| Tsarnaev lawyers want triple murder evidence Posted: 12 Nov 2014 09:43 AM PST  Lawyers for the accused bomber demand evidence relating to grisly 2011 crime.
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| Dutch unveil world's first solar-powered bicycle path Posted: 12 Nov 2014 09:24 AM PST  The Netherlands on Wednesday unveiled the world's first solar bike path, a revolutionary project to harvest the sun's energy that could eventually also be used on roads. The so-called "SolaRoad" bike path is made of concrete modules each measuring 2.5 by 3.5 metres (eight by 11 feet), embedded with solar panels covered in tempered glass. The solar cells currently put the electricity they generate onto the national grid, but future plans include using the energy to power street lights. Electric bikes and cars will one day be able to refuel using contactless charging directly from the road or bike path, said Sten de Wit, a physicist who helped develop the project.
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| Window washers trapped in scaffold dangling from One World Trade Center Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:20 AM PST  Rescue crews are rushing toward One World Trade Center early Wednesday afternoon where scaffolding is dangling from the side of the soaring tower.
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| Judge overturns same-sex marriage ban in South Carolina Posted: 12 Nov 2014 08:43 AM PST  A federal judge has ordered officials to stop prohibiting same-sex marriages.
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| Women face hasty surgery, dirty clinics in Indian sterilization drive Posted: 12 Nov 2014 09:02 AM PST  By Aditya Kalra RAIPUR India (Reuters) - The scene in the gloomy room where 83 women were sterilized last weekend is repeated routinely at makeshift contraception clinics across India: bloodstained sheets that aren't changed between patients, and hasty two-minute surgeries. Only this time, something went tragically wrong. More than a dozen of the mostly poor and illiterate villagers operated on by Dr. R.K. Gupta have since died, and scores remain sick in hospital, many of them in intensive care. ...
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| Obamacare enrollment group faces new challenge Posted: 12 Nov 2014 08:58 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enroll America, the U.S. government's private-sector flagship for reaching Americans who lack health insurance, has raised less money than last year to promote enrollment in Obamacare health plans but still expects to reach more consumers. The group, closely aligned with the White House and backed by healthcare companies and nonprofit groups, said on Wednesday it has collected $20 million from donors this year, down from $27 million a year ago. ...
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| Cosmic first: European spacecraft lands on comet Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:47 AM PST  DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) — Hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully landing on the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet — an audacious first designed to answer big questions about the universe.
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| Disturbing findings about nursing homes across the country Posted: 12 Nov 2014 02:00 AM PST  Analysis shows staffing levels lower than what's reported on public website.
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| Israel approves new settlements as Kerry looks to ease tensions Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:10 AM PST  Israel approved new settler homes in east Jerusalem on Wednesday despite mounting unrest, as US Secretary of State John Kerry was set for talks with the Palestinian leader on easing tensions. The new settlement construction was announced just hours after suspected Jewish extremists torched a West Bank mosque, in another development likely to inflame tempers in an already heated atmosphere. Months of unrest have escalated in recent days, spreading from annexed east Jerusalem to the West Bank and Arab communities across Israel, raising fears of a new Palestinian uprising.
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| How Republicans turned the Senate R.E.D.D. Posted: 12 Nov 2014 01:37 AM PST  GOP Senate candidates had to follow a 52-point checklist on digitally savvy campaigning.
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| How the Koch brothers became criminal justice reformers Posted: 12 Nov 2014 01:57 AM PST  Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch have used their fortune to back Republican candidates who support rolling back corporate regulations, slashing taxes and shrinking government.
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| U.S., China unveil ambitious climate change goals Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:28 PM PST  The deal aims to inject fresh momentum into the global fight against climate change.
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| Republican Dan Sullivan wins Senate race in Alaska Posted: 12 Nov 2014 01:51 AM PST  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska's U.S. Senate race, defeating first-term incumbent Democrat Mark Begich.
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| Missouri governor outlines Ferguson preparations Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:47 PM PST  WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Police will work to protect peaceful protesters after a grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown shooting case is announced, but those who cross the line into violence will face consequences, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon warned Tuesday.
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| Rescue under way for window washers dangling at World Trade Center Posted: 12 Nov 2014 11:17 AM PST  By Sascha Brodsky NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City firefighters were scrambling to rescue at least one window washer on Wednesday thought to be trapped on broken scaffolding that was dangling outside the 69th floor of One World Trade Center, local officials said. The oblong, open-topped platform could be seen hanging at a 45-degree angle outside the skyscraper's glassy facade, swaying very slightly, high above the National September 11 Memorial in lower Manhattan. The 104-floor tower at the site of the destroyed Twin Towers, is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. ...
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| Brown father at U.N. says seeks justice for slain son Posted: 12 Nov 2014 07:28 AM PST  By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - The father of black teenager Michael Brown, shot dead by a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, in August, said on Wednesday he and the boy's mother had come to the United Nations in Geneva to seek justice for their son. In a statement issued through the family's lawyer Darryl Parks, the parents said they had faith in the pending decision of a grand jury in the case, which sparked looting in the St Louis suburb soon after the shooting, and opposed any violence. "Me and his mother have come to the U.N. to get redress for our son," Brown Sr. ...
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| HealthCare.gov may work better, but challenges loom for Obamacare customers Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:08 AM PST  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The technology glitches may be a thing of the past. But people shopping online for health insurance plans under U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare law may encounter a new set of problems early next year, one of them being unexpected new costs. HealthCare.gov, the federal website where people enroll for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, opens for sign-ups for policies covering 2015 this Saturday, the so-called open enrollment period. ...
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| Senators: We're optimistic Cuba will free contractor Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:16 PM PST  HAVANA (AP) — Two U.S. senators expressed optimism Tuesday that Cuba will free imprisoned American government contractor Alan Gross.
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