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Republican establishment bites back

Republican establishment bites back

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:38 AM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters' questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, as House Republicans signaled support for a budget deal worked out yesterday between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. The budget deal was one of a few major measures left on Congress' to-do list near the end of a bruising year that has produced a partial government shutdown, a flirtation with a first-ever federal default and gridlock on President Obama's agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)In the wake of the government shutdown, Boehner takes aim at the far right.

Lawmakers raise questions about secret Iran talks

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:20 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 19, 2013 file photo shows Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaking to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting with President Barack Obama. Congress is raising questions about the secret U.S. diplomacy with Iran that led to last month's nuclear breakthrough, with lawmakers demanding greater transparency and expressing disappointment at being left in the dark. On Wednesday, Corker, who recently visited Oman and discussed the diplomatic back-channel with the country's foreign minister, asked one of the American officials involved to publicly explain the process. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are raising questions about the secret U.S. diplomacy with Iran that led to last month's nuclear breakthrough, demanding greater transparency and expressing disappointment at being left in the dark.

Photographer on Michelle Obama's reaction to selfie: 'Photos can lie'

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 07:27 AM PST

US President Barack Obama (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron pose for a picture with Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt (C) next to US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) in Johannesburg on December 10, 2013The photographer who captured President Barack Obama participating in a selfie at Nelson Mandela's memorial service on Tuesday insists Michelle Obama's stern reaction seen in the photo was not directed at her husband.

Woman's real-life "Shawshank Redemption" bathroom escape

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 03:08 AM PST

Woman Claws Her Way Out of Locked Bathroom as in 'Shawshank Redemption'It started last Friday night at around 10 p.m. Karen Perrin was alone at her downtown Washington, D.C., office, working late to finish up some last-minute travel plans for her boss. She called her husband, former Redskins Running Back Lonnie Perrin, to let him know...

Tea Party Super PAC predicts a "bar room brawl" inside GOP in 2014

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 04:05 AM PST

Tea Party Super PAC Predicts a 'Bar Room Brawl' Inside GOP in 2014The Madison Project's Drew Ryun calls for remaking the Republican Party.

Yanukovych urges talks after Ukrainian protesters force police from square

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:05 AM PST

Photos of the day - December 11, 2013Ukrainian demonstrators on Wednesday forced riot police to retreat after a pre-dawn raid on their protest camp, in a blow to the authority of President Viktor Yanukovych who called for talks after nearly three weeks of rallies. International pressure mounted on the embattled leader, with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meeting with Yanukovych twice over the past two days and US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland telling the president the attempted police crackdown was "inadmissable". Yanukovych vowed late Wednesday that the authorities would never use force against peaceful protests and urged the opposition to sit down for talks. "For the sake of achieving compromise I am calling on the opposition not to reject (talks), not to follow the path of confrontation and ultimatums," Yanukovych said in a statement.

Where is the female Viagra?

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:07 AM PST

In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, photo, Cindy Whitehead holds a tablet of flibanserin in her office at Sprout Pharmaceuticals in Raleigh, N.C. Sprout Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, it has reached an impasse with the Food and Drug Administration over its drug, flibanserin. The daily pill is designed to increase libido in women by acting on brain chemicals linked to mood and appetite. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)WASHINGTON (AP) — The multi-decade search for a pill that boosts sexual desire in women has hit another roadblock, raising questions about the future of efforts to develop a female equivalent to Viagra.

U.S. health secretary calls for probe of Obamacare Web site launch

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 06:02 AM PST

FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 file photo. Sebelius said in a blog post early Wednesday Dec. 11, 2013 that she is asking the department's inspector general to investigate the contracting process, management, performance and payment issues that may have contributed to the flawed launch of HealthCare.gov. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday asked the department's inspector general to investigate the performance of private contractors in the flawed launch of the Obamacare Web site. "I am asking the Inspector General to review the acquisition process, overall program management, and contractor performance and payment issues related to the development and management of the HealthCare.gov website," Sebelius said in a blog post.

Pope Francis is Time's Person of the Year

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 04:59 AM PST

Time 'Person of the Year' 2013"Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly."

Sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial was a fake

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 12:20 AM PST

President Barack Obama looks down as he stands next to the sign language interpreter as he makes his speech at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto near Johannesburg, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. South Africa's deaf federation said on Wednesday that the interpreter on stage for Mandela memorial was a 'fake', (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)Johannesburg – While millions across the globe were inspired and moved by speeches made at former President Nelson Mandela's memorial service on Tuesday, the international deaf community expressed outrage over what they say was a fake sign language interpreter. According to a report on Australian site, SBS News, deaf South African and board member of […]

End of road for VW's iconic camper vans

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 03:12 AM PST

Ten years after Volkswagen's legendary Beetle drove off into the sunset, the German carmaker's other main icon, the camper van, takes its leave from the world's automobile stage this month. In the vast firmament of the automobile industry, the camper van's star shines almost as brightly as that of the Beetle. The worldwide popularity of both vehicles helped VW become a global carmaker. It was the Beetle -- the Type 1 -- that gave birth to the company that is currently the world's third-biggest automaker.

Republicans attack slow pace of Obamacare enrollments

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:09 AM PST

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration touted improvements to its new health insurance website on Wednesday and opposition Republicans shifted their criticism to the slow pace of early enrollments and fears some people may be left uninsured when coverage starts on January 1. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in her third congressional hearing since the disastrous October 1 rollout of the website at the center of President Barack Obama's policy overhaul, sought to reassure lawmakers that steps were being taken to find out what went wrong and to install a stronger management team. U.S. officials reported on Wednesday that about 365,000 people signed up for healthcare coverage in October and November through the federal HealthCare.gov website and online portals to 14 other marketplaces operated by individual states. Republicans questioned the veracity of the numbers.

Studies: Some cancer treatments can be skipped

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:06 AM PST

In this Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 photo, chemotherapy is administered to a cancer patient via intravenous drip at Duke Cancer Center in Durham, N.C. New research reported Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium may help tens of thousands of women each year avoid being overtreated for breast cancer. Doctors have identified groups of patients who might be able to skip certain therapies without seriously harming their survival odds. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tens of thousands of women each year might be able to skip at least some of the grueling treatments for breast cancer — which can include surgery, heavy chemo and radiation — without greatly harming their odds of survival, new research suggests.

FDA targets antibiotics in meat

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:02 AM PST

FILE - This April 11, 2012 file photo shows turkeys raised without the use of antibiotics at David Martin's farm, in Lebanon, Pa. Citing a potential threat to public health, the Food and Drug Administration moved Wednesday toward phasing out the use of some antibiotics in animals processed for meat. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing a potential threat to public health, the Food and Drug Administration moved Wednesday toward phasing out the use of some antibiotics in animals processed for meat.

Year after Newtown, gun control groups keep hope

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 08:45 AM PST

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Having already lost her 6-year-old son, Nicole Hockley insists she won't lose the fight to reduce gun violence — no matter how long it takes.

Health care signups pick up pace in November

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:28 AM PST

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the implementation failures of the Affordable Care Act. Playing catch-up with a long way to go, President Barack Obama's new health insurance markets last month picked up the dismal pace of signups, the administration reported Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Playing catch-up with a long way to go, President Barack Obama's new health insurance markets last month picked up the dismal pace of signups, the administration reported Wednesday.

Pope Francis is Time's Person of the Year

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:35 AM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year on Wednesday, saying the Catholic Church's new leader has changed the perception of the 2,000-year-old institution in an extraordinary way in a short time.

Nigerian survivor almost missed rescue diver

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:38 AM PST

FILE - In this file image made available Tuesday Dec. 3, 2013, Harrison Odjegba Okene looks in awe as a rescue diver surfaces into the air pocket which has kept Okene alive for nearly three days, recorded by the diver's video headcam. Okene was working as a cook aboard a tugboat in the Atlantic Ocean off the Nigerian coast in June 2013, when a heavy swell caused the vessel to capsize and sink to the sea bed, where his 11 colleagues drowned. But Okene was able to find an air pocket inside the sunken ship, where he survived for nearly three days before being found by a group of South African rescue divers. (AP Photo/DCN Diving, File)WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — He had survived three days in an upside down tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and then he saw lights in the water. Air bubbles rose around the cook as he squatted in an air pocket. A diver was coming. Rescue seemed imminent for Harrison Odjegba Okene.

