June 18, 2013
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar - but it also may cause some confusion as patients figure out the new system....
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its customers in the name of national security....
- BERLIN (AP) -- President Barack Obama is opening a 24-hour visit to Germany, the culmination of which will be a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate....
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two officials say that Secretary of State John Kerry has chosen Russ Feingold, a former Democratic senator from Wisconsin, as the new U.S. special envoy for Africa Great Lakes region....
- NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- In an accelerated election for a new U.S. senator from New Jersey, the Democratic field is Cory Booker vs. everyone else....
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she is supporting a super political action committee encouraging Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016....
June 17, 2013
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause....
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- An outside group supporting President Barack Obama's agenda plans to air a series of ads this summer promoting Obama's health care overhaul....
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the market, can sometimes be illegal and therefore can be challenged in court, the Supreme Court said Monday....
- ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared peace in Northern Ireland a "blueprint" for those living amid conflict around the world, while acknowledging that the calm between Catholics and Protestants will face further tests. Summoning young people to take responsibility for their country's future, Obama warned there is "more to lose now than there's ever been."...
