New health chief revamps HealthCare.gov
WASHINGTON — Moving to prevent more insurance chaos this fall, the nation’s new health care chief on Friday revamped the management of HealthCare.gov.Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell...
View ArticleExperts: Mystery fireball was Russian satellite
CHEYENNE, Wyo.— People from New Mexico to Montana saw the bright object break apart as it moved slowly northward across the night sky. Witnesses described it as three "rocks" with glowing red and...
View ArticleOne town has its hand in 1000s of pumpkin pies
MORTON, Ill. — Every year between August and early November, Steve Beuttel eats a lot of pumpkin pie.“I try to make it every day, and I’m usually pretty good at it” — it being what he calls quality...
View ArticleNBA to release 'last 2 minutes' reports on crunch-time calls
NEW YORK — The NBA will begin revealing whether it determined referees’ crunch-time calls to be right or wrong.Starting Monday and continuing throughout the playoffs, the league will release...
View ArticleDaughters of Republic of Texas watching over Alamo
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas have been fiercely defending the Alamo since 1905, when plans were being made in San Antonio to tear it down.They won that battle.Now, with alternating degrees of...
View ArticleGoogle announces expansion at Okla. data center
OKLAHOMA CITY — Google plans to double its server capacity in Oklahoma and add 50 new jobs when it builds a new facility in the state, company officials announced Wednesday.The new facility will be...
View ArticleQuick Opinion: Wildlife in Lubbock neighborhoods can be dangerous to pets.
Lubbock has more wildlife within the city limits than many people would expect. There are foxes, skunks, opossums , raccoons and even coyotes, said Daniel Andrews, operations manager of the South...
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