Wednesday, October 30, 2013

2013/10/30 Headlines: White House Claims Unspecified Surveillance Reforms; Intel Chiefs Defend NSA Surveillance Before House Panel; Health Official Apologizes for Obamacare Site; GOP Takes Up Lost Insurance Plans; Israel Frees 26 Palestinian Prisoners, Announces New Settlements; Palestinian Negotiator: Israel Taking Most Hard-Line Stance in Decades; U.N. General Assembly Votes Overwhelmingly Against U.S. Embargo of Cuba; Survivors of U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan Tell Congress of Ordeal; Shootings in Texas, South Carolina Leave 11 Dead; Alabama Lifts Controversial Anti-Immigrant Law; New York Probes Major Retailers for Racial Profiling; Hundreds Protest Fatal Police Shooting of Boy With Replica Gun; East Coast Marks First Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy