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HealthCare.gov fixes will meet deadlines, contractors say

HealthCare.gov fixes will meet deadlines, contractors say


HealthCare.gov fixes will meet deadlines, contractors say

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:23 AM PDT

Witnesses are pictured during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in WashingtonThe glitch-ridden Obamacare website will be ready by Dec. 15.


Former Indiana trooper cleared in family's deaths

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 10:43 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, file photo, former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm, second left, arrives at the Boone County Courthouse in Lebanon, Ind., for his trial for the September 2000 murders of his wife and children. Jurors in Boone County on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 cleared Camm in the Sept. 28, 2000, deaths of 35-year-old Kimberly Camm and their children, 7-year-old Brad and 5-year-old Jill. All three were found fatally shot in the garage of the family's home in the southern Indiana community of Georgetown. The deaths occurred about four months after Camm had resigned from the Indiana State Police force to take a job with his uncle. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Charlie Nye, File) NO SALESLEBANON, Ind. (AP) — A former Indiana state trooper who has maintained his innocence in the slayings of his wife and two young children for 13 years finally found a jury that agrees with him.


Satellite detects mysterious moving lights in the Atlantic Ocean

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:38 AM PDT

Moving lights spotted in the Atlantic (image: NASA)Those weird lights in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean — what are they?


Pirates kidnap two American sailors in Nigeria

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 09:36 AM PDT

Pirates Seize 2 Americans Off Ship Near Nigerian CoastUS-Flagged Ship Attacked, Americans Taken to Land, Official Says


Teen stabbed Mass. teacher then went to movie, police say

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:06 AM PDT

A girl lights a candle at a makeshift memorial for teacher Colleen Ritzer outside the high school where she taught in DanversBOSTON (Reuters) - The Massachusetts teenager who has been charged with murdering a 24-year-old math teacher at his high school used a box cutter to stab the woman, then disposed of her body and went to the movies, local media reported on Thursday. The 14-year-old, Philip Chism, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the charge of murdering Colleen Ritzer, whose body was discovered in the woods behind his high school in Danvers, Massachusetts, some 20 miles north of Boston. ...


Obama calls for immigration law by end of the year

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:26 AM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden applauds as President Barack Obama speaks about immigration reform, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The president said now that the partial government shutdown is over, Republicans and Democrats should be able to work together to fix what he called "a broken immigration system." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama called on Congress Thursday to finish work on an immigration overhaul by the end of the year, a lofty goal that will be difficult to meet given the staunch opposition of many House Republicans.


Online abuse victims reach out to parents—and get results

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 10:14 AM PDT

Sarah Ball, a victim of cyber bullying during her high school years, sits for a portrait at her home on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, in Spring Hill, Fla. Ball, now a student at a nearby community college, maintains a Facebook site called "Hernando Unbreakable", an anti-bullying page and mentors local kids identified by the schools as victims of cyberbullying. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Ball was a 15-year-old high school sophomore at Hernando High School in Brooksville, Fla., when a friend posted on Facebook: "I hate Sarah Ball, and I don't care who knows."


Hillary Clinton silences a heckler — and presses for civility in D.C.

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:15 AM PDT

Former U.S. Secretary of State and former first lady Hillary Clinton speaks during a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) conference in New York September 25, 2013.Hillary Clinton solves the deadlock in Washington while silencing a heckler.


Burned, flooded Breezy Point tries to rebuild

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 07:00 AM PDT

Hurricane Sandy - Then and nowA year after Sandy about half of the community is back—and a sense of uncertainty.


French, UN forces in 'large-scale' operation against Mali extremists

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 09:36 AM PDT

French soldiers man their positions while clashes erupt in the city of Gao on February 21, 2013Paris (AFP) - French, UN and Malian forces were engaged in a major operation aimed at preventing a resurgence of Islamist rebels in Mali, the French military said Thursday.


Obamacare 101: Enroll by March 31 to avoid penalty

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 06:06 AM PDT

A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustrationThe Obama administration has clarified the deadline.


