some news on Christmas Eve, 2013

• UN investigators find evidence of mass killing, as conflict in South Sudan escalates. After a week of fighting and, perhaps a coup attempt, there are many sides vying for power in a population that is heavily armed and militarized.
• The AP reports that the new US Health Care Law is not the first with start-up troubles. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, even President Bush's Medicare Part D, suffered harsh criticism and early lack of popular support.
• US Domestic needs for the poor increase this season with food stamp cuts and unemployment checks dropped from the spending bill last week. This send millions more into complete economic uncertainty.
• NPR had a probing story. Looking at the effects of the failure of the credit markets five years ago on Recreational Vehicle sales and manufacturing. Reporters look into the lives of men, formerly in that industry, today. Many jobs in the Pacific northwest, just in this industry, were lost that aren't coming back.
• This is the report and interview this week with Edward Snowden by Barton Gellman for the Washington Post. People will be talking about and referring to this article for awhile.