Oct 29 Medicare chief apologizes for Healthcare.gov dysfunction .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } WASHINGTON -- Stressing… Continue reading
Oct 29 View the 11 creepiest objects in the Smithsonian collection this Halloween By News Desk History can be a bit creepy. The Smithsonian National Musuem of American History has curated "11 collection objects giving us the creeps this Halloween." We're not sure which is worse, the Victorian-era wreath made out of human hair, or… Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch live hearings on Healthcare.gov .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } The House Ways… Continue reading
Oct 29 What we're watching Tuesday Healthcare The House Ways and Means committee holds a hearing on the healthcare.gov website situation beginning at 10 a.m. ET. Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid will testify. We'll carry it live on the… Continue reading
Oct 28 Starbucks' 'tweet-a-coffee' would like your freshly-brewed personal data Now sharing the gift of @Starbucks is as easy as sending a Tweet. http://t.co/UNbkcjRX1s— Tweetacoffee (@Tweetacoffee) October 28, 2013 Coffee chain giant Starbucks opened up its new "tweet-a-coffee" program Monday allowing Twitter users to… Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch How 'Underground' artist Lou Reed inspired all tomorrow's rockers How 'Underground' artist Lou Reed inspired all tomorrow's rockers… Continue watching
Oct 28 $5B food stamp cut hits Friday One-year-old Jaeliece Ortiz enjoys juice her mother bought with her SNAP card in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images. Poor families across… Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch Mich. Gov. Snyder testifies under oath that Detroit bankruptcy was last resort Mich. Gov. Snyder testifies under oath that Detroit bankruptcy was last resort… Continue watching
Oct 28 Sen. Feinstein 'totally opposed' to intelligence gathering on U.S. allies Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate's Intelligence Committee, said Monday she is "totally opposed" to the National Security Agency's collection of intelligence on U.S. allies, according to Reuters. "Unless the United States is engaged in hostilities… Continue reading
Oct 28 World's first bitcoin ATM set to open Tuesday The entrance to a downtown Vancouver coffee shop will be the site for the world's first bitcoin ATM, according to tech website Wired. A Nevada company called Robocoin constructed the machine -- scheduled to go live Tuesday -- to… Continue reading