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Obama has granted a Super Bowl Sunday interview every year he has been in office. It's the second one done by O'Reilly. He also did the honors in 2011, the last time Fox broadcast the game. This edition was reminiscent of the first one, in which O'Reilly and the Democratic president went back and forth over such issues as Egypt, the health care law, and the nation's ideological divides. O'Reilly asked Obama why he didn't fire Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius over the website problems that crippled the rollout of the health care plan late last year. Obama said he is focused on making sure the website is running smoothly and that the law is working. When O'Reilly repeatedly asked Obama whether the flawed promise about existing health care policies is the biggest mistake of his presidency, Obama said "this is one that I regret." Obama also used a day-appropriate football metaphor: "I try to focus not on the fumbles, but on the next play." Earlier in the discussion, Obama told O'Reilly, "Bill, you've got a long list of my mistakes." On Benghazi, O'Reilly told Obama that "your detractors" believe that officials at first blamed the attack on a spontaneous demonstration because the 2012 re-election campaign didn't want it known there had been a terrorist attack.

Samsung Launching New S Health Application for Galaxy S5

The latest leaked screenshots taken from upcoming applications that will be included within Samsung Galaxy S5s software show where the South Korean company draws its inspiration from. The upcoming S Health application is no exception, as SamMobile reports. Lots of screenshots from the new S Health app have just leaked online and even though there arent too many differences in comparison with the current one, the UI looks pretty flat. Although theres no confirmation that these screenshots have been taken from a Samsung Galaxy S5, theres no doubt that the new S Health app will be part of the flagship smartphones software. Moreover, SamMobile reports that this version of S Health has been included on Samsung SM-G900H, which has yet to be confirmed as a Galaxy S5 model.

It was not clear whether more competition would be in the offing for other states with their own exchanges or the federal government, which runs a marketplace for 36 states that have chosen not to operate their own. "We expect our number of carriers to certainly grow and our networks to become more robust," said Audrey Haynes, a one-time aide to former President Bill Clinton who is now secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Christine Ferguson, director of the Rhode Island exchange, predicted an expansion would result from insurer interest in individuals and small-business employees. "We are definitely in conversations with other carriers to come in. And I think we'll be successful with that," she said. Both women were speaking to reporters at an event hosted by the nonprofit Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which tracks healthcare trends. Healthcare marketplaces, which began operating in all 50 states and the District of Columbia on January 1, allow consumers who lack coverage to purchase private health insurance, often at federally subsidized rates.

Rep. Waxman, Passionate Advocate For Medicaid And Public Health Issues, Announces His Retirement

John R. Seffrin, chief executive of the American Cancer Society, said Waxman's retirement means that Congress will lose "a life-long advocate for public health" and an "extraordinarily effective legislator whose actions have helped to save millions of lives." In a statement, Waxman said he ran for elected office "because I believe government can be a force for good in peoples lives," a view he said he has maintained throughout his congressional career. While progress "can take years of dedication and struggle its worth fighting for," he said. Medicaid is one of the programs Waxman fought hardest to expand and defend. In 2003, CQ Weekly wrote that "inch by inch, budget by excruciating budget, the California Democrat in the 1980s and early 1990s almost singlehandedly expanded Medicaid, the federal health care program for the poor, into the sweeping benefit program it is today." House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., said that while he and Waxman differ over policy, they have worked together to improve public health. "Our proudest collaboration was in the 1990s, when we teamed with the late Senator Paul Wellstone and Senator John McCain to double research funding for the National Institutes of Health," Upton said in a statement.

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial falls on lower Oct-Dec earnings

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Edelweiss said Mahindra and Mahindra Financial earnings "came much below estimates," citing an increase in asset quality stress and gross non-performing loans, as well as weakness in southern India. (Reporting by Dipika Lalwani) Welcome to the Asia Markets live blog, a running account of what the region's stocks are doing, along with other news. In focus today, a Wall Street sell-off overnight sends Asian shares lower. MarketWatch55 mins ago High student loan debt, poor employment, poor wage growth and less-than-pristine credit are leaving first-time buyers out of the housing recovery. CNBC Dissecting current global market action, with Michael Cuggino, Permanent Portfolio Funds, and Kristina Hooper, Allianz Global Investors. "Traders are extra focused on what's going on outside the U.S.," ... CNBC More like this Remove Nokia Says Lumia & Other Phone Sales Declined In Q4 As It Prepares To Sell Division To Microsoft In what is likely to be Nokias last quarterly earnings before it hands off its mobile phone making business to Microsoft, the Finnish mobile maker has reported lower sales of Lumia devices in itsQ4. So the decision to cut lose its mobile phone making business looks to be vindicated by these TechCrunch

"Smoking might keep your weight down but you have more risk," Spratt, who was not involved in the new research, said. "Smoking compounds all the obesity complications, whether it's diabetes or heart disease." One earlier study had concluded that people who had a normal weight when they were diagnosed with diabetes were twice as likely to die over a given period as overweight or obese people. The researchers said one problem with past studies suggesting that extra weight is protective in diabetes is that weight estimates were often done decades after the diagnosis, which could skew the results. "We were also able to control for smoking status better," Tobias said. That's important because smokers tend to be leaner than non-smokers.

