US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius To Resign

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning. President Obama, according to the New York Times, has selected Sylvia Mathews Burwell of the Office of Management and Budget as her replacement.

Secretary Sebelius became a household name following the catastrophic launch of Healthcare.gov, the government’s portal to provide a marketplace for private health insurance during the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.

Despite that flop of national proportions, the secretary weathered withering calls to resign, and, after the site got on its feet, oversaw, at least in part, the come-from-behind victory of Obamacare to reach its initial, un-revised sign-up goal of 7 million by the end of open enrollment in early 2014.

According to the New York Times, who spokeHistoric West Virginia Flash Floods Kill At Least 23 People

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Two days of flash flooding across West Virginia have killed at least 23 people and seriously damaged or destroyed more than 100 homes, according to the governor.

The flooding caused by nine inches of rain "is among the worst in a century for some parts of the state," says Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.

"This was incredibly quick, this flooding," Scott Finn from West Virginia Public Broadcasting tells our Newscast unit. "It was not expected." Here's more from Finn:

"The flash floods have tremendous power – we have reports of boulders in the middle of downtowns, people were literally running up trees to escape it. And then some stories of amazing heroism, of first responders rescuing a woman who was