First Drip (11/14/13): Obamacare enrollment numbers released, Snapchat turns Facebook down, more

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The Department of Health and Human Services released a report yesterday that details how many people have signed up for and received health care through Obamacare. To date, 106,185 persons have enrolled and selected a marketplace plan.

The city of Charlotte will apply for a "Small Starts" grant with the Federal Transit Administration to help pay for a streetcar extension.

Former county commission chairwoman Jennifer Roberts received 18 write-in votes in the recent mayoral election - that's the highest number of votes a write-in candidate has ever received.

Snapchat, the popular messaging service, turned down an offer of $3 billion from Facebook.

Perhaps taking a page from the ABC show Scandal, two Secret Service officers have been removed from President Obama's detail after they sent sexually suggestive emails to a female subordinate.