He hopes the commission can present recommendations on mental health, school security and public safety around the end of March. Dr. Harold Schwartz, a commission member and psychiatrist-in-chief at Hartford Hospital's Institute for Living, has expressed concern about the lack of original documents and records concerning Adam Lanza's mental state released by the prosecutor and state police who investigated the mass shooting. He said he still hopes Peter Lanza will meet with commission members with mental health expertise and personally discuss his son's issues and treatment, but Jackson said "that's not really my request now." Mental health experts on the commission have said they'd like to know about any gaps in treatment Adam Lanza might have had in order to recommend how Connecticut and other states can better help families who may be struggling to find appropriate mental health care for their children. One document included in the approximately 7,000 pages recently released by the state police showed that Dr. Robert A. King, a professor at the Yale School of Medicine Child Study Center, told investigators that he had diagnosed Lanza with "profound Autism Spectrum Disorder, with rigidity, isolation and lack of comprehension of ordinary social interaction and communications," while also displaying symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Occupational Health News Roundup

A ProPublica analysis of workers compensation claims in five states found that temporary workers face a significantly greater risk of on-the-job injuries compared to permanent employees. The risk was 36% higher in Massachusetts, 50% higher in California and Florida, 66% higher in Oregon, and 72% higher in Minnesota. The added risk is even greater when considering only blue-collar jobs. ProPublicas investigation also included interviews with more than 100 temp workers and reviews of dozens of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigations involving harm to temporary workers. Grabell, Pierce, and Larson write: The lightly regulated blue-collar temp world is one where workers are often sent to do dangerous jobs with little or no training. Where the company overseeing the work isnt required to pay the medical bills if temps get hurt. And where, when temp workers do get injured on the job, the temp firm and the company fight with each other over who is responsible, sometimes even delaying emergency medical care while they sort it out. The growing reliance on temps subverts one of the strongest incentives for companies to protect workers.

Stock market resolutions for 2014

A Shown are sixth-grade ELA teacher Jennifer Nelson; state winners Destiny Donald, Madison Hudgens, Amber Gilliam, and Gary Bruhjell. Students from Southwood Academy of the Arts in Anderson School District Five took top honors in the South Carolina Stock Market Game sponsored by S.C. Economics. The Stock Market Game is a 10-week competition in which students in grades 4-12 are given a hypothetical $100,000 to invest in stocks and mutual funds on the U.S. stock exchange. The students research companies, learn what it means to buy on margin and do all the trading on-line. There are two 10-week competitions, one in the fall semester and one in the spring semester. A team from Jennifer Nelsons class at Southwood Academy of the Arts won first place in the middle school division of the fall competition with a portfolio totaling $123,791.70.

Most are looking for the S&P 500 to rise to 1,850 to 1,900 points, a gain of just 2 to 4 percent.o Keep your eye on valuationInvestors bid up stock prices to all-time highs this year, despite a mediocre economy and corporate profits that were less than spectacular.At the beginning of the year, the price-to-earnings ratio on the S&P 500 was 13.5, meaning investors were paying roughly $13.50 for every $1 of earnings in the S&P 500. Now the S&P 500's P-E ratio is around 16.7.While a P/E ratio of 16.7 won't set off any alarm bells - the historical average is 14.5 - it is noticeably higher than it was a year ago.Investors have high expectations for corporate profits next year, based on the prices they are paying."It's hard to believe that this market can go much higher from here without some corporate earnings growth," said Bob Doll, chief equity strategist at Nuveen Asset Management.Profit margins are already at record highs, and corporations spent most of 2013 increasing their earnings by cutting costs or using financial engineering tools like buying back their own stock.Earnings at companies in the S&P 500 grew at an 11 percent rate in 2013. The consensus among market strategists is that profit growth will slow to around 8 percent in 2014.However, if the U.S. economy continues to improve, and corporate profit margins expand, it could justify the prices investors have been paying for stocks.o Don't get caught up in the euphoriaBe wary if your neighbor decides to jump head-first into the market next year.A large number of investors have remained on the sidelines for this five-year bull market. Since the market bottomed in March 2009, investors pulled $430 billion out of stock funds, according to data from Lipper, while putting nearly $1 trillion into bond funds.Professional market watchers are concerned that many individual investors, trying to play a game of catch-up, might rush into the market with a vengeance next year. The surge of money could cause stocks to jump if investors ignore warnings that the market is getting overvalued.Wall Street calls this phenomenon a "melt-up." As you can guess, a "melt-up" could lead to a "melt-down," as happened in the late 1990s with the dot-com bubble."I fear people, who sat out 2013, will jump in too fast next year and get burned," said Richard Madigan, chief investment officer for JPMorgan Private Bank.Which leads us to:o Don't panic, eitherStocks cannot go higher all the time. Bearish investors have been saying for months that stocks are due for a pullback in the near future.The S&P 500 is up 66 percent since the stock market's last major downturn in October 2011.