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Probe: HealthCare.gov website must boost security 09/16/2014 08:34pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- HealthCare.gov, the health insurance website serving more than 5 million Americans, has significant security flaws that put users' personal information at risk, nonpartisan congressional investigators have concluded.The Government Accountab Ex-police chief gets 10 years in kidnap-kill case 09/16/2014 08:20pm • LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- The former police chief at a Massachusetts veterans hospital was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum 10 years in prison in a kidnap-murder case that resulted from the prosecution of a cannibalism case against a New York City police officer.U.S. Distric Kim Dotcom's party poised to win New Zealand seats 09/16/2014 07:00pm • NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- At a recent political rally in Wellington, indicted Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom jokingly asked members of New Zealand's spy agency to raise their hands."Please don't worry," he said, to rising laughter and applause. "Even though we are Skin shocks used at Mass. school draw FDA look 09/16/2014 07:00pm • JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press CANTON, Mass. (AP) -- Some cut themselves. Others slam their heads against walls or desks -- so hard that one girl detached both retinas and a young man triggered a stroke. Another pulled out all his teeth.Self-injury is one of the most difficult behaviors associate Al-Qaida's heirs thrive in Mideast, Africa chaos 09/16/2014 06:16pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Osama bin Laden is dead and al-Qaida dispersed, yet the horrors keep coming.Western hostages beheaded on camera. School girls abducted by gunmen in the night. Families fleeing their homes in fear they might be killed because of their religion. The news Why workspaces are shrinking, and why that's a good thing 09/16/2014 05:46pm • Say bye bye to the corner office. Say hello to the shrinking cubicle. That’s what folks at the D.C. office of an architectural firm told me as I reported on workplace wellness. I was trying to find examples of wellness ideas that had a clear impact on the culture of health in a company for a c Venture capital chief on net neutrality 09/16/2014 04:31pm • Tech startups will be put at a disadvantage if broadband Internet providers are allowed to take payment for favoring traffic from some content companies over others, the venture industry's top trade group argued in a letter to the FCC. The idea of "paid prioritization," often likened to the creatio Video of lawmaker tirade resurfaces in House race 09/16/2014 02:59pm • SARA BURNETT Associated Press DUQUOIN, Ill. (AP) -- A red-faced Mike Bost showed little restraint when he took to the floor of the Illinois House in 2012 and unleashed a furious rant about the way Democrats run the state, complete with hollering, paper-throwing, fist-waving and an oddly placed refer One man trying to bring Broadway into 21st century 09/16/2014 01:56pm • MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- When John Travolta shocked theater fans by mangling the pronunciation of Idina Menzel's name at the Oscars, one person saw a gift in the slip -- Damian Bazadona.Bazadona, the president and founder of the advertising and marketing firm Situation Interacti Street gangs tone down use of colors, tattoos 09/16/2014 01:28pm • DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Nearly gone are the gang days of the 1980s and '90s, when the Bloods wore head-to-toe red, the Crips wore blue and Latin Kings wore black and gold.Gangs from coast to coast have toned down their use of colors and are even removing or altering tat Gamers use police hoax to lash out at opponents 09/16/2014 12:24pm • SADIE GURMAN Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- The calls to 911 raised an instant alarm: One caller said he shot his co-workers at a Colorado video game company and had hostages. Another in Florida said her father was drunk, wielding a machine gun and threatening their family.A third caller on New Yor Woods says strength is back, but not swing 09/16/2014 11:00am • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer WINDEMERE, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods is too busy in the gym to find a new swing coach, or even swing a golf club.Woods said Monday his strength has returned from "busting my butt in the gym pretty hard" and he is on schedule to resume competition in December. But he still France's Orange offers $4.4B for Spain's Jazztel 09/16/2014 06:00am • MADRID (AP) -- France's Orange has offered 3.4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) to buy the operations of Spanish telecommunications company Jazztel.Jazztel PLC says in a statement to Spanish securities regulators that Orange SA offered 13 euros ($16.80) in cash for each Jazztel share.Jazztel shares jump Contrast Need-Blind, Need-Based Aid Policies in U.S. College Search 09/16/2014 12:00am • The U.S is known for having some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the world. However, nothing good comes cheap. Top-quality colleges can cost as much as $50,000 per year, which may put a burden on your parents as they struggle to pay for your education. The good news for interna 10 Major Changes to College Admissions in 30 Years 09/16/2014 12:00am • The Evolution of College Admissions Choosing the right school and applying to college may seem like a complicated process, but it's easier today than it was before U.S. News & World Report released the first Best Colleges rankings in 1983. Today, students can use the college rankings and Google