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• Insurers allow more time to pay under health law
• With strong job market, Fed will reduce bond purchases
• Ousted Egypt president to be tried for conspiracy
• APNewsBreak: Insurers extend premium deadline
• India trims perks for U.S. staff in dispute over envoy's NYC arrest
• Information battle in Ukraine amid mass protests
• Ukraine PM vows stability after Moscow deal
• Christmas is more cultural than religious for many
• EU opens finance probe into Spanish aid to soccer
• Russia adopts amnesty likely to free Pussy Riot, help Greenpeace 30
• Obama selects gay athletes for Sochi delegation
• Mandela family feud resumes
• Russian amnesty bill to include Greenpeace crew
• Bipartisan budget agreement nears final passage
• Mandela grandson reportedly locked out; no comment
• AP-GfK poll: Obama int'l ratings top domestic ones
• Army defections as South Sudan violence spreads
• Two winners in $636M Mega Millions drawing
• Survey: Teens using synthetic drugs less often
• At least 1 winner in $636M Mega Millions drawing
• Numbers drawn for $636M Mega Millions jackpot
• Gunman kills himself, 1 other at Reno hospital
• Obama selects gay athletes for Sochi delegation
• 400-500 reported dead in South Sudan clashes: UN official
• Blind man, guide dog struck by NYC subway

Insurers allow more time to pay under health law Posted: 18 Dec 2013 12:34 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers anxious over tight insurance deadlines and lingering computer problems during the holidays will get extra time to pay their premiums under President Barack Obama's health care law, insurers announced Wednesday.

With strong job market, Fed will reduce bond purchases Posted: 18 Dec 2013 11:26 AM PST The central bank suggests its key interest rate would stay lower for longer than promised.

Ousted Egypt president to be tried for conspiracy Posted: 18 Dec 2013 10:14 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's top prosecutor referred Wednesday toppled Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to trial for conspiring with the Palestinian group Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and others to carry out a campaign of violence to destabilize the country following his ouster.

APNewsBreak: Insurers extend premium deadline Posted: 18 Dec 2013 10:11 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers worried that tight deadlines around the holidays and lingering computer problems could thwart their efforts to secure coverage under President Barack Obama's health overhaul will get extra time to pay, the health insurance industry said Wednesday.

India trims perks for U.S. staff in dispute over envoy's NYC arrest Posted: 18 Dec 2013 09:14 AM PST By Shyamantha Asokan and Frank Jack Daniel NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India took retaliatory measures against the United States on Wednesday in a dispute over an Indian diplomat who complained of being stripped and forced to undergo "cavity searches" while in U.S. detention. The measures included a revision of work conditions of Indians employed at U.S. consulates and a freeze on the import of duty-free alcohol. Devyani Khobragade, a deputy consul general at the Indian Consulate in New York, was arrested on December 12 on charges of visa fraud and underpaying her housekeeper, an Indian national. India has responded furiously to what it considers the degrading treatment of a senior diplomat by the United States, a country it sees as a close friend.

Information battle in Ukraine amid mass protests Posted: 18 Dec 2013 09:14 AM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Since the mass anti-government protests started in Ukraine about a month ago, authorities and the opposition have waged an information battle. Both sides have an interest in demonizing each other, and the opposition is also eager to keep up the protest spirit.

Ukraine PM vows stability after Moscow deal Posted: 18 Dec 2013 07:56 AM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's leadership on Wednesday praised a Russia-financed bailout as a guarantee of financial stability, while opposition activists and critics claimed the deal will deepen the country's economic troubles and increase dependence on Moscow.

Christmas is more cultural than religious for many Posted: 18 Dec 2013 07:28 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — For a significant number of Americans, Christmas has largely lost its religious meaning, becoming an occasion focused instead on visiting family and friends and exchanging gifts, according to a new survey released Wednesday.

EU opens finance probe into Spanish aid to soccer Posted: 18 Dec 2013 07:27 AM PST BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced a probe Wednesday targeting Real Madrid, Barcelona and five other top Spanish soccer clubs that it says may have received possible illegal state aid.

