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Political TV ads on health law total $445M

Posted: 16 May 2014 12:30 PM PDT

This undated framegrab image from video provided by Americans for Prosperity, shows a political ad against Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H. stating the Affordable Care Act is not working. A new analysis finds the nation's health care overhaul deserves a place in advertising history as the focus of extraordinarily high spending on negative political TV ads that have gone largely unanswered by the law's supporters. The report, released Friday by nonpartisan analysts Kantar Media CMAG, estimates $445 million was spent on political TV ads mentioning the law since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Spending on negative ads outpaced positive ones by more than 15 to 1. (AP Photo/Americans for Prosperity)A study reveals spending on negative Obamacare ads outpaced positive ones.

Investigators look for arson in wildfire outbreak

Posted: 16 May 2014 08:39 PM PDT

A woman douses water from a hose around her home as her neighbor's home burns during a wildfire Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Escondido, Calif. One of the nine fires burning in San Diego County suddenly flared Thursday afternoon and burned close to homes, trigging thousands of new evacuation orders. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 57-year-old man was charged with arson Friday in one of at least 10 wildfires that erupted in Southern California this week, and investigators were working to determine whether other blazes in the unusually early and intense outbreak were ignited by something as ordinary as sparks from cars or something more sinister.

Brown decision at 60: A look at education inequity

Posted: 16 May 2014 12:24 PM PDT

This photo taken May 13, 2014 shows National Education Association staff members from Washington joining students, parents and educators at a rally at the Supreme Court in Washington on the 60th anniversary Brown v. Board of Education decision that struck down WASHINGTON (AP) — Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Many inequities in education still exist for black students and for Hispanics, a population that has grown exponentially since the 1954 ruling.

After huge win, next Indian PM begins victory lap

Posted: 17 May 2014 12:09 AM PDT

Indians take photographs of a portrait of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, made with colored powder and surrounded by rose petals, at the party office in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014. Modi will be India's next prime minister, winning the most decisive election victory the country has seen in more than a quarter century and sweeping the long-dominant Congress party from power, partial results showed Friday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of cheering supporters welcomed India's next prime minister on his arrival in the capital Saturday after leading his party to a staggering victory in national elections.

Turkish miner who survived says company to blame

Posted: 17 May 2014 12:50 AM PDT

Police use water cannons and teargas to disperse people gathered to commemorate the Soma mine accident victims and protest the government's labor policy in Izmir, Turkey, late Friday, May 16, 2014. A Turkish mining company defended its safety record Friday, four days after over 250 people died in an underground blaze at its coal mine in western Turkey.(AP Photo)SAVASTEPE, Turkey (AP) — Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey's worst mining disaster: company negligence.

As California fires rage, arson suspect arrested

Posted: 17 May 2014 01:06 AM PDT

Smoke plumes rise behind the Marine Corps Camp Pendleton entrance Friday, May 16, 2014, in Oceanside, Calif. San Diego County officials said Friday five wildfires have been 100 percent contained. Still, crews were focusing efforts on two large fires — one in the city of San Marcos and two blazes at the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man was charged with setting one of nearly a dozen fires that have destroyed homes and raced through nearly 20,000 acres of northern and eastern San Diego County brush land, but most of the blazes seemed to be dying down, despite the eruption of a new fire at the Camp Pendleton Marine base.

Lao military plane carrying defense chief crashes

Posted: 17 May 2014 01:35 AM PDT

FILE - Laotian Defense Minister, Douangchay Phichit, is seen during a visit to Moscow in this Tuesday, April 27, 2004 file photo. A Laos air force plane believed to be carrying 20 people including the country's defense minister crashed on Saturday May 17, 2014, Thailand's Foreign Ministry said. (AP Photo/File)BANGKOK (AP) — A Lao air force plane carrying about 20 people, including the country's defense minister and other senior officials, crashed on Saturday, Thailand's Foreign Ministry said.

States move to expand experimental drugs for some

Posted: 17 May 2014 12:10 AM PDT

FILE - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver in this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 file photo. Hickenlooper Saturday afternoon May 17, 2014 will sign Colorado's "Right To Try" bill, which was passed unanimously in the state Legislature. The "Right To Try" law allows terminally ill patients to obtain experimental drugs without getting federal approval. The bill doesn't require drug companies to provide any drug outside federal parameters, and there's no indication pharmaceutical companies will do so. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)DENVER (AP) — Nick Auden didn't live to see the legislation, but the case of the Denver melanoma patient who died while seeking access to an experimental drug helped inspire a first-of-its kind law in Colorado.

Utah lawmaker: Bring back firing squad executions

Posted: 16 May 2014 11:28 PM PDT

FILE - Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, is seen as he makes remarks during a news conference in this March 6, 20013 file photo, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, Ray says he believes a firing squad is a more humane form of execution. And he plans to bring back that option for criminals sentenced to death in his state. He plans to introduce his proposal during Utah's next legislative session in January. (AP Photo/Michelle Price, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, a Utah lawmaker says he believes a firing squad is a more humane form of execution. And he plans to bring back that option for criminals sentenced to death in his state.

On high seas, Vietnam and China play tense game

Posted: 16 May 2014 10:23 PM PDT

In this Thursday, May 15, 2014 photo, China Coast Guard 3210 vessel sails in the waters claimed by China and Vietnam in the South China Sea. China's deployment of an oil rig off Vietnam's coast has prompted a tense sea standoff and touched off deadly anti-China rioting. The conflict pits two neighbors with very similar governments but whose people bear ill feelings rooted in a rivalry that dates back centuries and has occasionally burst out into armed conflict. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)ABOARD VIETNAMESE COAST GUARD SHIP 4033 (AP) — Each day the Vietnamese ships tried to get close to the rig. And each day they were driven back by the much larger Chinese ships.

Government fine hardly the end of GM recall saga

Posted: 16 May 2014 09:21 PM PDT

This Friday, May 16 2014 photo shows the General Motors logo at the company's world headquarters in Detroit. U.S. safety regulators fined General Motors a record $35 million Friday for taking at least a decade to disclose defects with ignition switches in small cars that are now linked to at least 13 deaths. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' agreement to pay a $35 million federal fine for concealing defects in small-car ignition switches and to give the government greater oversight of its safety procedures closes one chapter of the automaker's recall saga. But it's far from over.

Obama and Congress move to address VA firestorm

Posted: 17 May 2014 12:49 AM PDT

In this May 15, 2014, photo, Veterans Affairs Undersecretary Robert Petzel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 15, 2014, before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing to examine the state of Veterans Affairs health care. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says May 16 he has accepted the resignation of Petzel. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration and Congress are moving quickly to respond to a growing political firestorm over allegations of treatment delays and falsified records at veterans hospitals nationwide.

Here are 5 things to know about the Preakness

Posted: 17 May 2014 12:10 AM PDT

Preakness Stakes favorite California Chrome heads back to the barn after a morning workout in the rain under exercise rider Willie Delgado at Pimlico Race Course, Friday, May 16, 2014, in Baltimore. The 139th Preakness horse race takes place Saturday. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)BALTIMORE (AP) — If trainer Art Sherman coughed, no one would care. When his horse coughs, that's news.

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