This is AP News Minute.Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House panelthe signup trend for President Obama’s health care initiative is turning positive.She said the number of people who signed up for private insurance coverage was three times higher in November than it was in October.The Asiana Airlines pilot whose jetliner crashed in San Francisco last summer told investigatorshe was very concerned about trying a visual approach to the airport without the runway's instrument landing aids, which were out of service due to construction.Vice President Joe Biden said former South African President Nelson Mandela taught the worldthat trust, justice and reconciliation are possible, and that change can come.He made the remarks during a memorial service at the Washington's National Cathedral attended by members of Congress, civil rights leaders and others.Time magazine has selected Pope Francis as its person of the year,saying he has changed the perception of the Catholic Church in an extraordinary way since becoming pope last March.Ed Donahue, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