Marine's family sues Greek entities for lost heart

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 10:25 AM PST

This undated photo provided by the family via attorney Aaron J. Freiwald shows U.S. Marine Brian LaLoup who died in 2012 while stationed in Greece. LaLoup's parents, Coatesville Pa. residents said when his body arrived home in Pennsylvania his heart was missing, and they've sued the Department of Defense. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, his mother, Beverly LaLoup, said a heart was later sent to them, but it wasn't her son's. (AP Photo/LaLoup Family)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The parents of a Marine whose body came back from Greece missing his heart have amended their federal lawsuit to add the Greek government and an Athens hospital as defendants.

Ukraine protesters reject govt offer of talks

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 10:38 AM PST

Pro-European Union activists wave flags as riot police pull back from Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Security forces clashed with protesters as they began tearing down opposition barricades and tents set up in the center of the Ukrainian capital early Wednesday, in an escalation of the weeks-long standoff threatening the leadership of President Viktor Yanukovych. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Opposition protesters in Ukraine have rejected President Viktor Yanukovych's offer of talks, saying they will not sit down with him until he fires his government and releases all arrested demonstrators.

Russia may answer conventional attack with nukes

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 10:35 AM PST

FILE In this Oct. 1, 1999 file photo a Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome in Russia. A Russian Cabinet member says Moscow has reserved the right to use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional strike. Wednesday's comments by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin carried by Russian news agencies reflected Moscow's concern with prospective U.S. weapons. (AP Photo/Str)MOSCOW (AP) — Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional strike and sees them as a "great equalizer" reducing the likelihood of aggression, a senior Russian official said Wednesday.

US general: Afghan pullout could reverse gains

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 10:41 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey listens during an interview with The Associated Press at Bagram Airfield in Bagram, Afghanistan. America's top military officer said Tuesday the U.S. does not intend to renegotiate a security deal with Afghanistan and that a full withdrawal of its forces from the country at the end of 2014 could reverse gains made by Afghan troops in their war against the Taliban. (AP Photo/Patrick Quinn)BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — America's top military officer warned the withdrawal of most U.S. and allied forces from Afghanistan by the end of next year could reverse gains made in the war against the Taliban and further destabilize the region.

Desmond Tutu home robbed; was at Mandela memorial

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:29 AM PST

Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto near Johannesburg, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's home was robbed while he was away to attend the memorial honoring Nelson Mandela, police said Wednesday, marking the third time in recent years thieves have targeted him.

GM CEO known for approachability, effectiveness

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 06:32 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, General Motors Senior Vice President Mary Barra is seen during presentation of the North American Car & Truck of the Year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Barra was named GM CEO on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, making her the first woman to lead a U.S. car company. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)DETROIT (AP) — Kettering University President Robert McMahan was traveling in China a few months ago when he bumped into one of the university's board members at an airport in Shanghai.

Ukraine police stand down after protest grows

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:29 AM PST

Pro-European Union activists wave flags as riot police pull back from Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Security forces clashed with protesters as they began tearing down opposition barricades and tents set up in the center of the Ukrainian capital early Wednesday, in an escalation of the weeks-long standoff threatening the leadership of President Viktor Yanukovych. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The withdrawal of riot police from two areas in Ukraine's capital is raising opposition hopes that three weeks of escalating protests have begun to erode police support for President Viktor Yanukovych and his government.

Could budget deal usher in new era of cooperation?

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 07:03 AM PST

Murray and Ryan hold a news conference to introduce The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonThough modest, the deal would end three years of impasse and fiscal instability.

Plodding winter storm finally moves on

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 01:16 AM PST

Commuters wait on a train during a winter snowstorm Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, in Philadelphia. Accumulations of 3 to 6 inches were expected as the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Eastern Seaboard, including Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The storm that iced over Dallas, buried Philadelphia in snow and stranded drivers and air travelers everywhere in between at last plodded out of New England, exiting in muted fashion after days of foul weather.

World leaders bow, pray at Nelson Mandela's casket

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 08:41 AM PST

Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel pays her respects to former South African President Nelson Mandela during the lying in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Elmond Jiyane, GCIS)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — World leaders and thousands of South Africans on Wednesday filed past the flag-draped casket containing the body of Nelson Mandela, having a final look at the anti-apartheid icon in the amphitheater where he was sworn in 19 years earlier as the country's first black president.

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