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• NASA simulation shows a year in the life of Earth’s CO2
• Stephen Colbert to host Kennedy Center Honors
• Texas DuPont workers died from accidental asphyxiation: coroner
• Don Lemon to Cosby accuser: 'You know, there are ways not to perform oral sex'
• Frustrated Senators have questions about Obama’s Islamic State strategy
• Obama to announce immigration order on Friday: CNBC
• Bodies believed of Miss Honduras, sister found
• Celeb-filled, stirring ad confronts world leaders' slow response to Ebola crisis in West Africa
• Ferguson, Missouri, remains on edge ahead of grand jury report
• New York health officials test person's remains for Ebola
• Heritage Action CEO says 'all of Obamacare needs to be repealed'
• A third of Fortune 500 companies now cover transgender health care
• Missouri executes Leon Taylor for 1994 killing
• Missouri executes man who killed gas station attendant
• Same-sex marriage now allowed in most populous Kansas county
• Senate blocks NSA phone records measure
• Source: Obama to ease immigration rules on millions of undocumented
• All 50 U.S. states feeling freezing temperatures
• Keystone XL pipeline bill dies in Senate
• Senate Democrats reject bill to build oil pipeline

NASA simulation shows a year in the life of Earth’s CO2 Posted: 19 Nov 2014 12:53 PM PST NASA scientists created an ultra-high-resolution computer model that gives staggering views of how carbon dioxide swirls around Mother Earth — and the heavy toll it takes on her.

Stephen Colbert to host Kennedy Center Honors Posted: 19 Nov 2014 10:27 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts says Stephen Colbert will host this year's Kennedy Center Honors, bringing a new touch to the annual awards show.

Texas DuPont workers died from accidental asphyxiation: coroner Posted: 19 Nov 2014 08:52 AM PST HOUSTON (Reuters) - Four workers who died on Saturday at a DuPont and Co plant in Texas were accidentally asphyxiated by chemicals, the coroner's office said on Wednesday, another finding that suggests the victims were not wearing full safety equipment. The workers were overcome by methyl mercaptan, a chemical used to give natural gas its rotten-egg smell and for making insecticides and plastics. A DuPont spokesman declined to say if the victims were caught by surprise by the chemical or sent to repair a leak in a unit that officials have described as an enclosed, five-story structure. ...

Don Lemon to Cosby accuser: 'You know, there are ways not to perform oral sex' Posted: 19 Nov 2014 08:21 AM PST The CNN host engaged in awkward exchange with one of the women accusing the comedian of rape.

Frustrated Senators have questions about Obama’s Islamic State strategy Posted: 19 Nov 2014 08:05 AM PST Lack of direction from the White House has frustrated Democrats and Republicans alike.

Obama to announce immigration order on Friday: CNBC Posted: 19 Nov 2014 07:31 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to unveil his immigration executive order on Friday in Las Vegas, according to a media report on Wednesday. CNBC, citing sources, said Obama would make the announcement during the trip. The television network gave no other details. (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Bill Trott)

Bodies believed of Miss Honduras, sister found Posted: 19 Nov 2014 06:10 AM PST Two bodies have been found buried near the spa where they disappeared six days ago.

Celeb-filled, stirring ad confronts world leaders' slow response to Ebola crisis in West Africa Posted: 19 Nov 2014 04:29 AM PST A new PSA featuring some of today's brightest stars does not feature their acting abilities — it just shows them sitting still.

Ferguson, Missouri, remains on edge ahead of grand jury report Posted: 19 Nov 2014 04:13 AM PST By Scott Malone FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - A St. Louis suburb that faced weeks of sometimes violent protests following August's fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman remained on edge on Wednesday as it waited to learn if the officer would face charges. A grand jury has been meeting for nearly three months, considering whether to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson for the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, an incident that laid bare long-simmering racial tensions in the mostly black city. ...

