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FILE - This March 1, 2014 file photo shows part of the website for HealthCare.gov in Washington. The Obama administration has concluded it will not publicly disclose federal records that could shed light on the security of the government's signature health care website because doing so could "potentially" allow hackers to break in. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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The social and support networks of newlyweds can have profound effects on a union’s happiness and longevity. [Associated Press]
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The eye donation from 16-year-old Alexander Betts Jr. was reportedly rejected because he was gay. (KCCI 8)
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Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vt., listens as Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson, not pictured, testifies during his testimony at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs regarding the theft of personal data of 26.5 million veterans Thursday, May 25, 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a pet project under investigation for redirecting contributions to Republicans. (Associated Press)
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2. Basketball legend Michael Jordan and wife Juanita divorced after 17 years of marriage. Juanita received a reported $168 million in the settlement, along with custody of their three children. **FILE** Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan with his wife, Juanita, looking on announces his retirement from professional basketball at the Berto Center in Deerfield, Ill., in this Oct. 6, 1993, file photo. On Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, the couple announced they had divorced after 17 years of marriage. (AP Photo/Mike Fisher,file)
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This May 27, 2008, file photo, shows the gurney in the death chamber in Huntsville, Texas. Texas is paying four times more for its execution drugs from a new supplier, putting it in line with a local consumer rate but well below the cost in at least one other death penalty state. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show the state paid $13,500 for its most recent batch of pentobarbital at a cost of $1,500 per vial. This compares to $350 per dose paid last year to a previous supplier that cut ties after backlash from death penalty opponents. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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Retired Army Military Intelligence Officer Angelee Andoe of Lorton, Va., sits with her service dog, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a golden retriever as they get ready to march with a group of Hero Dogs in the National Memorial Day Parade along Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C., Monday, May 26, 2014. Andoe, who suffers from PTSD, is helped by F.D.R. who is given to her by Hero Dogs, a non-profit which helps provide improved quality of life to Veterans with disabilities by raising, training, and placing service dogs with Veterans who have served honorably in the United States Armed Services. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A Palestinian protester throws a piece of concrete at Israeli soldiers during clashes, following a protest against the Israeli military action over Hamas in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) ** FILE **
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A doll rests on top of a bunk bed in one of the rooms at the immigrant detention center in Artesia, New Mexico. The organizations housing the children who have surged across the border illegally are taking pains to make sure they are as comfortable as possible.
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Josh Groban performs with Heather Headley during President Obama's "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial."
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Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community look for clothes to wear among items provided by a charity organization at the Nowruz camp, in Derike, Syria. (Associated Press)
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Plaintiffs in the federal suit over Virginia's ban on gay marriage, from left: Mary Townley, Emily Schall-Townley, Carol Schall, Tony London and Tim Bostic. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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This undated photo, supplied by Warner Twelve, shows Mark J. Penn, the powerhouse pollster-consultant whose clients have included Bill and Hillary Clinton and Bill Gates and who coined the political demographic "soccer moms," who is working on a book on "small trends that are making a big difference," publisher Warner Twelve announced Tuesday, June 27, 2006. Warner will publish "Microtrends" in the fall of 2007.(AP Photo/Warner Twelve
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** FILE ** In this July 3, 2014, photo, pastor Marcus Burgos, center, helps distribute groceries at a food bank at the Abundant Life Church in San Antonio. The food bank is cosponsored by the Libre Initiative, partly funded by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch, which is looking to make inroads with the rising voting block of Hispanics. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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FILE- In this undated family photo provided by the National Action Network, Eric Garner, right, poses with his children during a family outing. On July 17, 2014, police on New York City’s Staten Island tried to arrest Garner by placing him in an illegal choke hold, which ended up causing his death. The New York City police are at odds with Mayor Bill de Blasio over the appearance that he is taking sides against in them in the aftermath of Garner’s death. (AP Photo/Family photo via National Action Network, File)
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President Barack Obama returns to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Ayg. 7, 2014, after signing H.R. 3230, the Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act, in Fort Belvoir, Va. The bill gives resources to the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve access and quality of care for veterans. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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This photo shows part of the website for HealthCare.gov, seen in Washington on March 1, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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New Hampshire Senate candidate Scott Brown, a Republican, pounced on incumbent Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's support for a bill to spend nearly $3 billion on housing and caring for the illegal immigrant children and families surging into Texas, saying it was unfair to those following the law. (ASsociated Press)
