2013年11月14日星期四

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Health care plan: Can you be 'grandfathered'?

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:12 PM PST

U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks to the media on Obamacare following a Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in WashingtonPresident Obama: Insurance companies no longer required to kick people off coverage.


Feds want $400K fine for Philly building collapse that killed 6

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:26 PM PST

Feds seek nearly $400K in Philly building collapseFeds propose nearly $400K in penalties for companies in fatal Philadelphia building collapse        


Marines killed at Pendleton doing dangerous job

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 04:05 PM PST

Vehicles file through the main gate of Camp Pendleton Marine Base on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Four Marines were reported killed today in an accident while clearing an unexploded ordnance. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)SAN DIEGO (AP) — The job is one of the most dangerous in the Marine Corps.


Mass burial held in Philippine city hit by typhoon

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 08:38 AM PST

Workers arrange body bags at a mass burial site at the Basper public cemetery in Tacloban, Leyte province, central Philippines on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into 6 central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — The air was thick with the stench of decay as sweating workers lowered the plastic coffins one by one into a grave the size of an Olympic swimming pool.


Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger sentenced to life

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 04:07 PM PST

In this courtroom sketch, James "Whitey" Bulger sits at his sentencing hearing in federal court in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Bulger was convicted in August in a broad indictment that included racketeering charges in a string of murders in the 1970s and '80s, as well as extortion, money-laundering and weapons charges. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)BOSTON (AP) — Former Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger was led off to prison Thursday for the rest of his life, accepting his punishment in stone-faced silence as a judge castigated the 84-year-old gangster for his "almost unfathomable" depravity.


FBI: OK for Congress to talk to Benghazi survivors

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 04:06 PM PST

FBI Director James Comey takes his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to examine threats to the homeland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey told senators Thursday he is not opposed to Congress speaking with the survivors of the 2012 attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. That contradicts the Obama administration's position that such discussions would jeopardize the FBI's criminal case.


Boys a bit more likely than girls to be born early

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 04:07 PM PST

EMBARGOED 7:01 p.m. Chart compares country data on preterm births.; 2c x 5 inches; 96.3 mm x 127 mm;WASHINGTON (AP) — Boys are slightly more likely to be born premature than girls, and they tend to fare worse, too, says a new report on the health of the world's newborns.


Where did dogs first appear? DNA points to Europe

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 11:59 AM PST

This photo provided by the Center for American Archaeology on Nov. 12, 2013 shows canine bones buried at the Koster site in Greene County, Ill. The fossil specimen at this site is dated to 8,500 years ago. A large DNA study suggests dogs arose from wolves in Europe some 19,000 to 32,000 years ago. Results were published online Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 by the journal Science. (AP Photo/Center for American Archaeology, Del Baston)NEW YORK (AP) — For years, scientists have been dogged by this evolution question: Just where did man's best friend first appear?


McCutchen wins NL MVP, Cabrera takes AL award

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 04:47 PM PST

In this July 13, 2013, photo, Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera smiles in the dugout before a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Detroit. Cabrera has won the American League Most Valuable Player award for the second straight year. Cabrera won by a comfortable margin Thursday, Nov. 14, getting 23 of 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)NEW YORK (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen and Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera both coasted Thursday to Most Valuable Player awards.


Ending tax breaks eyed as way to ease budget cuts

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:26 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., arrive at a Congressional Budget Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the aftermath of last month's partial government shutdown, House and Senate negotiators are trying to reach a budget agreement for next year and beyond. One goal is to soften automatic spending cuts that started to take effect this year known as sequestration. Those cuts are scheduled to get deeper in the coming year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats' new mantra in budget talks is to close tax loopholes for certain businesses, investors and professionals as a way to raise more revenue to help ease autopilot spending cuts that soon are to become more painful.


Tigers star Cabrera wins 2nd straight AL MVP award

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 03:52 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera won his second straight American League Most Valuable Player award Thursday, once again beating Angels outfielder Mike Trout by a comfortable margin.

APNewsBreak: Phelps says he's keeping options open

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 02:37 PM PST

FILE - In this March 2007, file photo, U.S. swimming star Michael Phelps, left, walks with his coach Bob Bowman during a training session at the World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, Australia. Phelps is back in the U.S. drug-testing program, the strongest sign yet that he's returning for the 2016 Rio Olympics. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says Phelps was among the athletes who underwent doping tests in the third quarter, the period ending Sept. 30. He was tested twice. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)Michael Phelps has rejoined the U.S. drug testing program, the strongest signal yet that he's planning a comeback for the Rio Olympics.


Baseball to move ahead with instant replay

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 12:58 PM PST

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig talks to the media following baseball's general managers' meetings Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Another baseball tradition is about to largely disappear: a manager, with a crazed look in his eyes, charging the field and getting into a face-to-face shouting match with an umpire.


