2 deadly shootings within hours in Copenhagen; 5 wounded
A
gunman opened fire on a Copenhagen cultural center, killing one man and
wounding three police officers in what authorities called a terror
attack against a free speech event featuring an artist who had
caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.Read More ...
Both sides claim violations after Ukraine cease-fire starts
KIEV,
Ukraine (AP) — A cease-fire was declared in eastern Ukraine at a minute
after midnight Sunday, kindling slender hopes of a reprieve from a
conflict that has claimed more than 5,300 lives.Read More ...
Barack Obama thought 'Yes We Can' was 'too corny'
During
his 2004 run for U.S. Senate, Barack Obama wondered if the campaign
slogan "Yes We Can" was too corny. According to David Axelrod, Obama's
media consultant at the time, it took Michelle Obama to convince the
then-Illinois state senator that it wasn't.Read More ...
Autopsy shows New York Times writer Carr died of lung cancer
NEW
YORK (AP) — New York Times media columnist David Carr died of
complications from metastatic lung cancer, according to autopsy results
released Saturday.Read More ...
Not again! Another storm blankets winter-weary New England
BOSTON
(AP) — Snow and dangerously high winds roared into New England for the
fourth time in less than a month, the latest blow to a region that has
already seen more than 6 feet of snow in some areas.Read More ...
Labor secretary to help reach West Coast port deal
By
Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Labor Secretary Tom Perez will
travel to California to help broker an agreement between shipping
companies and dockworkers in a dispute that has led to a partial
shutdown of ports along the U.S. West Coast, the White House said on
Saturday. The shipping companies said they were unwilling to pay union
workers higher wages for weekend shifts and the Presidents Day holiday
on Monday while productivity declines and cargo backups reach the point
of near gridlock, after months of chronic congestion in freight traffic.
"The negotiations over the functioning of the West Coast ports have
been taking place for months with the administration urging the parties
to resolve their differences," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said.
"Out of concern for the economic consequences of further delay, the
president has directed his Secretary of Labor Tom Perez to travel to
California to meet with the parties to urge them to resolve their
dispute quickly at the bargaining table." Perez has been in contact with
the parties and will keep the president updated, he said.Read More ...
U.S. agency fixes problem hampering Obamacare applications
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day before the open enrollment deadline for private health coverage
under Obamacare, some consumers were unable to submit applications
because of "intermittent issues" with income verification, the U.S.
Health and Human Services Department said on Saturday. It said in a
statement that it had worked with the Internal Revenue Service to fix
the problem. The department said consumers who were affected should log
into their account on the HealthCare.gov website and click on their 2015
application to finish it and complete their enrollment for coverage.
The department said anyone who was unable to submit an application
because their income could not be verified due to this or any other
technical problem will receive an extension for enrollment.Read More ...
In Newark, the American dream is this year's sweetest Valentine
By Peter Wolf NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) - For more than 200 couples who lined up in Newark, New Jersey, on a frigid Valentine's Day morning, the city's plan to sell building lots at the bargain price of $1,000 a piece was a chance to make the American dream come true. The turnout was also beyond the wildest dreams of the officials who came up with the idea of offering a sweetheart deal to attract fledgling families to neighborhoods of the state's largest city that need of an influx of new residents. "Families are the core of community, so we wanted to change the perception of our community, to get people to choose to live in Newark," said Mayor Ras Baraka. "But this has taken on a life of its own." Baraka, the son of poet and activist Amiri Baraka, said a website about the sale drew 10,000 hits, and the offer has garnered international media attention.
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