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• Obama to nominate Yellen to replace Bernanke
• Obama: 'Let's end this shutdown right now'
• Undercover NYPD cop arrested in SUV attack, reports say
• Book claims Chinese explorer may have been first to find America
• Questionable design blamed for health website woes
• Govt health and safety efforts slowed or halted
• Denver parents accused of keeping 4 boys in filth
• NY court weighs 'too intoxicated' murder defense
• 89-year-old drug courier pleads guilty in Detroit
• Kris and Bruce Jenner confirm they've split up
• NYPD: Mother of 'Baby Hope' identified using DNA
• Obama to announce Yellen as Bernanke replacement
• Egypt's capital scarred by 2½ years of turmoil
• High court wary of campaign contribution limits
• Gov't to follow humane tactics questioning al-Libi
• Mormons pushing church stance on homosexuality
• The reason for delay in Nobel prize? You'll find out in 50 years
• Vatican tells bishops not to reform faster than Francis
• Republicans ignore calls from business leaders
• Obama, Boehner in shutdown ‘he said, he said’
• Cleveland doctor develops breast cancer vaccine
• Illegal ivory hidden in sesame seeds
• Carter says middle class looks like the poor when he was president
• Teachers march in Brazil turns violent
• Obama passes on Boehner's negotiation offer
• Meet the new $100 bill
• Higgs boson, key to the universe, wins Nobel physics prize
• Boehner says no 'lines in the sand' on debt limit
• Family: Man who set self on fire was mentally ill
• At the White House, 3 in 4 staffers furloughed
• U.S. adults: Below average
• Did Obama swap 'black' detention sites for ships?
• Insurers, others say 'Obamacare' glitches fixable
• Another biker arrested in NYC motorcycle-SUV brawl

Obama to nominate Yellen to replace Bernanke Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:15 PM PDT She would be the first woman to head the powerful Fed.

Obama: 'Let's end this shutdown right now' Posted: 08 Oct 2013 02:10 PM PDT He said it would be an economic "nuclear bomb" if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.

Undercover NYPD cop arrested in SUV attack, reports say Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT In the latest twist in the NYPD investigation into the Sept. 29 beating of an SUV driver by a pack of angry motorcyclists in New York, NBC reports that a veteran undercover police detective was caught on video participating in the attack on the vehicle.

Book claims Chinese explorer may have been first to find America Posted: 08 Oct 2013 01:10 PM PDT Does a 600-year-old Chinese map prove that Christopher Columbus was not the first explorer to navigate the New World?

Questionable design blamed for health website woes Posted: 08 Oct 2013 02:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A decision by the Obama administration to require that consumers create online accounts before they can browse health overhaul insurance plans appears to have led to many of the glitches that have frustrated customers, independent experts say.

Govt health and safety efforts slowed or halted Posted: 08 Oct 2013 02:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has slowed or halted federal efforts to protect Americans' health and safety, from probes into the cause of transportation and workplace accidents to tracking foodborne illness. The latest example: an outbreak of salmonella in chicken that has sickened people in 18 states.

Denver parents accused of keeping 4 boys in filth Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:53 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Court records show a Denver couple accused of keeping four malnourished young sons in a filthy apartment were accused of similar neglect of three other children in 2006.

NY court weighs 'too intoxicated' murder defense Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:35 PM PDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three people convicted of murder in deadly crashes urged New York's highest court Tuesday to throw out their convictions, arguing they were too intoxicated to know the threat they posed to others.

89-year-old drug courier pleads guilty in Detroit Posted: 08 Oct 2013 02:16 PM PDT DETROIT (AP) — An 89-year-old Indiana man who grows lilies pleaded guilty Tuesday in Detroit to serving as a drug mule to distribute more than 1,400 pounds of cocaine.

Kris and Bruce Jenner confirm they've split up Posted: 08 Oct 2013 03:50 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Kris and Bruce Jenner have confirmed they separated a year ago, after 22 years together.

NYPD: Mother of 'Baby Hope' identified using DNA Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:39 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — In a dramatic break in a cold case more than two decades old, investigators used DNA to identify the mother of a dead child known only as Baby Hope, police said Tuesday.

Obama to announce Yellen as Bernanke replacement Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve vice chair Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the nation's central bank.

Egypt's capital scarred by 2½ years of turmoil Posted: 08 Oct 2013 01:02 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's capital has long been proud of its nickname, "Mother of the World" — a metropolis of 18 million throbbing with the vitality and fun of other great cities, even if at times it seemed unmanageable and chaotic.