California lawmaker says he was asked to wear wire

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 02:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday June 10, 2013, file photo, State Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, talks to reporters during his first appearance at the Capitol after FBI investigators raided his offices the previous week in Sacramento, Calif. By a unanimous vote the Senate Rules Committee voted, Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013, to remove Calderon from the Senate Insurance Committee, which he chaired, and from four other committees. Calderon is the subject of a long-running FBI investigation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Embattled state Sen. Ron Calderon says federal authorities wanted him to wear a wire and record conversations with the Senate leader and another lawmaker, and after he refused they tried to ruin his reputation by raiding his offices and leaking an FBI affidavit alleging he took money in return for promoting bills.


Yellen stands by Fed's low rate policies

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:36 PM PST

Janet Yellen, of California, President Barack Obama's nominee to become Federal Reserve Board chair, is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday Nov. 14, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on her nomination to succeed Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — Janet Yellen made clear Thursday that she's prepared to stand by the Federal Reserve's extraordinary efforts to pump up the economy when she's chairman, if that's what it needs.


Police investigate whether family of CBS source on Benghazi was threatened

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 12:23 PM PST

Dylan DaviesThe ex-contractor, a key source for last month's '60 Minutes' report on Benghazi, has gone into hiding. British police are investigating allegations his family was threatened.


Former LA teacher pleads no contest in lewd cookie-tasting episode

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 03:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2012 file photo, Mark Berndt, right, a former South Los Angeles-area elementary school teacher at Miramonte Elemenary looks to his attorney, Victor Acevedo during his arraignment in Los Angeles Municipal Court Metropolitan Branch. The Los Angeles school district will pay millions of dollars to settle claims and lawsuits filed by students and families from an elementary school where Berndt was accused of spoon-feeding children semen in what he called "tasting games," lawyers in the cases said Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photos/Al Seib, Pool, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles elementary school teacher charged with blindfolding students and spoon-feeding them cookies laced with his semen has agreed to plead no contest to all charges, an attorney for some of the victims said Thursday.


Texas town evacuated after pipeline explosion

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:28 PM PST

Milford pipelineBy Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Chevron Corp pipeline exploded near a tiny Texas town south of Dallas on Thursday, shooting flames high in the air and prompting evacuations from nearby homes and a school district, but no injuries were reported, the company and emergency officials said The explosion south of Milford, Texas, was caused by a construction crew that accidentally drilled into a 10-inch liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) line, Tom Hemrick, director of Hill County Emergency Management, told KTVT-TV in Dallas. He said all workers were accounted for "The fire is definitely getting smaller," Hemrick said of the conflagration in an open field near Milford, a town of 700 people some 50 miles south of Dallas. By mid-afternoon Chevron confirmed Hemrick's version of events, identifying the line as a Chevron-operated West Texas LPG system near Milford.


VW hit with massive vehicle global recall

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 09:13 AM PST

A Volkswagen logo sign is seen inside the lobby of the U.S. headquarters building of Volkswagen Group of America in Herndonis recalling over 2.6 million cars, about a third of them in China, to fix a variety of problems, a blow to a group striving to overtake Toyota and General Motors The recall involves vehicles from the German group's five largest brands by volume, including luxury Audis and core VW passenger cars, and is one of the largest in its history. "Carmakers riding on strong growth like VW must be terribly careful that they don't pay dearly for that growth by conceding losses on quality," said Stefan Bratzel, head of the Center of Automotive Management, a private think-tank near Cologne. VW, which has twelve brands and has boosted deliveries by half over the past six years to 9.3 million cars, said on Thursday it was recalling 800,000 of its Tiguan compact sport-utility vehicle due to the risk of a partial malfunctioning of lights at models assembled between early 2008 and mid-2011.


60 Minutes' Benghazi 'witness' goes into hiding

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 10:40 AM PST

The '60 Minutes' Benghazi fiascoDylan Davies, the disgraced contractor at the center of 60 Minutes' retreat on its story about the terror attack in Benghazi last year, has gone into hiding. 60 Minutes's October 27 report, since withdrawn, centered on Davies' tale of his actions that night: his sneaking into an Al Qaeda-controlled hospital, his striking a terrorist in the head with the butt of his rifle.


'It's my new heart, not someone else's old heart'

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 10:22 AM PST

Cheney: Obama has "done enormous damage to our standing" in MideastDick Cheney doesn't spend much time thinking about the person who donated the vital organ.


Donald Rumsfeld tries to shape his legacy in new documentary

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 07:47 AM PST

Rumsfeld in The Unknown KnownThe former defense secretary stars in "The Unknown Known," a film about his handling of the Iraq War.


Who gets rich off Obamacare?

