Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

This undated photo provided by Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., shows its co-founders David and Barbara Green who are asking a federal appeals court in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2013, for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that…

Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

Customers are seen at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A challenge to the federal health care law faces its most prominent test yet in a full 10th Circuit hearing in Denver on Thursday. Hobby Lobby stores is challenging a federal mandate requiring it to offer employe…

AAA: 31.2M drivers to take Memorial Day road trip

It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways.

One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

The body of Buster, Wayne Osmus' pit-chow mix, lies under a pile of rubble near his Moore, Okla., home on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The dog died when he was caught out in Monday's EF5 tornado that flattened much of the Oklahoma City suburb. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

Wayne Osmus holds up an ivory-handled knife that he salvaged from the wrecked of his home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Osmus' family was forced to hide in a closet Monday when winds prevented them from taking refuge in an underground shelter. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

MOORE, Okla. | Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing — and it was trying desperately to get in.

One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

Colleen Perdue stands at the door of a closet in her devastated home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. She and her husband were cowering on the floor under a blanket Monday when an EF5 tornado ripped apart their home and much of their town. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

Kevin Metz shows holds up a stopped clock he found in the rubble of his father's home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Monday's EF5 tornado destroyed Wayne Osmus' home and much of the Oklahoma City suburb. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

A brick mailbox lies flattened in front of what used to be Dan and Rebecca Garland's home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Nearly a dozen neighbors and relatives took refuge in the family's storm shelter during Monday's deadly EF5 tornado. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

AAA: 31.2M drivers to take Memorial Day road trip

FILE - In this May 28, 2010 file photo, the rush hour commute starts in early afternoon and with greater intensity as traffic is jammed in both directions on Interstate 405 on the Westside of Los Angeles as commuters and Memorial Day vacationers hit the road. It’s going to be another busy Me…

AAA: 31.2M drivers to take Memorial Day road trip

FILE - In a Friday, May 25, 2012 file photo, holiday travelers gather at the ticket counter at Portland International Airport, in Portland, Ore. AAA estimates that another 2.3 million travelers will fly for the 2013 Memorial Day holiday, down 8 percent from last year. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

REDMOND, Wash. | Microsoft thinks it has the one.

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash.I t's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered…

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash. It's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered…

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash. It's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered…

Face-chewing victim recovering, strumming guitar

Dr. Urmen Desai, right and Dr. Wrood M. Kassira, both plastic surgeons, are shown during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The the photos on the left are of Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami. The attack left …

Face-chewing victim recovering, strumming guitar

Doctor Urmen Desai, left, talks to reporters as Dr. Wrood M. Kassira, center, and Dr. Renaud Saint-Vil, right, look on during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The doctors gave an an update on the progress of Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a…

Face-chewing victim recovering, strumming guitar

Dr. Urmen Desai, left, talks to reporters as Dr. Wrood M. Kassira, both plastic surgeons, looks on during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The doctors gave an update on the progress of Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last ye…

Face-chewing victim recovering, strumming guitar

MIAMI | A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making jokes and thanking people for their donations to help pay for his care.