| If cleared, Ferguson officer Darren Wilson works 'immediately' Posted: 14 Nov 2014 06:05 PM PST  Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will be "immediately" returned to active duty if he is not indicted in the shooting death of Michael Brown, Chief Tom Jackson told Yahoo News on Friday.
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| Hopes and fears as health law sign-up season opens Posted: 15 Nov 2014 03:43 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The second sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health overhaul opened Saturday, with hopes that this time consumers will have a positive experience.
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| Western leaders confront Putin at G20 with threat of more sanctions Posted: 15 Nov 2014 07:49 AM PST  By Alexei Anishchuk and Jane Wardell BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) - Western leaders warned Vladimir Putin at a G20 summit on Saturday that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels in Ukraine. Russia denied any involvement in an escalation of the separatist war in eastern Ukraine, where more than 4,000 people have been killed since April, but faced strong rebukes from leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. ...
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| Putin gets cool G-20 welcome over Ukraine conflict Posted: 15 Nov 2014 04:15 AM PST  BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Russia's President Vladimir Putin faced a chorus of criticism Saturday at a world leaders' summit, where the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine threatened to overshadow talk of global economics.
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| Obamacare enters new phase over the weekend with little fanfare Posted: 15 Nov 2014 10:53 AM PST  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's plan to extend private health coverage to the uninsured entered a new uncertain phase on Saturday as U.S. government-backed online insurance marketplaces opened their 2015 plans to millions of potential enrollees. The HealthCare. ...
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| A world away from Ferguson protests in quiet St. Louis suburb Posted: 15 Nov 2014 05:15 AM PST  By Scott Malone FLORISSANT Mo. (Reuters) - In this quiet city just north of Ferguson, Missouri, the neat streets of small homes and shops show no signs of the racial tension that has gripped the adjacent St. Louis suburb since the fatal police shooting in August of an unarmed black teen. In riot-scarred Ferguson, many businesses remain boarded up three months since the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Florissant shows no obvious mark of racial tensions, apart from a few "I Love Ferguson" signs put up to show support for its southern neighbor. ...
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| Pennsylvania police spent $11 million on ambush suspect manhunt: report Posted: 14 Nov 2014 09:26 PM PST  (Reuters) - Pennsylvania State Police spent roughly $11 million on the weeks-long manhunt in the Pocono Mountains to capture a survivalist charged with shooting two state troopers and murdering one, local media reported on Friday. The funds went mostly toward paying overtime and benefits for troopers hunting Eric Matthew Frein over the 48 days of the search, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported, citing a police spokeswoman. The tally excludes expenses paid by other law enforcement agencies, such as the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service, in the weeks leading up to Frein's capture on Oct. ...
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| NSA chief calls for 'less simplistic' debate Posted: 14 Nov 2014 05:35 PM PST  Michael Rogers gets somewhat combative when talking about the image of his agency.
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| Obamacare architect mocks critics in video Posted: 14 Nov 2014 01:57 PM PST  Jonathan Gruber made inappropriate comments while dismissing concerns about the law.
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| Obama pledges $3B to help poor nations on climate Posted: 14 Nov 2014 07:36 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will give $3 billion to a U.N.-established fund to help poorer vulnerable countries prepare for a changing climate and develop cleaner energy, President Barack Obama announced Saturday.
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| Russian chill permeates G20 summit Posted: 14 Nov 2014 06:04 PM PST  Russia's Cold War-style standoff with the West sent a chill through G20 talks aimed at heating up the world economy on Saturday as leaders kicked off a summit in Australia. Global warming also emerged as a focus for leaders including Barack Obama, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping of China, posing another distraction for the Australian hosts after they had committed to confining the Brisbane summit to an ambitious growth agenda.
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| Republicans mull response to Obama on immigration Posted: 14 Nov 2014 02:34 PM PST  The House GOP are debating how to respond to the president's executive action.
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| Philae probe drills into comet, turns toward light Posted: 14 Nov 2014 07:08 PM PST  BERLIN (AP) — The spacecraft that landed on a comet performed two tricky maneuvers Friday, by drilling into the rocky surface and rotating itself to catch more sunlight.
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| Parents of Sandy Hook massacre victims get scant help from state Posted: 14 Nov 2014 11:17 AM PST  By Richard Weizel NEWTOWN Connecticut (Reuters) - Parents of two children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut said on Friday that state officials had failed to provide them adequate mental health care in the wake of one of America's worst mass shootings. "We didn't even know we had been assigned a case worker the day of the shootings until a few days ago," said Jeremy Richman, the father of a six-year-old girl killed in the attack. The girl's mother, Jennifer Hansel, said "to this day" it is unclear how and where to get counseling. ...
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