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47 million face benefit cut

47 million face benefit cut


47 million face benefit cut

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 10:05 AM PDT

In the last few weeks, the media has been ablaze with news of the government shutdown, the debt limit and health care reform. Missing from most public debate, however, is the cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits that will take place on November 1 and will affect every one of the more than 47 million Americans who depend on the program to help meet their basic nutritional needs.

Marine under fire after exposing threat

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 05:43 PM PDT

Jason Brezler is an elite New York firefighter. He is also a highly decorated officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, who has served four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

'You deserve better,' she says

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 12:43 PM PDT

No matter what Kathleen Sebelius told a House panel, her words were no match for what HealthCare.gov was telling its users.

Sebelius: 'I'm accountable'

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 06:54 AM PDT

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius takes responsibility for failures of Healthcare.gov.

Memo said testing was insufficient

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 11:23 AM PDT

The warning of a "high" security risk came in an internal government memo written just days before the start of open enrollment on HealthCare.gov.

Maher: Obama shouldn't have lied

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 08:01 AM PDT

Bill Maher says Pres. Obama shouldn't have lied about the rules of Obamacare.

Does anyone 'deserve' lung cancer?

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 08:35 AM PDT

Because one of the strongest risk factors for lung cancer is smoking, our society has come to the conclusion that people diagnosed with lung cancer somehow deserve it, that it was brought on by their own "bad" behavior.

Cirque du Soleil cited in acrobat's death

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 02:17 AM PDT

Cirque du Soleil and a Las Vegas casino are facing thousands of dollars in citations after a performer fell nearly 100 feet to her death during a show in June.

Mistress sexted doctor after funeral

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 04:52 PM PDT

CNN's Jean Casarez recaps Dr. Martin's MacNeill's mistress, Gypsy Willis' testimony at his murder trial.

Politicians drop F-bombs, A-bombs

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 08:28 AM PDT

One Senator calls another the "A-word." CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on politicians who like their language salty.

Did she distract Concordia captain?

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 07:59 AM PDT

Prosecution in trial of the Costa Concordia's captain says his girlfriend's presence on the bridge was a distraction.

Is this the sexiest film ever?

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 10:08 AM PDT

American audiences are finally getting a chance to see what is being billed as one of the most sexually explicit films ever made (not counting pornography): "Blue Is the Warmest Color."

Rare bull triplets born in Arkansas

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:35 AM PDT

An Arkansas rancher received quite a surprise when one of her cows gave birth to three baby bulls.

Cute baby looks like Chiefs coach

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 05:07 AM PDT

Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid has a tiny look-alike. KSHB reports.

Best affordable island hotels

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 05:35 AM PDT

These island hotels make it a breeze to indulge in a beach vacation -- without blowing your travel budget.

Tough Day 1 for intercontinental tunnel

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Istanbul's new transcontinental train tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait had a bumpy first day of operation, a day after Turkey's Prime Minister called it a "project for whole humanity" at an inaugural ceremony.

Why allies spy on allies

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 12:44 PM PDT

To those who study or even practiced espionage, U.S. spying on allies is hardly new.

Dying man trapped in ravine writes letter

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 02:37 AM PDT

David Welch hopped into his maroon Pontiac van last month and drove for hours. Without expressing where he was going, he kept on driving, police say.

Roman eagle unearthed in London

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 08:11 AM PDT

A Roman sculpture of an eagle with a writhing serpent firmly gripped in its hooked beak was unveiled Wednesday in London, where archaeologists found it on a site earmarked for a hotel development.

Man dies after days outside hospital

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 05:46 PM PDT

A man dies in Guaymas, Mexico, after agonizing for days outside a hospital. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.

See bus driver grab woman off ledge

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:03 AM PDT

A bus driver in Buffalo, New York, is being called a hero after talking a woman off a bridge.

Boy, 12, guilty in hacking scheme

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 06:51 PM PDT

Boy admits to hacking government sites in exchange for video games.

A pilot dies in a small plane crash, but no one notices.

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:22 AM PDT

CNN's Michaela Pereira has a look at the top news stories that you need to know.

