Health Care Site Rushing to Make Fixes by Sunday  —  As the Obama administration's weekend deadline for a smoothly functioning online marketplace for health insurance arrives, more than a month of frantic repair work is paying off with fewer crashes and error messages and speedier loading of pages …

Elderly woman could be city's 10th ‘knockout game’ victim  —  Yvonne Small, 76, fell to the ground after being punched by her assailant on Alabama Ave. and Wortman Ave. in East New York about 11:35 a.m.  —  The New York City Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in identifying …

Save America: Restore the draft  —  At this time of Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for the U.S. military — not just for the usual reason that it protects us from our foes but also because it has the potential to save us from ourselves.  —  As I make my rounds each day in the capital …

Obama shops at D.C. bookstore  —  President Barack Obama is doing his part to support small businesses.  —  Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha dropped in Saturday at Washington's Politics and Prose bookstore and purchased what he said was a “long list” of books that included “The Kite Runner …

Seattle man who wore clothes with holes, clipped coupons leaves $188M to institutions  —  Jack MacDonald, who kept a meager lifestyle all his life, was never poor as he appeared but was in fact a secret millionaire.  MacDonald's astonishing donations from his will mark the largest philanthropic gift in Washington State this year.

Security  —  7 Beheaded bodies found in Tikrit  —  Tikrit (NINA) - Police in Salaheddin province found 7 beheaded bodies in Tikrit.  —  Police source told NINA that the bodies found in various parts of Qadisiya neighborhood, northern Tikrit; they are bearing bullet shots.

Women Get Into Black Friday Stun Gun Fight Inside the Mall  —  Black Friday shopping can be hazardous to your health.  —  One woman apparently used a stun gun on another after an all-out brawl inside of the Franklin Mills Mall in Northeast Philadelphia.  —  Mike Napolitano was in the mall …

Rooting for Failure  —  I just spent 15 minutes on my local health care exchange and realized that I could save a couple hundred dollars a month on my family's insurance.  Of course, I live in Washington State, which has a very competitive market, a superbly functioning website …

Airlines Urged by U.S. to Give Notice to China  —  WASHINGTON — On the same day that China scrambled fighter jets to enforce its newly declared air defense zone, the Obama administration decided to advise American commercial airlines to comply with China's demands to be notified in advance of flights through the area.

HHS Shares Tips for Consumers Visiting HealthCare.Gov  —  As we continue working around the clock to improve HealthCare.gov and the holiday shopping season kicks into gear, we wanted to share some consumer friendly tips for individuals looking for quality affordable health insurance.

‘US freed top Iranian scientist as part of secret talks ahead of Geneva deal’  —  Mojtaba Atarodi, arrested in California for attempting to acquire equipment for Iran's military-nuclear programs, was released in April as part of back channel talks, Times of Israel told.