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04/2/2014

Obamacare enrollment exceeds seven million target despite setback

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's national healthcare program signed up more than 7 million people by the end of March, the president said on Tuesday, notching a rare victory after a months-long, glitch-filled rollout of the law.

Melting snow may trigger flooding around Washington State mudslide site

DARRINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - Efforts to recover bodies from a Washington State mudslide that killed at least 28 people could be hampered in the weeks ahead if melted snow runs into a clogged river at the disaster site, officials said.

GM avoided defective switch redesign in 2005 to save a dollar each

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co in 2005 decided not to change an ignition switch eventually linked to the deaths of at least 13 people because it would have added about a dollar to the cost of each car, according to an internal GM document provided to U.S. congressional investigators.

Fate of New York restaurant's fragile Picasso heads to court

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The question of whether a fragile Picasso painting in New York City's Four Seasons restaurant will crumble if taken down to allow repairs to the wall it hangs on will go to a state court judge on Wednesday.

Ohio artist who created P&G's Mr. Clean character dies at 92

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Ohio artist who created Mr. Clean, the bald character in a white T-shirt featured in advertisements for Procter & Gamble cleaning products for more than 50 years, died this week, local media reports said. He was 92.

Hundreds expected at funeral for Boston firefighter killed in blaze

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters from across the United States are expected to pack into a Boston-area church on Wednesday for the funeral of one of two firefighters who died battling a blaze in a Boston apartment building last week.

California city weighs minimum wage of $12.30, among nation's highest

RICHMOND, California (Reuters) - A California city in the pricey San Francisco Bay Area postponed a vote on Tuesday to raise its minimum wage to $12.30, which if passed would be among the highest municipal "living wage" rates in the United States.

Scandal-tainted Washington mayor loses Democratic primary

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - District of Columbia city council member Muriel Bowser swept to victory over scandal-plagued Mayor Vincent Gray in the U.S. capital's crowded Democratic Party primary on Wednesday.

U.S. eyes lessons learned from Malaysia jet at Asia defense talks

HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Tuesday he expected to discuss lessons learned from the search for a missing Malaysian jetliner at talks with southeast Asian defense chiefs, but stopped short of criticizing Malaysia's coordination effort.

Officials evaluating whether tsunami warning will be issued for Hawaii

(Reuters) - A tsunami warning could be issued for Hawaii due to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck on Tuesday off the coast of Chile, U.S. officials said.