WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government’s biggest foray into online commerce has left millions of tech-savvy Americans thoroughly bewildered.
But the insurance industry and others experienced with rolling out new programs say there’s still enough time to fix the glitches with President Barack Obama’s health care law before uninsured people start getting coverage on Jan. 1.
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BlackBerry is in dire straits, but a freshly announced enterprise cloud service could be something of a Lazarus Pit. A post to Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog states that the service will allow admins to keep an eye on employee smartphones and tablets as well as distribute apps. This apparently …
OAKLAND, Calif. — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter says the income gap in the United States has increased to the point where members of the middle class resemble the Americans who lived in poverty when he occupied the White House.
Carter offered his assessment of the nation’s economic challenges Monday at a construction site in Oakland — the first of five cities he and wife Rosalynn plan to visit this week to commemorate their three-decade alliance with Habitat for Humanity.
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Valerie Harper and Tristan MacManus were eliminated from “Dancing with the Stars” on Monday night after landing in the bottom three with Brant Daugherty and Snooki.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The chief of the global chemical weapons watchdog briefed member states Tuesday on progress in the high-stakes, high-risk mission to rid Syria of its poison gas stockpile.
Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, spoke to the group’s 41-nation Executive Council at the start of a four-day meeting in The Hague as inspectors continued their mission in Syria to verify and destroy the country’s estimated 1,000-ton chemical arsenal in the midst of a two-year civil war.
Jellyfish are amazing creatures, travelling in massive blooms and pulsating mesmerically to drive themselves through the water. But how does that simple motion manage to push them through the water so quickly?
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Billy Ray Cyrus has consistently been vocal in his support for his daughter Miley, even at her most controversial. Yesterday, Billy Ray opened up to “Entertainment Tonight” and talked about his famous daughter’s state of mind post-breakup from Liam Hemsworth, and how her happiness is really all that matters to him.
“All I know for sure is I heard my daughter say today she’s the happiest she’s ever been in her life immediately following [the breakup.] That’s when I saw Miley being so happy,” he said. “Somewhere along the stress and strain of different things I didn’t see her smiling as often for a little while and all of a sudden she’s like the sun, and when she smiles it’s light.”
He added: “Everything happens for a reason and the main thing for me, as Miley’s daddy, is she’s happy.” Billy Ray echoed the same sentiment on Twitter following Miley’s “Today” show appearance, tweeting:
Happy birthday, Matt Damon!
The award-winning star turns 43 today, Oct. 8. One of the most accomplished actors of his generation, Damon got his big break at 18 years old when he had a single line in the classic rom-com “Mystic Pizza.” Since then, the birthday boy went on to become Jason Bourne, Private Ryan and one half of the team behind “Good Will Hunting.”
A hearty happy birthday goes out to one of Boston’s golden boys.
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) It is wrong to assume that Mormons who leave the faith “have been offended or lazy or sinful,” a top leader told members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday (Oct. 5) during the church’s 183rd Semiannual General Conference.
“It is not that simple,” said Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the LDS Church’s governing three-man First Presidency.
Some struggle with “unanswered questions about things that have been done or said in the past,” Uchtdorf explained. “We openly acknowledge that in nearly 200 years of church history — along with an uninterrupted line of inspired, honorable and divine events — there have been some things said and done that could cause people to question.”
Revolutionary microalgae eco-friendly lamp could light streets, parking garages and homes with no electricity.
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