High court wary of campaign contribution limits Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:50 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to free big individual donors to give more money to political candidates in the court's first major campaign finance case since the justices took the lid off of independent spending in 2010.

Gov't to follow humane tactics questioning al-Libi Posted: 08 Oct 2013 01:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Aboard a Navy warship, U.S. investigators are likely playing good cop/bad cop, shouting and banging their hands on a table to get suspected al-Qaida operative Abu Anas al-Libi to give up key intelligence. That's what they're allowed to do, anyway. What interrogators shouldn't be doing is putting a hood over al-Libi's head, waterboarding him or depriving him of food.

Mormons pushing church stance on homosexuality Posted: 08 Oct 2013 11:59 AM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wendy and Tom Montgomery went door-to-door in their California neighborhood in 2008 campaigning for the passage of an anti-gay marriage proposition. They were among thousands of faithful Mormons following the direction of a church that spent millions on the cause.

The reason for delay in Nobel prize? You'll find out in 50 years Posted: 08 Oct 2013 10:03 AM PDT STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize judges delayed the announcement of the physics winner by an hour Tuesday — but they can't say why for 50 years.

Vatican tells bishops not to reform faster than Francis Posted: 08 Oct 2013 10:56 AM PDT By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters) - The Vatican warned bishops on Tuesday not to reform faster than Pope Francis, after a German diocese said that some divorced and remarried Catholics would now be allowed to receive communion and other sacraments. Vatican spokesman Rev Federico Lombardi, announcing the pope would hold a special synod of bishops in October 2014 to discuss issues facing the family, said local churches that come up with their own reforms in the meantime could create confusion. ...

Republicans ignore calls from business leaders Posted: 08 Oct 2013 08:10 AM PDT Groups warn lawmakers to strike a debt ceiling deal or they might damage the economy.

Obama, Boehner in shutdown ‘he said, he said’ Posted: 08 Oct 2013 09:01 AM PDT A simple phone call leads to two very different stories.

Cleveland doctor develops breast cancer vaccine Posted: 08 Oct 2013 03:00 AM PDT Dr. Vincent Tuohy, an immunologist at the Cleveland Clinic, has developed a vaccine that's proved to prevent breast cancer in mice. Now, with the creation of a company, researchers at the clinic are planning trials to test the vaccine on women.

Illegal ivory hidden in sesame seeds Posted: 08 Oct 2013 08:47 AM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan officials are counting and weighing more than 1,600 pieces of illegal ivory found hidden inside bags of sesame seeds in freight traveling from Uganda to Kenya's major port city, Mombasa.

Carter says middle class looks like the poor when he was president Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:05 AM PDT Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that the income gap in the United States has increased to the point where members of the middle class resemble the Americans who lived in poverty when he occupied ...

Teachers march in Brazil turns violent Posted: 08 Oct 2013 07:38 AM PDT A demonstrator from the group called Black Bloc runs outside the Municipal Assembly during a protest supporting a teachers' strike in Rio de Janeiro October 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes)

Obama passes on Boehner's negotiation offer Posted: 08 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT The president's call came as the House speaker softened the tone of his rhetoric.

Meet the new $100 bill Posted:

Higgs boson, key to the universe, wins Nobel physics prize Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:44 PM PDT Half a century after their original work, the particle they predicted was found in 2012.

Boehner says no 'lines in the sand' on debt limit Posted: 08 Oct 2013 08:00 AM PDT "All we're asking for is to sit down and have this conversation."

Family: Man who set self on fire was mentally ill Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:28 PM PDT MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) — The death of a New Jersey man who set himself on fire on the National Mall was the result of his long fight with mental illness, not a political statement, his family said.

At the White House, 3 in 4 staffers furloughed Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:12 AM PDT Now in its second week, the partial government shutdown has taken its toll on the White House, where about 3 of 4 staffers have been furloughed, barred even from checking the BlackBerrys they usually clutch ...

U.S. adults: Below average Posted: 08 Oct 2013 05:49 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — It's long been known that America's school kids haven't measured well compared with international peers. Now, there's a new twist: Adults don't either.

Did Obama swap 'black' detention sites for ships? Posted: 08 Oct 2013 01:22 AM PDT The administration is now questioning suspected terrorists aboard U.S. naval vessels.

Insurers, others say 'Obamacare' glitches fixable Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:18 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government's biggest foray into online commerce has left millions of tech-savvy Americans thoroughly bewildered.

Another biker arrested in NYC motorcycle-SUV brawl Posted: 07 Oct 2013 06:55 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A fourth motorcyclist has been arrested in connection with the beating of a motorist pulled from his car and set upon by a group of bikers in New York City.

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