Tuition freeze proposed for University of California undergrads
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – The new president of the University of California proposed freezing the cost of undergraduate tuition for another year to allow for an overhaul of how to pay for higher education in the state.
U.S. says over 106,000 sign up for Obamacare plans in October
(Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Wednesday that 106,185 people signed up for health coverage nationally under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law during October, the first month of its troubled roll-out.
First World Trade Center tower opened 12 years after 9/11
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The first office tower at Ground Zero since the September 11, 2001 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center opened on Wednesday, marking a comeback for the Lower Manhattan site.
Supreme Court weighs employer-union organizing deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant on Wednesday to undermine agreements unions make with private-sector employers when organizing workers.
Ex-Black Panther pleads not guilty in 1984 Cuba hijacking
MIAMI (Reuters) – A former member of the Black Panther Party who hijacked a U.S. plane and forced it to fly to Cuba nearly 30 years ago pleaded not guilty on in U.S. federal court on Wednesday to charges of air piracy.
Face of Obamacare site reveals herself, denounces “cyberbullying”
(Reuters) – The woman pilloried on social media and late night TV comedy shows after her image came to symbolize the flawed HealthCare.gov website is the mother of a 21-month-old son and has come forward to denounce “cyberbullying,” ABC News reported o…
Florida, Texas execute men convicted of murders
TALLAHASSEE, Fla./AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Florida and Texas executed convicted murderers on Tuesday, with Florida using a new drug in its lethal injection procedure that has been challenged in court by death-row inmates who say it would leave them in…
Navy to declare Boeing’s P-8A spy plane ready for use: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy is expected to announce on Wednesday that Boeing Co’s P-8A aircraft, a long-range maritime surveillance plane based on the company’s 737 airliner, is ready for initial operational use, sources familiar with the prog…
Homemade fire bomb goes off outside Oregon courthouse
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – A propane gas tank rigged up as a homemade bomb exploded in flames outside a courthouse before dawn on Wednesday in the southwestern Oregon town of Medford. No one was hurt and damage was minor, police said.
Los Angeles school board looks at laptops after troubled iPad rollout
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles school board, in the middle of a troubled $1 billion plan to equip each student with an iPad, has voted to try laptops at some high schools before deciding whether to give all its 650,000 pupils a tablet.
