Racing to Inform Millions Unaware of New Health Coverage

Racing to Inform Millions Unaware of New Health Coverage

Racing to Inform Millions Unaware of New Health Coverage

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:06 PM PDT

Health providers are joining organizers and insurance companies to spread the word in the six months remaining before insurance becomes available under the 2010 health care law.
    

Syrian hackers claim AP hack that tipped stock market by $136 billion. Is it terrorism?

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:32 PM PDT

At 1:07 p.m. on Tuesday, when the official Twitter account of the Associated Press sent a tweet to its nearly two million followers that warned, "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured," some of the people who momentarily panicked were apparently on or near the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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U.S.: The U.S., China and the Middle East

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:26 PM PDT

Vali Nasr, a former senior State Department policy expert, talks to The Times's Marcus Mabry about America and China's role in the Middle East.
    

Canada train plot: Iran's al-Qaeda problem

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Osama Bin Laden legacy a liability for Tehran

Pakistan must crack down on Afghan militants: NATO

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:28 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pakistan must crack down on militants who use the country as a sanctuary to launch attacks in Afghanistan, the head of NATO said on Tuesday, before a U.S.-chaired meeting that will try to ease friction between the neighbors.

Singer Jenkins defends marathon look

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:36 AM PDT

Singer Katherine Jenkins defends herself after criticism by a newspaper columnist for running the London Marathon in designer sunglasses, make-up and diamond earrings.

Police capture suspect in Russian shooting spree that killed six

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:12 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian man suspected of shooting dead six people in a rampage in the centre of the western city of Belgorod was captured on Tuesday after a 30-hour manhunt, police said.

Japan shrine visits, isles row stir East Asia tensions

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tensions flared between Japan and its Asian neighbors after a group of Japanese lawmakers visited a shrine seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, and Chinese patrol vessels played cat-and-mouse with a flotilla of Japanese nationalists near disputed islands in the East China Sea.

Bishops Kidnapped in Syria Released

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Two bishops who were abducted by gunmen while traveling in northern Syria were released, a church official said.

The Flexitarian: Healthy, Meet Delicious

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:41 PM PDT

A new column from Mark Bittman explores moderate, conscious eating: a diet higher in plants and lower in animal products and hyperprocessed foods.
    

Supreme Court Ruling on Marijuana and Deportation

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT

"The social sharing of a small amount of marijuana" for no payment does not require automatic deportation, a seven-justice majority found.
    

Ethiopia says preparing to pull troops out of Somalia

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia will withdraw its troops from Somalia soon, its prime minister said on Tuesday, voicing frustration with the Mogadishu government and African Union peacekeeping forces that are also battling Islamist militants there.

U.S. accuses Lebanese companies of laundering money for Hezbollah

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:11 PM PDT

The Obama administration accused two Lebanese financial institutions Tuesday of laundering millions of dollars in drug-smuggling money to support the militant group Hezbollah, with some of the cash being routed through U.S. banks.

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Judge Throws Out Some Charges Against Dr. Kermit Gosnell

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:50 AM PDT

The judge granted motions for acquittal for three of seven murder charges against Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who has been charged with killing viable fetuses while performing abortions.
    

At War Blog: Running Toward the Boston Marathon Chaos

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 11:59 AM PDT

Zachary Edward Bell said he saw something more jaw-dropping than the Boston Marathon tragedy itself: people, many of them civilians, running toward the chaos.
    

Student jailed over tutor bribe bid

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:33 AM PDT

A failing University of Bath student who tried to bribe his professor while carrying a loaded air pistol is jailed for 12 months.

VIDEO: Funeral for WWI soldiers after 96 years

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT

The remains of two World War I soldiers who were killed in action in France nearly 100 years ago have been laid to rest at a military cemetery

Myanmar frees 56 political prisoners day after sanctions dropped

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:08 PM PDT

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president announced an amnesty on Tuesday for about 100 prisoners, a senior official said, 56 of whom were confirmed as political detainees by a group monitoring activists held in the country's jails.

United States, Russia agree to try to revive Syria plan

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:01 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had agreed to look for ways to revive a Syrian peace plan, but admitted that doing so would be extremely difficult.

US poisoned letter suspect released

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:08 PM PDT

A Mississippi man accused of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and US lawmakers is released from jail, his lawyer says.

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