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FDA tells 23andMe to halt sales of genetic test

Posted 11/26/2013 in National

The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Google-backed genetic test maker 23andMe to halt sales of its personalized DNA test kits, saying the company has failed to show that the technology is supported by science.

Editorial cartoon for 11-25-13

Posted 11/25/2013 in National

Iowans worry about ethanol's lost political clout

Posted 11/25/2013 in National

Thanksgiving-Hanukkah overlap spurs thanks, angst

Posted 11/25/2013 in National

When life gives you Hanukkah on Thanksgiving, make a menurkey. Or a turkel.

Report due on Sandy Hook shooting investigation

Posted 11/25/2013 in National

Investigators are planning to release a long-awaited report on the Newtown school shooting, nearly a year after the massacre of 20 children and six women inside Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Easing of Iran sanctions could start in Dec.

Posted 11/25/2013 in National

Sanctions against Iran could be eased as soon as December, France's foreign minister said Monday, after a potentially history-shaping deal that gives Tehran six months to increase access to its nuclear sites in exchange for keeping the central elements of its uranium program.

Obama, Cyrus among GQ's least influential celebrities list

Posted 11/25/2013 in National

Ex-leprosy patients return to island colony

Posted 11/25/2013 in National

Kang Sun Bong once considered this tiny island a "hell on earth," a place where hospital workers beat the leprosy patients exiled here and forced them into harsh labor, sterilizations and abortions.

FCC chairman says he opposes in-flight calls

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

A day after setting off an uproar among travelers opposed to the idea of in-flight phone calls, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Chairman backtracked, saying he personally isn't in favor of calls on planes.

JFK's assassination overshadowed deadly Ohio nursing home fire

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

While an anguished nation slept in the hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, flames tore through a nursing home in rural northern Ohio, killing 63 people in what remains one of the worst such fires in U.S. history.

When presidents die, power transfer can be fraught

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

As President John F. Kennedy lay dying 50 years ago at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Vice President Lyndon Johnson was hurried into a small room in Minor Medicine, where he stood silently against a wall. After a wait of some 35 minutes, presidential aide Kenneth O'Donnell entered and approached Johnson, who had been two cars behind Kennedy when the shots were fired in Dealey Plaza. "He's gone," O'Donnell told him.

Rick Santorum steps out in new role as movie mogul

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

Rick Santorum was glad-handing a friendly crowd at a cocktail reception the other night, seeking support just as he did for many grueling months on the 2012 campaign trail for the Republican presidential nomination. But this time he wasn't looking to get on a ticket : well, not yet, anyway : but rather, to sell tickets. Movie tickets.

To GOP, all roads lead to 'Obamacare'

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

All roads lead to "Obamacare" for Republicans. So much so that they acted like they had barely hit a small speed bump when Democrats voted unilaterally on Thursday to weaken century-old Senate filibuster rules and make it harder for the GOP to block confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominees.

Hard bargains in Geneva on Iran nuclear deal

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and five foreign ministers launched an intensive diplomatic push Saturday to close a deal curbing Tehran's nuclear program while cautioning that significant obstacles remained on the fourth day of marathon talks.

Philippine death toll rises above 5,000

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

The death toll from one of the strongest typhoons on record has risen above 5,000 and is likely to climb further, although recovery efforts are beginning to take hold, Philippine officials said Friday.

Doctor who helped CIA charged with murder

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been charged with murder over a 2006 surgery he performed, his lawyer said Friday, raising new doubts whether the physician will regain his freedom.

852 Thai children set human Christmas tree record

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

Christmas is not a holiday in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, and its palm trees outnumber pines, but the country still set a world record with its holiday spirit.

Gun group considered leaving Newtown

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

The gun industry's national trade association and lobbying organization considered moving its offices from Newtown after last year's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the president and CEO of the National Shooting Sports Foundation said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press.

Guilty plea in bird deaths at wind farms a first

Posted 11/23/2013 in National

A major U.S. power company has pleaded guilty to killing eagles and other birds at two Wyoming wind farms and agreed to pay $1 million as part of the first enforcement of environmental laws protecting birds against wind energy facilities.

C. African Republic: Kony wants to surrender

Posted 11/22/2013 in National

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