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Lew, who earlier was budget director in both the Obama and Clinton administrations, has long been thought to be the leading candidate to replace Timothy Geithner.

First Lady Michelle Obama plans to visit Springfield, Mo. Thursday as part of her effort to promote healthy lifestyle choices for kids and reduce the risk…

Key parts of the Affordable Care Act go into effect tomorrow, with heath insurance exchanges opening for enrollment. Jay Hancock of Kaiser Health News returns to answer your questions.

CNN and NBC report the U.S. has charged the leader of a Libyan militia. The charges — the first in connection with the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks — were filed under seal in a New York court.

Metamed offers personalized research to people with difficult medical conditions. Critics call it health care for the 1 percent, but the company says it hopes to eventually help millions.

Matt Bissonnette, the former Navy SEAL who wrote No Easy Day, reportedly plans to give part of his proceeds from the book to the Navy SEAL Foundation, a non-profit that aids Naval Special Warfare personnel and their families. But the group says it won't accept any money from the book's sales.

The "Giving What We Can" campaign urges members to donate 10 percent of their incomes to effective charities. Over many years, the group's calculators suggest, such giving could improve far more lives than you might imagine.

The crisis in Ukraine and Russia's struggling economy have led many investors to pull their money out of Russia. So Standard & Poor's moved Friday to downgrade the nation's rating.

The country's energy minister said 780 people were working in the coal mine at the time of the accident.

There's more evidence that the housing sector has come out of its deep slump. The day's other key economic indicator: The number of people who applied for unemployment insurance barely changed last week. The pace remained near where it was before the economy slipped into its 2007-2009 recession.