Plane crash at airport goes unnoticed

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 07:13 PM PDT

The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane crashed and caught fire overnight but went unnoticed for hours.

Is your iPhone designed ... to die?

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 08:16 AM PDT

New York Times reporter Catherine Rampell feels that Apple may have planned the demise of iPhones.

Surfer: Massive wave felt never-ending

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:33 AM PDT

CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle who might have broken the record for biggest wave surfed.

Micro photos like you've never seen

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 08:50 AM PDT

A magnified image of marine plankton has won a prestigious international photography contest for tiny works that exist, in the words of the winning photographer, in the "limbo between art and science."

Boy won't leave Pope's side onstage

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 04:56 AM PDT

A little boy interrupted the Pope during a speech in St. Peter's Square, leading to a memorable moment.

See coolest airline safety video ever

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 07:58 AM PDT

Virgin America's new safety video features music and dancing that will have you glued to the screen.

The Miss America you didn't know

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 07:14 AM PDT

Miss America Nina Davuluri opens up about the cultural clash she experienced when she introduce her boyfriend to her traditional parents.

Distraction: Dog needs paw held

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 07:25 AM PDT

This dog does NOT want to ride in a car without knowing there's a helping hand nearby.

Cannons pulled from Blackbeard ship

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 06:14 PM PDT

Rrrrrchaelogists have recovered five big six pounders from t' wreck o' t' famed scurvy dog Blackbeard's ship off t' coast o' North Carolina.

Sandy: Instagram's tipping point?

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:24 AM PDT

A twisted boardwalk, a glowing carousel flooded with water and a cresting river breaching its banks. Instagram reached saturation as Sandy hit, turning it into a storytelling medium for the superstorm.

Six hours

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:22 AM PDT

A pilot dies in a small plane crash, but no one notices.

The most unequal place

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:47 AM PDT

Opinion: What does extreme income inequality do to a society -- and can it be reversed? This series looks for answers in the most unequal place in America.

The most unequal place

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:47 AM PDT

Opinion: What does extreme income inequality do to a society -- and can it be reversed? This series looks for answers in the most unequal place in America.

Digital Doc: Across Lake Providence

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 07:49 PM PDT

East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, has the highest income inequality of any county or parish in America. Can that change?

Narrowing the gap

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:49 AM PDT

"You have to sit back and think why is God keeping this town alive?

10 heroes

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:42 AM PDT

It's impossible to miss My Dream Eatery as you drive into America's capital of income inequality from the south. It's the one with magenta walls and Big Bird-yellow trim, the one Andrea Davis-Lloyd had painted twice to be sure the colors were just right.

'Surviving's the best you can do'

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:42 AM PDT

On my first full day in the most economically divided county in America, people started telling me about the man who wanders the streets here with an American flag wrapped around his shoulders.

Worst counties

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:42 AM PDT

You might assume New York is the American capital of income inequality -- what with its multibillion-dollar mayor, its highly paid Wall Street execs and its persistent poverty.

What is inequality?

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:43 AM PDT

President Obama called it "the defining issue of our time" in his 2012 State of the Union, but he did so without ever uttering the phrase "income inequality."

'Cross the gap'

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:42 AM PDT

Maybe one way to help shrink the gap between rich and poor is simply to stare these divisions right in the face -- to remind ourselves that these boundaries were created and can be erased.

Obamacare

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 11:22 AM PDT

An internal government memo obtained by CNN and written just days before the start of open enrollment for Obamacare warned of a "high" security risk because of a lack of testing of the HealthCare.gov website.

Inequality

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 11:24 AM PDT

Opinion: What does extreme income inequality do to a society -- and can it be reversed? This series looks for answers in the most unequal place in America.

NSA

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 01:55 AM PDT

A delegation of European Union officials will continue their fact finding mission Wednesday when they meet with White House officials over recent revelations that the National Security Agency spied on European leaders and their citizens.

Chris Brown

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 11:46 PM PDT

Chris Brown is reaching into Lindsay Lohan's playbook for avoiding jail: Go to rehab before your court date.

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