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Obama: ‘No excuse’ for health care signup problems

One source of the troubles appears to be the testing procedures employed before the rollout three weeks ago. Several developers…

High court to look at death row inmate with low IQ

The outcome could answer a question left unresolved by the court’s 6-3 decision in Atkins v. Virginia, the 2002 case…

Nearly half ready to replace Congress

In a nationwide USA TODAY/Princeton Survey Research Poll, just 4 percent of those surveyed – equal to the margin of…

France decries reports of NSA surveillance

France is the latest foreign government to express anger about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs of foreign nationals’ telephone…

Nevada student used handgun to kill teacher, himself

A Sparks Middle School student killed math teacher Michael Landsberry and wounded two students before killing himself early Monday morning.…

GOP finds ammo in Obamacare computer trouble

While Congress was arguing, President Barack Obama’s plan to expand coverage for the uninsured suffered a self-inflicted wound. A computer…

U.S., Israel tangle over Iran

Netanyahu wants more pressure on Tehran

Insurance brokers simplify, confuse

sites offer healthy advice, others are scams

NYC authorities crack down on short-term rentals

Websites offer alternatives to high-price of city hotels

Workers set to work on greener economy

Shift conference about global warming, jobs

Claws out for new fight on spending

Lawmakers and lobbyists look to looming cuts

Discouraged voters meet enemy and it is them?

Nelly Mathov, 79, protests against the government shutdown outside the federal building in Los Angeles on Oct. 2. With the…

$Offshore fracking is on the rise in Calif.$

Offshore fracking is on the rise in Calif.

An oil worker rides a ferry away from Freeman Island, a human-made island off the coast of Orange County, Calif.,…

Pa., N.J. try to legalize gay marriage

Advocates see it happening in near future

Gun-rights activists rally at Alamo

Wreaths are seen March 6 in front of the Alamo where a gun-rights rally was held Saturday, breaking with tradition…

Death penalty provision revisited

Ga. may require defendants to prove disability

Growing backlash to government surveillance

Software engineer and entrepreneur Jeff Lyon sits next to a computer showing the “Flagger” program he developed in San Jose,…

Syria war plays out on Web

show videos through social media

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood gets put on stand

Lawyers for Muslim Brotherhood leaders, who were arrested over the last month as part of a massive crackdown on the…

Some insurgent Republicans see weaker fundraising

Fundraising fell in the July-to-September fundraising quarter for two-thirds of the 42 House Republicans elected since 2010 who signed an…

Two killers registered as felons after their escape

Authorities are now searching for Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, who were mistakenly freed from a Panhandle prison within the…

Obama weighing proposals for Iran

The brainstorming comes after two days of nuclear negotiations between Iran and world powers ended this week in Geneva. The…

Homeland Security pick couldn’t ‘refuse it’

If confirmed by the Senate – and no organized opposition has been indicated – Jeh C. Johnson would replace Janet…