Oct 25 Be a work of art this Halloween With a suit, an apple and little wire, Tim Notari transformed into a Magritte for Halloween. Photos by Flickr user Jennifer Murawski and wikicommons It's the weekend before Halloween. Let the costume party circuit commence. Don't know what to wear?… Continue reading
Oct 25 JPMorgan pays $5.1 billion to settle mortgage claims BREAKING: JPMorgan paying $5.1B to resolve US claims over mortgage securities sold to Fannie, Freddie.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 25, 2013 JPMorgan announced a broad $13.1 billion settlement with the Justice Department earlier this week… Continue reading
Oct 25 Kentucky's state health exchange site launches glitch-free By News Desk Sometimes it's newsworthy when things work the way they're supposed to. The AP reports that Kentucky's new health care exchange website had a flawless launch this month, enabling 26,000 residents to buy insurance. "We've had sort-of a perfect roll-out… Continue reading
Oct 25 New drug could help detect dementia Treating dementia comes with high costs -- emotionally and economically, but a new medical advancement could help detect the disease earlier. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a radioactive imaging chemical from General Electric to… Continue reading
Oct 25 #insidenewshour By News Desk After 14 years, Ray Suarez says goodbye to NewsHour. We'll certainly miss him and we wish him the best of luck in his next adventure. Continue reading
Oct 25 Obama taps contractor to take the lead on HealthCare.gov fixes In response to the tech troubles still plaguing health care reform's online insurance exchanges since its Oct. 1 launch, the Obama administration has announced it will tap an outside contractor to take the lead in correcting the site's… Continue reading
Oct 25 Greenland green lights uranium mining Greenland's parliament voted to overturn a 25-year-old ban on uranium mining on the island nation, the Associated Press reports. Lifting the ban on uranium mining will allow the country to unearth rare earth metals as well. Greenland is… Continue reading
Oct 25 Brett Favre admits to memory loss: 'that's a little bit scary to me' Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre said he doesn't plan on returning to the game citing the physical toll professional football took on his body. When asked about the risk of concussions, the 44-year-old admitted fear that the repeated head… Continue reading
Oct 25 #earthquake BREAKING: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes off Fukushima region of Japan, US Geological Service says.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 25, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 25 Train passenger eavesdrops on former NSA director Michael Hayden, live tweets everything Updated: While riding the Acela train Thursday afternoon, former Huffington Post reporter Tom Matzzie eavesdropped on former NSA director Michael Hayden's phone conversation. And live-tweeted everything. It didn't end there. Before Hayden got off the train, Matzzie snapped a photo… Continue reading