Online delays signal strong demand for health care
Written by JULIET WILLIAMS, Associated Press RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for health insurance under the nation's historic health care overhaul.
Feds in NY shut down underground drugs website
Written by PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — FBI agents found him in the science fiction section of a small branch of the San Francisco public library, chatting online.
Victims in bus crash belonged to tightknit group
Written by MITCH WEISS, Associated Press STEVE MEGARGEE, Associated Press TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — For months, a tight-knit group of seniors at a North Carolina church had been looking forward to the road trip.
NSA chief admits testing US cellphone tracking
Written by KIMBERLY DOZIER, Associated Press STEPHEN BRAUN, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — National Security Agency chief Gen. Keith Alexander revealed Wednesday that his spy agency once tested whether it could track Americans' cellphone locations, in addition to its practice of sweeping broad information about calls made.
'Red October' novelist Tom Clancy dies at 66
Written by HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — In 1985, a year after the Cold War thriller "The Hunt for Red October" came out, author Tom Clancy was invited to lunch at the Reagan White House, where he was questioned by Navy Secretary John Lehman.
$1 million bail for Jacksonville airport suspect
Written by BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Bail has been set at $1 million for a man accused of claiming he had a bomb at Jacksonville International Airport, prompting an evacuation.
Obama, lawmakers to meet on shutdown's 2nd day
Written by ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown that has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and closed military cemeteries as far away as France. Republican leaders welcomed the Wednesday afternoon meeting but questioned whether Democrats were ready to deal.
Best-selling author Tom Clancy has died at age 66
Written by HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Clancy, whose high-tech, Cold War thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games" made him the most widely read and influential military novelist of his time, has died. He was 66.