While the aid effort continues to ramp up, many in the typhoon-ravaged nation are still waiting for food, water and adequate shelter. "Nothing. Nothing happened," said one survivor Friday, after waiting hours for food aid that never arrived.
Read More »China Eases One-Child Policy, Ends Labor Camp system
In order to have a second child, one parent would have to be an only child. At present, both parents must be only children. China has been loosening the policy for years as it tries to combat both a gender imbalance as well as a labor shortage.
Read More »Toronto Council Asks Mayor Ford To Temporarily Step Aside
Rob Ford spent Wednesday defending himself to his City Council. While admitting that he's purchased illegal drugs, which came after earlier admissions about smoking crack and getting drunk, the mayor also said he doesn't need treatment and doesn't need to take a leave of absence.
Read More »Obama’s Surveillance Review Panel Issues Initial Findings
The team was appointed by the White House in August following months of revelations about the National Security Agency's programs. President Obama asked the five intelligence experts to make recommendations about balancing security and privacy concerns.
Read More »Police: British Spy’s Strange Death Was ‘Probably An Accident’
Scotland Yard says it believes Gareth Williams, whose naked and decomposing body was found locked inside a gym bag in 2010, was not murdered.
Read More »More Than 106,000 Chose Health Plans Under Affordable Care Act
Of those, less than 27,000 people used the federal HealthCare.gov site to select a plan, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services. The government says 106,185 Americans picked out plans in the first month of enrollment.
Read More »Intelligence Officials Aim To Pre-Empt More Surveillance Leaks
Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is believed to have taken 200,000 NSA documents, and the vast majority have yet to be released.
Read More »‘Holy Cow’ And ‘Kangaroo Court’: Panel Grills HealthCare.gov Officials
A House oversight hearing on the troubled HealthCare.gov site was contentious from the start Wednesday, as Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sought to cut short the opening remarks of one of the first officials to speak. One Democrat called it "a kangaroo court."
Read More »Four Marines Killed In Camp Pendleton Training Accident
The deaths occurred at the base near San Diego during what officials have described as a range maintenance operation.
Read More »Air Force Officer Acquitted Of Groping Woman At Bar
The jury of five men and two women deliberated for an hour and 15 minutes before returning the not guilty verdict.
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