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Entrepreneurs scramble to cash in on the biggest insurance upheaval in decades.


Obama: 'We fumbled the rollout' of health law

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 10:52 AM PST

U.S. President Obama talks about the Affordable Care Act at the White House in WashingtonThe president announces plan to allow insurers to continue offering old plans.


Actress convicted of stalking Alec Baldwin

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:42 PM PST

Actor Alec Baldwin leaves criminal court in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Baldwin testified Tuesday that he never had a sexual or romantic relationship with Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin, who is accused of stalking him. He said that after they met she began leaving dozens of voice mails for him a night and eventually started threatening to show up at his homes. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — A Canadian actress has been convicted of stalking Alec Baldwin in New York City.


Whitey Bulger gets life for racketeering, killings

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 09:44 AM PST

In this courtroom sketch, James "Whitey" Bulger sits at his sentencing hearing in federal court in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Bulger was convicted in August in a broad indictment that included racketeering charges in a string of murders in the 1970s and '80s, as well as extortion, money-laundering and weapons charges. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)The Boston mob boss was convicted of 11 murders.


To help typhoon victims, send money, not stuff

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 07:20 AM PST

To help typhoon victims, send money, not stuffFaced with heartbreaking images of the typhoon-ravaged Philippines — the sea of corpses, communities reduced to rubble, mothers clutching their hungry children — the world is watching an epic tragedy unfold ...


Watch live: Fed chair nominee Yellen stands by low interest rates

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 09:28 AM PST

Yellen stands by Fed's low interest rate policiesJanet Yellen said Thursday that the U.S. economy has regained ground lost to Great Recession but still needs the Federal Reserve's support because unemployment remains too high at 7.3 percent. Yellen made ...


Watch live: Yellen faces senators to run the Fed

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 09:04 PM PST

Yellen stands by Fed's low interest rate policiesRepublicans are skeptical of Fed's policies and says they may be swelling asset bubbles.


Newtown group launches 'Parent Together' campaign

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Obama secret service agents removed over misconduct

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 12:05 PM PST

File picture shows US President Barack Obama speaks at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 8, 2013Two US Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Barack Obama have been relieved of their duties following allegations of misconduct, the Washington Post reported. The move comes a year after Secret Service agents were involved in a prostitution scandal in Colombia. The Post reported late Wednesday that Ignacio Zamora Jr., who was in charge of about two dozen agents in the president's security detail, was allegedly found last spring trying to re-enter a woman's room at a luxury hotel near the White House after leaving behind a bullet from his service weapon. In a subsequent probe, the service found that Zamora and another supervisor, Timothy Barraclough, sent sexually suggestive e-mails to a female subordinate.


U.S. carrier group arrives in typhoon zone

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 02:36 PM PST

File photo of Philippine Navy patrol boat sailing past the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier George Washington docked after its arrival at a Manila bayPhilippine President Aquino faced pressure to speed up aid efforts as U.S. forces arrived.


Possible sinkhole reported in yard in Florida

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:23 PM PST

Fla. sinkhole forces home evacuationsDUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Residents of several Florida homes have been evacuated due to a possible sinkhole that opened in a backyard in Pinellas County on Thursday.


Businesses cut full-time workers to meet Obamacare mandate, study says

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 04:42 AM PST

A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustrationFirst, President Obama had to backtrack from his promise that if you like your health insurance plan, under Obamacare "you can keep it." Now, a new study is suggesting that, under Obamacare, "If you like your workweek, you can't necessarily keep it, either." About 30 percent of small franchises and 12 percent of other small businesses say they are cutting work hours – or swapping full-time for part-time workers – because of the law, according to a poll sponsored by business groups. The moves are part of a bid to control health-care expenses, and they are a sign of how the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was designed to greatly expand the number of Americans who have health insurance, could be having some unintended consequences in the job market. A key Obamacare incentive is an "employer mandate" that asks businesses to sponsor health insurance (or pay a penalty) if they have more than 50 full-time employees.


Boston gangster faces life in prison in killings

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 12:42 AM PST

In this courtroom sketch, James "Whitey" Bulger sits at his sentencing hearing in federal court in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Bulger was convicted in August in a broad indictment that included racketeering charges in a string of murders in the 1970s and '80s, as well as extortion, money-laundering and weapons charges. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)BOSTON (AP) — Gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has heard from the families of some of the people he was convicted of killing. Now, he will finally hear his punishment.


Obamacare enrollment low; Democrats unhappy

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 07:18 AM PST

In this Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on the difficulties plaguing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Putting a statistic on disappointment, the Obama administration revealed Wednesday, Nov. 13, that fewer than 27,000 people signed up for private health insurance last month in the 36 states relying on a problem-filled federal website. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Add simmering Democratic discontent to the president's problems.


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