New York health officials test person's remains for Ebola Posted: 19 Nov 2014 03:08 AM PST (Reuters) - New York City health officials said they will test the remains of a person who died of an apparent heart attack on Tuesday for Ebola as the person had recently come to the United States from West Africa. The person, who was not identified, had been in one of the countries hardest hit by the outbreak just 18 days earlier, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said in a statement. "Before death, this individual showed no symptoms of Ebola. ...

Heritage Action CEO says 'all of Obamacare needs to be repealed' Posted: 19 Nov 2014 02:53 AM PST A year after relations with GOP congressional leadership hit a low point, Yahoo News talks with the group's CEO about how it will navigate the new Republican majority.

A third of Fortune 500 companies now cover transgender health care Posted: 19 Nov 2014 12:11 AM PST The number of Fortune 500 companies willing to pay for sex reassignment surgeries has gone from zero in 2002 to 169 this year, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign.

Missouri executes Leon Taylor for 1994 killing Posted: 18 Nov 2014 11:23 PM PST BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A man who killed a suburban Kansas City gas station attendant in front of the worker's young stepdaughter in 1994 was put to death early Wednesday — the ninth execution in Missouri this year.

Missouri executes man who killed gas station attendant Posted: 18 Nov 2014 11:07 PM PST (Reuters) - Missouri executed early on Wednesday a Kansas City man convicted of killing a gas station attendant in front of the attendant's stepdaughter during a robbery 20 years ago. Leon Taylor, 56, was pronounced dead at 1:22 a.m. ET Wednesday at a Missouri state prison following a lethal injection, said Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Mike O'Connell. Taylor was the ninth inmate executed in Missouri in 2014 and the 33rd person executed in the United States this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. ...

Same-sex marriage now allowed in most populous Kansas county Posted: 18 Nov 2014 07:35 PM PST KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) - The Kansas Supreme Court said on Tuesday the state's most populous county could issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and left it to the federal courts to determine whether a Kansas ban on gay marriage violates the U.S. Constitution. The court did not address whether same-sex marriage should be allowed in all Kansas counties following a federal judge's ruling on Nov. 4 that clerks in Sedgwick and Douglas counties must issue marriage licenses to gay couples. ...

Senate blocks NSA phone records measure Posted: 18 Nov 2014 06:31 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday blocked a bill to end bulk collection of American phone records by the National Security Agency, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama's primary proposal to rein in domestic surveillance.

Source: Obama to ease immigration rules on millions of undocumented Posted: 18 Nov 2014 06:15 PM PST By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is poised to give relief from deportation to millions of undocumented immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens or of permanent legal residents, according to a source familiar with White House deliberations. Obama has promised to lay out the details of an executive order on immigration. The action could come as early as this week. The source, who asked not to be identified, said some details were not yet available on which parents of citizens or permanent residents would be included. ...

All 50 U.S. states feeling freezing temperatures Posted: 18 Nov 2014 05:12 PM PST By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Temperatures in all 50 U.S. states dipped to freezing or below on Tuesday as an unseasonably cold blast of weather moved across the country, while heavy snow prompted a state of emergency in western New York. In the U.S. South, states were bracing for a record chill from the Arctic-born cold that swept the Rocky Mountains last week. Every U.S. state, including Hawaii, was bitten by temperatures at the freezing point of 32 degrees F (0 C) or below, the National Weather Service said. ...

Keystone XL pipeline bill dies in Senate Posted: 18 Nov 2014 04:23 PM PST By Timothy Gardner and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline failed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, sparing President Barack Obama from having to veto legislation that several fellow Democrats supported. The measure fell just short of the 60 votes needed for passage, despite frantic last-minute lobbying by supporters, including Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana who faces a runoff election on Dec. 6. She has staked her hopes of winning on the Keystone gambit. ...

Senate Democrats reject bill to build oil pipeline Posted: 18 Nov 2014 03:50 PM PST The Democrat-controlled Senate has defeated a bill to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

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