Madeleine McCann probe reopens in Portugal

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:13 AM PDT

Kate and Gerry McCann pose with an artist's impression of how their missing daughter Madeleine might look now, at a press conference in central London on May 2, 2012Lisbon (AFP) - Portuguese authorities said Thursday they are reopening their probe into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from an Algarve beach resort in 2007, news hailed by the British girl's parents.


Calif. sheriff's deputy shoots, kills 13-year-old

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 09:08 AM PDT

This combination of photos provided by the family via The Press Democrat and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department shows an undated photo of 13-year-old Andy Lopez and the replica assault rifle he was holding when he was shot and killed by two Sonoma County deputies in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Family via The Press Democrat, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department)SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California community is anguished over the fatal shooting by a deputy of a popular, 13-year-old boy who had been carrying a pellet gun that looked like an assault rifle.


Woman in Bulgaria questioned in 'Maria' case

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:56 AM PDT

In this police handout photo taken on Thursday , Oct. 17, 2013, Christos Salis, 39, right, and his companion Eleftheria Dimopoulou, 40, or Selini Sali — as the woman has two separate sets of identity papers. pose with the little girl only known as "Maria" in the Larisa regional police headquarters, Greece. Police in Greece have released the photographs of a couple alleged adductors of a girl known SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian prosecutors pressed preliminary charges Thursday against a Roma woman who may be the mother of a girl found living with an unrelated couple in Greece. Though DNA tests have yet to prove she is that girl's mother, the woman's admission that she once left a baby behind in Greece opened her up to a formal investigation.


Town mourns after teen charged in teacher's death

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 09:49 AM PDT

DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — Grief counselors met Thursday with students mourning the death of a popular high school math teacher who authorities say was killed by one of her 14-year-old students.

Syrian court orders release of prominent blogger

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 09:00 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows rebels from al-Qaida affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, as they sit on a truck full of ammunition, at Taftanaz air base, that was captured by the rebels, in Idlib province, northern Syria. An Islamist extremist group affiliated with al-Qaida, Jabhat al-Nusra has emerged as one of the most powerful rebel factions on the battlefield.(AP Photo/Edlib News Network, ENN, File)BEIRUT (AP) — A lawyer for a prominent Syrian blogger convicted of spying for a foreign country says a court has ordered her release.


8 states vow 3.3M zero-emission vehicles by 2025

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 10:35 AM PDT

Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board, left, and Deb Markowitz, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources view an electric car displayed in Sacramento, Calif., following a news conference to announce the signing of an agreement on zero emissions cars, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. Nichols, Markowski and the representatives of six other states signed an memorandum of understanding to work together to create charging stations and other fueling infrastructure needed to get 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on those states roadways by 20225 to curb greenhouse gas pollution.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The governors of eight states including California and New York pledged Thursday to work together to create charging stations and other fueling infrastructure needed to get 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on those states' roadways by 2025 to curb greenhouse gas pollution.


Healthcare.gov problems are target at Hill hearing

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 06:48 AM PDT

From left, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini, Humana CEO Bruce Broussard, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida CEO Patrick Geraghty, and other health care chief executive officers arrive at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, to meet with White House officials regarding President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — The principal contractors responsible for the federal government's troubled health insurance website say the Obama administration shares responsibility for snags that have crippled the system.


Norway's Somalis worry extremism is spreading

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 05:43 AM PDT

Relatives of those who died lay white roses at a stone memorial, during a memorial service marking the one-month anniversary of the the Sept. 21 Westgate Mall terrorist attack, in Karura Forest in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Families and friends of those killed in the attack planted trees in memory of lost loved ones in a ceremony that stressed that the attack occurred against people of all races and religions. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)OSLO, Norway (AP) — Somali immigrants in Norway fear that violent extremism is taking root in the community after reports of young Somali-Norwegians traveling abroad to join jihadist groups.


