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This screen image shows the website for Maryland's online health care exchange. (State of Maryland via Associated Press)

Many states avoiding paying for glitchy health care sites

Glitches in the Obamacare rollout last year weren't limited to the federal government. A number of states whose health care exchanges were riddled with errors now are withholding or trying to claw back more than $100 million from the contractors they blame for the foul-ups.

April 15, 2014
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Senior House Democrat open to GOP Obamacare fix

Rep. Charlie Rangel, the influential New York Democrat who frequently defends Obamacare from the dais, said he is open to letting Americans shop for insurance across state lines — a key talking point for GOP lawmakers who want to repeal and replace the president's health care law with their own reforms.

April 15, 2014
Alex Sink delivers her concession speech, after being defeated by David Jolly for Florida's 13th Congressional District, at her watch party at the Hilton Carillon in St. Petersburg Tuesday evening (03/11/14). In background is Sink's daughter Lexi Crawford. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Dirk Shadd)

No Jolly-Sink rematch in Florida this year: report

Democrat Alex Sink of Florida has decided not to run for Congress this fall, meaning she will not attempt to avenge her special-election loss last month to Republican David Jolly, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

April 15, 2014
Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left) and Secretary of State John Kerry unveil the FIFA World Cup trophy, the actual trophy that will be awarded to the winner of this year’s World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil, during a ceremony at the State Department in Washington on April 14, 2014. (Associated Press)

VP Joe Biden to cheer on U.S. at the World Cup in Brazil

Vice President Joseph Biden will get a taste of "joga bonito" — the beautiful game — by traveling to Brazil this June to cheer on the U.S. national team in the World Cup, the White House said Monday.

April 14, 2014
In this March 12, 2014 photo, Reat Underwood, of Stillwell, Kan., performs a vocal audition for the 45th season of Theatre in the Park at Overland Park, Kan. Underwood along with his grandfather William Lewis Corporon were both killed by a gunman at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kan., on Sunday, April 13, 2014. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Susan Pfannmuller) LOCAL MEDIA OUT

Mother recounts loss of son in Kansas shootings

With remarkable poise, the mother of the 14-year-old boy killed alongside his grandfather near a Jewish community center in Kansas City's suburbs gave a heart-wrenching account Monday of her loss just 24 hours earlier.

April 14, 2014
**FILE** Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew pauses while speaking about the U.S. economy, next steps for financial reform, and the Treasury Department's international agenda, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Treasury Secretary Lew: U.S. ready to impose more sanctions on Russia

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Monday the United States and its allies are "fully prepared" to impose additional sanctions on Russia if it continues to whip up unrest in the eastern part of Ukraine, the new focal point of turmoil after Russian President Vladimir Putin moved quickly to annex the Crimea.

April 14, 2014
President Barack Obama listens as his nominee to become Human Services secretary, current Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 11, 2014, where the president announced he would nominate Burwell to replace Kathleen Sebelius. The moves come just over a week after sign-ups closed for the first year of insurance coverage under the so-called Obamacare law. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama picked budget chief for HHS to cook Obamacare numbers: GOP Rep.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn on Monday doubled down on her belief that President Obama nominated his budget chief to replace Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius so that the administration could doctor the figures when it comes to Obamacare's delicate economics.

April 14, 2014