gates: Control-Alt-Delete was a mistake

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 08:20 AM PDT

Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman and Co-Chair and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, takes part in a panel discussion titled "Investing in African Prosperity" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California May 1, 2013. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas/FilesThe Microsoft co-founder says the puzzling key combination used to access the login screen on personal computers was a mistake.

Obama: 'Affordable Care Act here to stay'

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 08:51 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks on September 26, 2013 in Largo, MarylandThe president warned that he won't tolerate political brinksmanship.

Chelsea or Hillary for president?

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 06:40 AM PDT

Former U.S. Secretary of State and former first lady Hillary Clinton and daughter Chelsea share a laugh while former U.S. President Clinton speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative 2013 (CGI) in New YorkBill Clinton says which one would be a better president.

IOC 'fully satisfied' over Russia's anti-gay law

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 07:49 AM PDT

Chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for Sochi 2014, Jean-Claude Killy, listens to questions, during a news conference in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. The International Olympic Committee says it is SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has dismissed concerns over Russia's law banning gay propaganda, saying it doesn't violate the Olympic charter's anti-discrimination clause, and pronounced Russia ready to host the 2014 Winter Games.

How to navigate health care exchanges

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 05:36 AM PDT

Holding a sign saying "We Love ObamaCare" supporters of health care reform rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, as the court continued hearing arguments on the health care law signed by President Barack Obama. Go ahead, call it Obamacare. Obama's re-election campaign has lifted an unofficial ban on using the opposition's derisive term for his health care law. Democratic activists have been chanting, "We love Obamacare," in front of the Supreme Court. And the campaign is selling T-shirts and bumper stickers that proclaim: "I like Obamacare." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Don't fret if you have no idea what these exchanges are — you are not alone.

Militants target Pakistan earthquake aid chopper

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:29 AM PDT

A Pakistani woman searches her belongings through the rubble of her house, which was destroyed in Tuesday's earthquake, in Labach, the remote district of Awaran in Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. Two days after the tremor struck, rescuers were still struggling to help survivors. The death toll from the quake reached in hundreds on Thursday, with more than 500 people injured. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)LABACH, Pakistan (AP) — Separatist militants fired two rockets that narrowly missed a Pakistani government helicopter surveying a region devastated by an earthquake, underscoring the dangers authorities face in helping victims in Baluchistan, the country's most impoverished province.

What the future holds for Obama

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 06:41 AM PDT

President Barack Obama waves to the media as he walks from Marine One to the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Washington, as he returns from Walter Reed National Military Medial Center in Bethesda, Md., where he visited injured military members. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Forty months remain in his presidency; Yahoo's Walter Shapiro sees nine options.

America introduces glitzier, high-tech $100 bill

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:01 PM PDT

Uncut $100 bills run through cutting machine at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. The federal printing facility is making the new-look colorful bills that include new security features in advance of the Oct. 8 circulation date. (AP Photo/LM Otero)FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A glitzier, high-tech version of America's $100 bill is rolling off the presses and headed for wallets soon.

Interpol launches global hunt for British 'White Widow'

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT

A photo of Samantha Lewthwaite's fake South African passport released by Kenyan police in December 2011London (AFP) - The British woman dubbed the "White Widow" was at the centre of a worldwide hunt on Thursday after Interpol issued an international arrest notice in the wake of the Kenya shopping mall attack.

NSA spied on Martin Luther King

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 03:18 AM PDT

50th Anniversary of deadly Birminghan, Ala. church bomingThe spy agency also kept tabs on a famous boxer, Congressmen and journalists.

Kenya buries its dead as impatience mounts for answers

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:13 AM PDT

Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Salima Ayaz Merali, during her funeral, in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Merali was killed alongside her daughter in last Saturday's Westgate Mall attack. The militant group behind the four-day takeover of a Nairobi mall claim Kenyan government forces used explosives in carrying out "a demolition" of the building, burying 137 hostages. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya on Thursday buried victims of a four-day mall massacre by Islamist gunmen, as police pleaded for patience while searchers combed the charred rubble of the devastated complex for dozens still missing.

Climber finds decades-old treasure trove off Mont Blanc

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 04:17 AM PDT

Three climbers walk at an altitude of 3400 metres on September 11, 2013 near the Dent du Géant (Giant's tooth), in the Mont Blanc massif in France and ItalyAlbertville (France) (AFP) - A French climber scaling a glacier off Mont Blanc got more than satisfaction for his efforts when he stumbled across a treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires that had been buried for decades.

U.S., Iran gear for historic nuclear talks

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 07:09 AM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on September 24, 2013 in New York CityOfficials say no bilateral talks are planned but there could be some dialogue.

George H.W. Bush witness at Maine same-sex wedding

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 10:55 PM PDT

In this Sept. 21, 2013 photo, former President George H.W. Bush, front left, former first lady Barbara Bush, right, pose for photos after wedding of longtime friends Helen Thorgalsen, center, and Bonnie Clement, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush was an official witness at the same-sex wedding, his spokesman said Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Biddle)KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush was an official witness at the same-sex wedding of two longtime friends, his spokesman said.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio institutes cost-saving, vegetarian meals for inmates

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:05 PM PDT

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announces newly launched program aimed at providing security around schools in Anthem ArizonaGet sent to jail in Arizona's Maricopa County and you'll be experiencing some serious life changes. And for the meat eaters, that includes going vegetarian.

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