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Photos: The world ushers in a new year

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST

Photos: The world ushers in a new yearPeople look towards fireworks exploding from Times Square's New Year's Eve Ball during New Year's Eve celebrations at Times Square in New York, December 31, 2013. REUTERS/Zoran Milich (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)

Gov't: More than 2.1 million have signed up for Obamacare

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:06 PM PST

Applications are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act in Jackson, MississippiMore than 2 million people have signed up for private health insurance through President Barack Obama's signature reform after a botched rollout, the US government said Tuesday. The Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, is designed to offer insurance to millions of Americans who have never been able to secure it before -- some because of pre-existing health conditions like heart disease that insurers were unwilling to cover. Since October 1, more than 2.1 million have secured coverage via Web portals set up by the federal government in 36 states and by local authorities in 14 others, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told reporters in a conference call. The bulk of the enrollment took place in December after a litany of glitches with the government website, healthcare.gov, which wasn't able to handle the full onslaught of users until the end of November.

NASA responds to Beyonce's space shuttle disaster sample

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 04:36 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2013 file photo, Beyonce performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, in New Orleans. Beyonce stopped short of apologizing for using a sample of audio from the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in a statement released on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, to ABC. The pop superstar explained the use of the short snippet at the beginning of her song "XO" from her new self-titled album after it brought criticism from the wife of the commander at the helm of the Challenger when it exploded in 1986 and others. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — NASA officials say the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster "should never be trivialized" in response to a new song from Beyonce that features an audio sample recorded just after the craft exploded on takeoff in 1986, killing all seven crewmembers.

Utah asks Supreme Court to block same-sex unions

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:46 PM PST

Jax and Heather Collins get married at the Salt Lake County clerk's office Monday, Dec 23, 2013. On Friday, a Federal Judge Robert Shelby that Utah's Amendment 3 is unconstitutional. Utah is one of 33 states that enacted constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. In 2004, 66 percent of Utahns approved Amendment 3 and its traditional definition of marriage. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Ravell Call)Dec. 20 ruling that OK'd same-sex unions was a shock to many in the heavily Mormon state.

Putin vows total destruction of 'terrorists'

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:26 AM PST

Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers his New Year's address to the nation in Khabarovsk on December 31, 2013Russian leader makes first public comments on attacks that have raised alarm for Olympics.

All-clear coming for N.D. town near oil train derail

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:03 PM PST

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil derailed near Casselton Monday afternoon. Several explosions were reported as some cars on the mile-long train caught fire. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — A southeastern North Dakota town narrowly escaped tragedy when a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded nearby, the mayor said Tuesday, calling for changes in how the fuel is transported across the U.S.

New laws you need to know about in 2014

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Apple: We had no role in NSA's alleged iPhone hack

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:28 AM PST

In a Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, a person stands near the Apple logo at the company's new store in Grand Central Terminal, in New York. If Apple had been added to the Dow in June 2009, the last time there were serious rumors that it would happen, the average would be about 2,500 points higher than it is today and well above its all-time high.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)LONDON (AP) — Apple Inc. says it played no role in the National Security Agency's alleged efforts to hack the iPhone, explaining that it was unaware of a recently revealed program apparently aimed at turning the best-selling smartphone into an improvised listening device.

The 13 top photo galleries of '13

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 07:31 AM PST

Spencer and SkylerThe countdown of photo galleries that our Yahoo readers liked the best this year!

Syrian death toll passes 130,000

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:56 PM PST

A man runs as a Free Syrian Army fighter stands on a back of a truck in Hama provinceMore than a third of the dead were civilians, a group says.

Iran says nuclear deal to be implemented in late January

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:50 PM PST

Photos of the day - December 11, 2013The reported agreement follows nearly 23 hours of talks.

Legal pot sales begin amid uncertainty in Colo.

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:09 PM PST

In this Dec. 5, 2013, photo marijuana matures in ideal conditions at the Medicine Man dispensary and grow operation in northeast Denver. As Colorado prepares to be the first in the nation to allow recreational pot sales, opening Jan. 1, hopeful retailers are investing their fortunes into the legal recreational pot world, all for a chance to build even bigger ones in a fledgling industry that faces an uncertain future. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)A few dozen shops are expected to be open for business on New Year's Day.

The viral videos that defined 2013

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 02:16 AM PST

The viral videos that defined 2013Every day of the year the journalists of Storyful combine technology and experience to find, verify and distribute the videos that make people talk. As the new year quickly approaches, we look back at the footage that was watched by millions and which generated conversation month by month, from the dramatic boulder crash in Taiwan to the now world-famous emotional baby. The only question remaining: Which was your must-watch video of the year? Credit: Storyful/Various

US sends 3 Uighur Guantanamo prisoners to Slovakia

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST

The guard tower of "Camp Six" detention facility of the Joint Detention Group at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on January 19, 2012Obama is closer to his goal of shutting the prison on the base in Cuba.

