Colorado Obamacare Enrollment Even Worse Than Worst Case Projections, Anti-Smoking Groups Oppose Obamacare Tobacco Penalty, Texas Man Still in Prison Despite Having Conviction Overturned in 1980: P.M. Links
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Helga Weber/Foter.com Enrollment through Colorado's insurance exchange is barely half the projected worst case scenario, which officials say will make it difficult for the state "to deliver on promises made to Colorado citizens" and jeopardize the program's revenue stream. The American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society, both supporters of the Affordable Care Act, nevertheless oppose Obamacare's tobacco surcharge, arguing it will push smokers out of insurance policies and make it even more difficult for them to quit.
- National Security Advisor Susan Rice is in Afghanistan, where she is expected to meet with Hamid Karzai to discuss the post-2014 security pact between the two countries.
- The U.S. government reportedly turned a larger profit on student loans,$41.3 billion, than all but two companies worldwide, Exxon Mobil and Apple.
- State police in New York have acquired 32 SUVs so that troopers can more easily peer into cars to catch drivers who are texting.
- A Texas man has been in prison for more than 30 years despite having his conviction overturned and a new trial ordered in 1980.
- A couple in the Florida Keys were mistakenly shipped 11 pounds of marijuana to a rental property in Louisiana. They turned the marijuana in to local police in Florida, who say the couple could've been arrested had cops discovered the marijuana while the couple was unknowingly driving it back to Florida.
- Microsoft acknowledged a "very small number" of customers purchased Xbox Ones with serious disc reading issues. No blue screens reported.
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