Russia adopts amnesty likely to free Pussy Riot, help Greenpeace 30 Posted: 18 Dec 2013 05:02 AM PST Russia's parliament on Wednesday approved an amnesty which lawyers said would free two jailed members of punk band Pussy Riot and enable 30 people arrested in a Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling avoid trial. The lower house of parliament passed the amnesty, which President Vladimir Putin proposed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the passage of Russia's post-Soviet constitution. Lawyers said the amnesty, which could enter into force this week, would lead to the early release of Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, whose two-year sentences over an anti-Putin protest in a cathedral have been criticized in the West as excessive.

Obama selects gay athletes for Sochi delegation Posted: 18 Dec 2013 05:01 AM PST The president sent Russia a clear message about its treatment of gays and lesbians.

Mandela family feud resumes Posted: 18 Dec 2013 03:41 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An ongoing feud between some of the Mandela family members which has made headlines in the past year has taken another turn with a report that Mandla Mandela was locked out of the family's homestead in the village of Qunu by relatives four days before his grandfather, Nelson Mandela, was buried there.

Russian amnesty bill to include Greenpeace crew Posted: 18 Dec 2013 03:41 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's parliament on Wednesday amended an amnesty bill to include the 30-member crew of a Greenpeace ship detained after a protest at a floating oil rig in the Arctic, meaning that charges against the activists are likely to be dropped and they would ultimately be freed.

Bipartisan budget agreement nears final passage Posted: 18 Dec 2013 02:37 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A modest, bipartisan budget pact designed to keep Washington from lurching from fiscal crisis to fiscal crisis and ease the harshest effects of automatic budget cuts is on the brink of passing the Senate.

Mandela grandson reportedly locked out; no comment Posted: 18 Dec 2013 01:20 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Mandla Mandela, grandson of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, won't comment on a report that he was locked out of the family's homestead in the village of Qunu by relatives four days before his grandfather was buried there.

AP-GfK poll: Obama int'l ratings top domestic ones Posted: 18 Dec 2013 01:05 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's approval ratings for handling foreign policy issues generally top his ratings for most domestic issues, including the economy and health care, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. But the poll also suggests a majority of Americans want the president to pull troops out of Afghanistan faster than he's doing, and many are skeptical about a tentative nuclear deal with Iran.

Army defections as South Sudan violence spreads Posted: 18 Dec 2013 12:44 AM PST KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A South Sudanese army official says clashes among military factions have spread to the rural state of Jonglei in escalating violence that the government blames on forces loyal to a former deputy president.

Two winners in $636M Mega Millions drawing Posted: 17 Dec 2013 11:40 PM PST Lottery officials say the winning tickets were sold in California and Georgia.

Survey: Teens using synthetic drugs less often Posted: 17 Dec 2013 11:40 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer teens are trying fake marijuana known by such names as K2 and Spice, apparently getting the message that these cheap new drugs are highly dangerous, according to the government's annual survey on drug use.

At least 1 winner in $636M Mega Millions drawing Posted: 17 Dec 2013 10:25 PM PST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — At least one winning ticket was sold in California for Tuesday night's $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, which was the second largest in U.S. lottery history.

Numbers drawn for $636M Mega Millions jackpot Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:21 PM PST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The numbers have been drawn for the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot.

Gunman kills himself, 1 other at Reno hospital Posted: 17 Dec 2013 06:20 PM PST RENO, Nev. (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a hospital campus in Reno on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding two others before turning the weapon on himself.

Obama selects gay athletes for Sochi delegation Posted: 17 Dec 2013 03:48 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama named openly gay athletes to the delegation that will represent the U.S. next year at opening and closing ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, sending a clear signal to Russia about its treatment of gays and lesbians.

400-500 reported dead in South Sudan clashes: UN official Posted: 17 Dec 2013 03:48 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (United States) (AFP) - Between 400 and 500 bodies have reportedly been taken to hospitals in South Sudan's capital after clashes between rival army factions, a UN official told the UN Security Council on Tuesday. UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous added that another 800 people have been wounded in battles between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and an opposition leader, according to diplomats in the closed council consultations on the new crisis in Africa. Juba remains "extremely tense" and it appeared the clashes were being carried out between ethnic groups, Ladsous told the 15-member council. Salva Kiir has accused troops loyal to former vice president Riek Machar of staging a coup attempt in the impoverished nation.

Blind man, guide dog struck by NYC subway Posted: 17 Dec 2013 03:02 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — A blind man and his guide dog were struck by a subway train in Manhattan on Tuesday after the man lost consciousness and they tumbled on to the tracks, but both escaped without serious injury.

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