Putin vows to annihilate "terrorists" after suicide bombings

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:11 PM PST

A woman places flowers at the site of an explosion on a trolleybus in Volgograd"I'm frightened," said a student in Volgograd, 400 miles northwest of Sochi, the resort hosting the Winter Games.

Vandals spray graffiti against Kerry in West Bank

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:58 AM PST

Palestinians wave their national flag as they await the release of Palestinian prisoners in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Israel released more than two dozen Palestinian prisoners convicted in deadly attacks against Israelis early Tuesday as part of a U.S.-brokered package to restart Mideast peace talks. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)JERUSALEM (AP) — Suspected Jewish vandals set fire to three vehicles in a West Bank village early on Tuesday and sprayed threatening graffiti referring to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ahead of his expected visit to the region, police said.

Bangladesh orders arrest of factory owners for deadly fire

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:42 AM PST

A Bangladeshi soldier walks between rows of burnt sewing machines in the nine-storey Tazreen Fashion plant in Savar, Bangladesh, on November 25, 2012A Bangladesh court Tuesday ordered the arrest of owners of a garment factory where 111 workers were killed last year in the country's worst such fire, after police laid charges. The court in Dhaka issued the warrants for Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akter and four others over the blaze that gutted the Tazreen factory where workers stitched clothes for Western retailers including Walmart. Senior judicial magistrate Wasim Sheikh gave the order after declaring all six "fugitives" for failing to appear in court over charges laid by police earlier this month against 13 people over the tragedy, a prosecutor said. "Dhaka's senior judicial magistrate Wasim Sheikh issued the warrants of arrest against the two fugitive owners ... and four other company officials for the Tazreen factory fire," prosecutor Anwarul Kabir told AFP.

Trapped ship passengers can't go overboard with New Year celebration

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 07:17 AM PST

The MV Akademik Shokalskiy is pictured stranded in ice in AntarcticaThe plan was for passengers to congregate in the bar and sing a song about their adventure.

Police, troops heavy in bomb-hit Russian city

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:49 PM PST

A women puts a flower outside a wreckage of a trolleybus in Volgograd, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Russian authorities ordered police to beef up security at train stations and other facilities across the country after a suicide bomber killed 14 people on a bus Monday in the southern city of Volgograd. It was the second deadly attack in two days on the city that lies just 400 miles (650 kilometers) from the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)VOLGOGRAD, Russia (AP) — Eerily empty buses lumbered through the streets, police weighed down with body armor warily watched pedestrians near a fast-food restaurant, and members of Cossack units stood guard at bus stops. Volgograd was an ominous and jittery city Tuesday after two suicide bombings in two days killed 34 people.

NKorea boasts of removal of "factionalist filth"

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 04:52 PM PST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday boasted of a surge of internal strength in the new year because of the elimination of "factionalist filth" — a reference to his once powerful uncle and mentor, whose purge and execution last month have raised questions about the country's stability.

Safety questions after ND oil train derailment

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:30 PM PST

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil derailed near Casselton Monday afternoon. Several explosions were reported as some cars on the mile-long train caught fire. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — A fiery oil train derailment's near-miss of a small North Dakota town had its mayor angrily calling for federal officials to do more to guarantee the safety of the nation's growing shipment of oil by rail.

US frees last 3 Uighur prisoners from Guantanamo

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:27 PM PST

ADDS TO CLARIFY THAT THE MEN PICTURED WERE RESETTLED AT AN UNKNOWN DATE - FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainees, who at the time were cleared for release but had no country to go to, show a home-made note to visiting members of the media, at Camp Iguana detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Officials said on Tuesday Dec. 31, 2013, that Slovakia has accepted the last three Chinese Uighur prisoners from Guantanamo Bay who had posed a difficult resettlement challenge. Authorities eventually determined that the 22 Uighurs in its custody had no involvement in terrorism. The men in this photo were resettled at an unknown date. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, File)MIAMI (AP) — Three members of a persecuted ethnic minority from China have been released from Guantanamo Bay and sent to the Central European country of Slovakia, officials said Tuesday, resolving a diplomatic dilemma that had kept the men imprisoned long after a judge had ordered their release.

Vitamin E may slow Alzheimer's disease progression

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:33 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2012, file photo, Alexis McKenzie, right, executive director of The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia Forest Side, an Alzheimer's assisted-living facility in Washington, puts her hand on the arm of a resident. In a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, researchers report that vitamin E might slow the progression of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The study of more than 600 older veterans, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, shows high doses of the vitamin delayed the decline in daily living skills, such as making meals, getting dressed and holding a conversation, by about six months over a two-year period. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Researchers say vitamin E might slow the progression of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease — the first time any treatment has been shown to alter the course of dementia at that stage.

Chicago trader wins football handicapping contest

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 04:22 PM PST

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) throws under pressure from Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett (90) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz. The 49ers won 23-20. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)LAS VEGAS (AP) — The newest champion of football handicapping is a Chicago trader who consults for a major professional team and lectures on sports modeling.

McIlroy, Wozniacki announce engagement

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 04:12 PM PST

FILE - In this April 10, 2013, file photo, Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hugs his caddie, tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, during the par-3 competition before the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga. One of the top power couples in sports announced their engagement on Twitter. A spokesman for McIlroy confirmed that he popped the question in Sydney, where Wozniacki is starting to prepare for the Australian Open in Melbourne. McIlroy tweeted, "Happy New Year everyone! I have a feeling it's going to be a great year!! My first victory of 2014." He added a hash tag, "She said yes!!" (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Rory McIlroy is claiming his first win of the new year — his engagement to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki.

Q&A: Girl's brain death ignites difficult debate

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:14 PM PST

File - This undated file photo provided by the McMath family and Omari Sealey shows Jahi McMath. The family of a 13-year-old California girl who was declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy said Monday they will sue to keep her on life support. Family spokesman Omari Sealey, the uncle of Jahi McMath, disclosed the plan to seek a restraining order against the hospital where the girl is on a breathing machine. Under an order issued on Dec. 24 by a state judge, Jahi could be removed from a ventilator at Children's Hospital of Oakland at 5 p.m. PST. (AP Photo/Courtesy of McMath Family and Omari Sealey, File)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California hospital and family are embroiled in a harrowing legal and medical fight that has reignited the debate about when machines keeping a severely brain-damaged person alive should be turned off.

Revelers welcome 2014 with huge fireworks displays

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:43 PM PST

People ride a Ferris wheel as fireworks illuminate the sky over Edinburgh, Scotland, during New Year's eve celebrations late Tuesday Dec. 31, 2013. The celebrations this year are combined with marking the upcoming 2014 Commonwealth games. (AP Photo / David Cheskin, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With fireworks, dancing and late-night revelry, millions around the world welcomed 2014 on Tuesday, gathering for huge displays of jubilation and unity as the new year arrived.

Small improvement for Schumacher after 2nd surgery

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:02 AM PST

Professor Jean-Francois Payen, left, and Emmanuel Gay, right, answer questions from journalists during a press conference at the Grenoble hospital, in the French Alps, where former seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is being treated after sustaining a head injury during a ski accident in Meribel, France, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Doctors treating Michael Schumacher refused Monday to predict the outcome for the former Formula One driver, saying they were taking his very critical head injury "hour by hourGRENOBLE, France (AP) — Michael Schumacher underwent a second surgery after a brain scan showed small, "surprising" signs of improvement, but grim doctors said Tuesday they could offer no insight into the prognosis for the Formula One champion.

Obama's tarnished health care law at a crossroads

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:58 PM PST

Howard Kraft discusses signing up for health insurance as he sits in his Lincolnton, N.C. home Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. All things good, bad and unpredictable converge Jan. 1 for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as the law's major benefits take effect, along with an unpopular insurance mandate and a real risk of more nerve-wracking disruptions to coverage. For some, the changes bring big improvements, including Kraft. A painful spinal problem left him unable to work as a hotel bellman. But he's got coverage because federal law now forbids insurers from turning away people with health problems. WASHINGTON (AP) — All things good, bad and unpredictable converge with the new year for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as the law's major benefits take effect, along with an unpopular insurance mandate and a risk of more nerve-wracking disruptions to coverage.

Safety questions after fiery ND train derailment

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:11 PM PST

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil derailed near Casselton Monday afternoon. Several explosions were reported as some cars on the mile-long train caught fire. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — A fiery oil train derailment's near-miss of this small North Dakota town had its mayor angrily calling for federal officials to do more to guarantee the safety of the nation's growing shipment of oil by rail.

Officials urging evacuation near ND derailment

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 09:30 PM PST

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil derailed near Casselton Monday afternoon. Several explosions were reported as some cars on the mile-long train caught fire. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — Authorities urged residents to evacuate a small North Dakota community Monday night after a mile-long train carrying crude oil derailed outside of town, shaking residents with a series of explosions that sent flames and black smoke skyward.

Calif. girl to remain on ventilator until Jan. 7

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 10:15 PM PST

Children's Hospital of Oakland spokesman Sam Singer gives an update on the condition of Jahi McMath on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, in Oakland , Calif. Without another court action, a California hospital on Monday could unhook a 13-year-old girl from a breathing machine after she was declared brain dead. Jahi McMath could be removed from life support at Children's Hospital of Oakland at 5 p.m. PST under a Dec. 24 ruling by an Alameda County Superior Court Judge. The family is awaiting word on whether a facility in New York would accept the girl as a transfer patient. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery will remain on life support for at least another week after a state judge on Monday extended a deadline.

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