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Stocks lower...Financial concerns among private health insurance holders...China trade up 10/13/2014 07:40am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- International stock markets turned lower today, shrugging off robust Chinese trade figures as investors exited riskier assets after concerns resurfaced about the global economic outlook. Futures point to a lower opening on Wall Street today. Benchmark U.S. crude oil plunge Kim absence at major event raises health questions 10/10/2014 03:48pm • FOSTER KLUG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- For the first time in three years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un didn't appear at a celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party on Friday, further increasing speculation that something is amiss with the authori Rival Koreas trade fire over propaganda balloons 10/10/2014 01:28pm • KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North and South Korea traded machine-gun and rifle fire Friday after South Korean activists released anti-Pyongyang propaganda balloons across the border, officials said, a sudden reminder of the bitter rivals' animosity despite some recent N.Korean leader apparent no-show at major event 10/10/2014 04:20am • FOSTER KLUG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- For the first time in three years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wasn't on a list of dignitaries at a celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party. The apparent no-show will add to mounting speculation that some Step toward artificial hand with a sense of touch 10/09/2014 12:14am • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists are moving closer to an artificial hand that can feel: Implanted electrodes allowed some amputees to tell by touch how gently to grasp, letting them pluck fruit without crushing it.The two men told researchers at Case Western Reserve U A Financial Planning Guide for Singles 10/09/2014 12:00am • No single person is an island when it comes to financial planning. Those who have been single lifelong, as well as those who find themselves single in the middle of their lives due to divorce or the death of a spouse, have a unique array of financial complications and considerations, financial advi VA moves to ax 4 senior execs in scandal response 10/08/2014 03:56am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Veterans Affairs Department said it is firing four senior executives as officials move to crack down on wrongdoing following a nationwide scandal over long wait times for veterans seeking medical care, and falsified records covering up the delays. North Korea, at UN, mentions its labor camps 10/08/2014 03:22am • CARA ANNA Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A North Korean official publicly acknowledged to the international community the existence of his country's "reform through labor" camps Tuesday, a mention that appeared to come in response to a highly critical U.N. human rights report earlier this y Alaska's Begich battles midterm partisan undertow 10/06/2014 05:22pm • NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press KODIAK, Alaska (AP) -- For Democrats to maintain control of the Senate, they have to hope that the Senate race in Alaska is decided by issues that most voters elsewhere have never confronted, like genetically modified salmon or fishing quotas.One illustration of th No challenge expected on Missouri abortion law 10/06/2014 12:30am • DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A new Missouri law requiring a 72-hour abortion waiting period is set to take effect this week, and the state's only licensed abortion clinic isn't planning to try to stop it.Although Planned Parenthood officials have denounced the Missouri 2 Koreas meet for highest level talks in 5 years 10/05/2014 03:44am • HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's presumptive No. 2 and other members of Pyongyang's inner circle met with South Korean officials Saturday in the rivals' highest level face-to-face talks in five years, a possible indication that both sides are interested in purs Tough Texas abortion law may head to Supreme Court 10/04/2014 04:40pm • DAVID CRARY Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Abortion-rights lawyers are predicting "a showdown" at the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appellate judges allowed full implementation of a law that has closed more than 80 percent of Texas' abortion clinics.As of Friday, abortion services for ma North Korea's No. 2 visits South for rare talks 10/04/2014 11:34am • HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's presumptive No. 2 and other members of Pyongyang's inner circle met with South Korean officials Saturday in the rivals' highest level face-to-face talks in five years, a possible indication that both sides are interested in purs N. Korea No. 2 visits South for rare talks 10/04/2014 01:52am • HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's presumptive No. 2 led members of Pyongyang's inner circle in a rare trip Saturday to South Korea for the close of the Asian Games, with the rivals holding their highest level face-to-face talks in five years.After months of tens Palestinian university expels Israeli visitor 10/03/2014 05:58pm • MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- The expulsion of an Israeli journalist from an academic conference hosted by a top Palestinian university has unleashed a fierce debate about academic freedom in the West Bank.It is also shining a spotlight on the apparent radicalizatio