Syria releases 61 women detainees, activists say

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 04:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows rebels from al-Qaida affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, as they sit on a truck full of ammunition, at Taftanaz air base, that was captured by the rebels, in Idlib province, northern Syria. An Islamist extremist group affiliated with al-Qaida, Jabhat al-Nusra has emerged as one of the most powerful rebel factions on the battlefield.(AP Photo/Edlib News Network, ENN, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian authorities have released a total of 61 women detainees, an activist group said Thursday, the latest in a three-way prisoner exchange that was one of the more ambitious negotiated deals in the country's civil war in which rival factions remain largely opposed to any bartered peace.


Mixed bag when states' scores compared globally

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:21 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — So how do U.S. eighth-graders do in math and science when compared to their peers around the globe? Turns out it matters which state they live in, according to a study released Thursday.

Reversed call boosts Boston to 8-1 opening win

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 12:42 AM PDT

St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny argues a call during the first inning of Game 1 of baseball's World Series against the Boston Red Sox Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BOSTON (AP) — Nearly a decade ago, the Boston Red Sox reversed The Curse.


FDA can't find cause of pet poison, seeks help

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 10:55 PM PDT

This Sept. 2013 image provided by Patricia Cassidy shows her dog Doodles, while he was sick right before his Sept. 9, death, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Doodles is believed to be one of 580 dogs in the U.S. that have died in the past six years from eating pet jerky from China. Baffled by the cause and seeing another surge in illnesses, the Food and Drug Administration reached out to owners and veterinarians Tuesday to help it find the poison behind the sickening of at least 3,600 dogs and 10 cats since 2007. (AP Photo/Patricia Cassidy)LOS ANGELES (AP) — All that's left of Doodles are his ashes, a clay impression of his paw and a whole lot of questions owner Patricia Cassidy has about his mysterious death.


Germany summons US ambassador over spying

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:12 AM PDT

La canciller de Alemania, Angela Merkel, al centro, conversa con representantes de los socialdemócratas en Berlín, Alemania, el miércoles 23 de octubre de 2013, al comenzar las negociaciones para la coalición de gobierno. En el ámbito externo, Merkel se ha abstenido de censurar el espionaje de Estados Unidos a los aliados europeos de Washington. (AP Foto/Michael Sohn)The move follows allegations that the NSA may have tapped Chancellor Merkel's cellphone.


Tests suggest baby born with HIV may be cured

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 04:06 AM PDT

First child 'functionally cured' of HIV remains in remission, scientists announceDoctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission, hopefully for good, in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus — a medical first that is prompting a new look at how hard and ...


Self-driving cars would be great, study claims

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 04:23 AM PDT

,FILE -This Sept. 3, 2013, file photo shows a videographer photographing the Google self-driving car during a news conference at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute's Smart Road in Blacksburg Va. A new study that attempts to quantify the benefits of self-driving cars and trucks says they hold the potential to transform driving by eliminating the majority of traffic deaths, significantly reducing congestion and providing tens of billions of dollars in economic benefits. (AP Photo / The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry, File)Computers would be safer, cheaper, and faster.


California police 'kill boy carrying pellet gun'

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:31 AM PDT

A BB gun modeled on an assault rifle at a gun buyback at Sayre Woods Bible Church on September 27, 2013 in Old Bridge, New JerseyWashington (AFP) - Californian police have shot dead a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a pellet gun that looked like an assault rifle, police and media reports said.


Red Sox rout Cardinals in Game 1 of World Series

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Sending out an APB: If anyone locates the real St. Louis Cardinals, please alert authorities immediately.


JonBenet grand jury docs to be released

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 07:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 24, 2000 file photo, Patsy Ramsey and her husband, John, parents of JonBenet Ramsey, look on during a nws conference in Atlanta regarding their lie-detector examinations for the murder of their daughter. A Colorado judge on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 ordered the release of the 1999 grand jury indictment in the killing of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, possibly shedding light on why prosecutors decided against charging her parents in her death. Patsy Ramsey died in 2006. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)The documents could shed light on why the girl's parents were never charged in her death.


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