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Covered California may extend the enrollment deadline for health coverage far beyond Feb. 15.

California Health Exchange Considers Extending Enrollment For Some

Plenty of uninsured people will discover they owe a penalty as they file their taxes over the next two months, and will also learn they could be locked out of buying insurance to solve the problem.

An armored vehicle used by Boko Haram militants captured by the Nigerian military in Maiduguri, Borno state, late last month. The extremist group appears to be expanding its operations into neighboring countries in an effort to establish an independent Islamic state.

Boko Haram Ventures Out Of Nigeria, Hitting Village In Chad

The Islamist extremist group that has killed and kidnapped thousands in Nigeria is increasingly expanding its area of operation as it reportedly tries to establish an independent state.

Somali journalist Yusuf Ahmed Abukar used the radio to tell stories of the poor and suffering in Somalia — and to criticize militant groups and the government.

A Radio Journalist Who Put His Life On The Line

Yusuf Ahmed Abukar covered stories about Somalia's poor and displaced. He was critical of the government and of militants. Then one day he got a text message that said someone was coming for him.

If the Democrats do win Pennsylvania, it won't be because they had their convention in Philadelphia, which is already a mother lode of Democratic votes. And if the Republicans wind up winning Ohio, it won't be because they won over a lot of precincts in Cleveland, which is a similarly rich trove of Democratic support in elections at all levels.

Why Convention Sites Don't Make Very Good Swing State Strategy

The idea that convention cities are decided with an eye toward winning the host city's state is popular to the point of being irresistible. But it doesn't fare well against the facts.

Chirag Patel stands in his neighborhood in Madison, Ala., where his father, Sureshbhai Patel, was severely injured by police. Visiting from India, the elder Patel was staying with his son, his wife and child in their Madison home.

Alabama Police Officer Arrested Over Severe Injuries To Indian Man

Sureshbhai Patel, 57, was stopped last week as he walked in his son's new neighborhood. Patel remains hospitalized after surgery to fuse bones in his neck; his son says he now has limited mobility.

When A School Gets A Bad Report Card

North Carolina doesn't just give its students grades. Joining several other states, it now grades its schools, too, on the old A through F system.

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Cuomo looks to Massachusetts for plan to help failing schools

Education is one of the biggest issues being debated this year in Albany. Now, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed that New York state look at a Massachusetts…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claps as he reviews a mass military parade from a balcony in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 2012.

Let Us Review North Korea's Glorious New Slogans!

North Korea's official news agency released a list of more than 300 new propaganda slogans, commanding everything from more dutiful wives to more scientific cultivation of mushrooms.

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