Botched ACA Rollout Hammers Obama; Job Disapproval Reaches a Career High

Barack Obama has been hammered by the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act, with disapproval of his job performance reaching a career high, opposition to the new healthcare law up sharply and evidence of potential fallout in the midterm elections a year off.The president's job approval rating has fallen to 42 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, down 13 percentage points this year and 6 points in the past month to match the lowest of his presidency. Fifty-five percent disapprove, a record. And 70 percent say the country's headed seriously off on the wrong track - up 13 points since May to the most in two years.

Iran On The Hit List In Lebanon

Twin blasts strike near Iran's embassy in BeirutBEIRUT, Lebanon — Twin explosions went off next to the Iranian embassy in southern Beirut Tuesday, killing 23 people and wounding 147, Lebanon's state news agency reported.
Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam called the blasts "a terrorist crime which would aim to strike [at] stability and national unity,"

Meet the 23-Year-Old youngman Who Turned Down $3 Billion for Snapchat

Meet the 23-Year-Old Kid Who Turned Down $3 Billion for Snapchat
Instead of dancing into the sunset, Spiegel did the unthinkable, turning down a $3 billion offer from Facebook (FB) and then a $4 billion bid from Google (GOOG). A college dropout running a company with almost no assets, no revenue and a mountain of legal problems, Spiegel is betting Snapchat can transcend the stigma of the "next big thing" and become an industry unto its own.

Sheikh Rashid Know conspiracy behind Rawalpindi riots

 ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, a veteran politician from the garrison city of Rawalpindi where seven people were killed in sectarian clashes on Friday, has termed the incident as a conspiracy.

Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, the Sheikh of Lal Haveli, came heavily on the federal government and dubbed the tragic incident as its failure.

Exodus from hell: Residents flee typhoon-ravaged Tacloban , PHILIPPINES

Authorities have begun putting corpses into body bags after days lying exposed or under sheets and corrugated metal.
 PHILIPPINES — Slicing up a steaming pig, the Lloren family quickly attracted buyers in central Tacloban on a street wrecked by Typhoon Haiyan.

After a week of hell, with no cooked food nor any emergency relief, hungry residents gratefully seized the chance Thursday to buy their favorite lechon, whole roasted pig.