Family Life Wire
Red states like Utah get health care nod from Obama on insurance markets
Injecting a rare shot of bipartisanship in the nation's contentious health care overhaul, the Obama administration Thursday cleared four Republican-led states to build their own consumer-friendly... Read more »
Miss Utah puts medical school on hold, heads to Miss America to promote STEM
Just days before leaving to compete for the title of Miss America, Miss Utah Kara Arnold was talking to a reporter by phone outside a Nordstrom. Read more »
Vanderbilt beats turnover-prone N.C. State in Music City Bowl
A season that started with so much promise for N.C. State ended badly on Monday in the Music City Bowl. Read more »
Money from Sandy relief concert being put to work
Some of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll were on the bill for the nationally televised "12-12-12" concert benefiting victims of Superstorm Sandy, but the charity in charge of distributing... Read more »
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suffers new complications in cancer fight
President Hugo Chavez's new complications after cancer surgery prompted his closest allies to call for Venezuelans to pray for him on Monday, presenting an increasingly bleak outlook and prompting... Read more »
'The Hobbit' stays atop box office for third week
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" continues to rule them all at the box office, staying on top for a third-straight week and capping a record-setting $10.8 billion year in moviegoing. Read more »
Kanye West, Kim Kardashian expecting 1st child
A kid for Kimye: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are expecting their first child. Read more »
Former Aggie head coach, Ute assistant Larry Eustachy overcoming addiction, marks 10th year since last drink (+video)
Sometimes, Larry Eustachy isn't in the mood to trudge through his alcohol-filled past. Read more »
Budget struggle raising anxiety for health care
Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Read more »
President Vladimir Putin signs anti-US adoptions bill
President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, abruptly terminating the prospects for more than 50 youngsters preparing to join new families and... Read more »
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will sign anti-US adoptions bill
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign a controversial bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, while the Kremlin's children's rights advocate recommended... Read more »
NBC seizes ratings lead with football and 'Voice'
Powered by football and "The Voice," NBC took the lead in the ratings last week. Read more »
Supreme Court refuses to halt morning-after pill rule
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employers to provide employee insurance coverage that includes emergency... Read more »
Ticket rush: Film fans hand Hollywood record cash
The big deal for Hollywood is not the record $10.8 billion that studios took in domestically in 2012. It's the fact that the number of tickets sold went up for the first time in three years. Read more »
Nasty storms blamed 1 death, make travel tough
Freezing rain and sleet made for a sloppy Christmas trek in parts of the nation's midsection, while residents along the Gulf Coast braced for thunderstorms, high winds and tornadoes that were doing... Read more »
Charles Durning, king of character actors, dies in NYC
Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge. Read more »
Pope stresses family values, emphasizes opposition to gay marriage
The pope pressed his opposition to gay marriage Friday, denouncing what he described as people manipulating their God-given identities to suit their sexual choices — and destroying the very... Read more »
Miss USA Olivia Culpo is crowned Miss Universe
An American university student is the new Miss Universe, defeating dozens of contestants from six continents to bring the crown back to the U.S. after a drought of more than a decade. Read more »
'Hobbit' bests 'Rings' with $84.8 million opening
Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" led the box office with a haul of $84.8 million, a record-setting opening better than the three previous "Lord of the Rings" films. Read more »
Health care deadline: Time for states to decide on health care exchanges
Nineteen states have turned down the Obama administration's invitation to run the new health insurance markets that will begin serving millions of uninsured Americans less than a year from now.... Read more »
Utah decides to stick with its own health exchange
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced Friday that his state will stick with its own existing health insurance exchange rather than let the federal government run one for them. Read more »
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso mentored a Beatle, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first... Read more »
Government investigating whether apps are invading children's privacy
The government is investigating whether software companies that make cellphone apps have violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from phones and sharing... Read more »
Surprise: New insurance fee in health overhaul law
Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Read more »
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