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• Utah wildfire forces 2,300 residents out of their homes
• Sandusky on suicide watch, undergoing evaluations
• Months later, massacre haunts Syrian town
• Bullying of teachers more damaging in online era
• Police: Two dead at Beverly Hilton in murder-suicide
• Juror: Sandusky accusers' credibility boosted case
• New Jersey mayor shows up at accident scene — again
• Mutilated bodies found outside Mexican supermarket
• 'Soup Nazi' company caught in legal dispute
• Obama, Romney seek advantage on health care ruling
• Man captured on video faces child abuse charges
• Turkey threatens action after Syria downs jet
• Vatican hires U.S. journalist to help media relations
• Egypt to announce election results Sunday
• Hamas threatens to escalate attacks on Israel
• What's next for Jerry Sandusky after verdict
• China set to conduct first manual space docking
• Obama urges action on transportation, student loans
• Hundreds evacuated from Kennedy Airport terminal
• Australia ends search for 90 missing from boat

Utah wildfire forces 2,300 residents out of their homes Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:57 PM PDT Unpredictable winds and high temperatures were challenging crews in their battle Saturday against a Utah wildfire that forced more than 2,300 people to flee their homes.

Sandusky on suicide watch, undergoing evaluations Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:56 AM PDT Former Penn State Coach Could Face More Charges, Civil Suits

Months later, massacre haunts Syrian town Posted: 23 Jun 2012 08:33 AM PDT The destruction remains visible throughout Taftanaz, but many of the residents are gone, never to return.

Bullying of teachers more damaging in online era Posted: 23 Jun 2012 06:26 AM PDT The bullying that bus monitor Karen Klein endured on a ride home from an upstate New York school was painful and egregious, but also shows how student harassment of teachers and administrators has become more spiteful and damaging in the online era.

Police: Two dead at Beverly Hilton in murder-suicide Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:20 AM PDT Two people have been found dead in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide at the Beverly Hilton, just hours before the Daytime Emmy Awards are being held at the posh hotel, police said Saturday.

Juror: Sandusky accusers' credibility boosted case Posted: 23 Jun 2012 12:15 PM PDT The credibility of the accusers who testified at the trial of Jerry Sandusky solidified the case against him, a juror said Saturday, a day after the retired Penn State coach once viewed as the successor to Joe Paterno was found guilty on 45 counts of child sex abuse.

New Jersey mayor shows up at accident scene — again Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:32 AM PDT Mayor Cory Booker has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. The mayor of Newark, N.J., who some have called a superhero, helped out at the scene of an accident on Friday, just two months after he rescued his neighbor...

Mutilated bodies found outside Mexican supermarket Posted: 23 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT Fourteen mutilated corpses and a threatening message aimed at a drug cartel were found inside a truck in the parking lot of a supermarket in a northern Mexico city, local media reported on Saturday. Mexico's attorney general's office could not immediately confirm the reports of the grisly discovery in Mante and police officials in the crime-ridden city were not immediately available for comment. Mexican media said the body parts belonged to 10 men and four women and the message was directed at the Gulf cartel. ...

'Soup Nazi' company caught in legal dispute Posted: 23 Jun 2012 07:36 AM PDT A legal dispute is threatening to put the restaurant chain created by the real-life Soup Nazi on simmer. Al Yeganeh was immortalized on the show "Seinfeld" as the Soup Nazi, a character famous for his unsavory behavior and for uttering the iconic "No soup for you!" catchphrase.

Obama, Romney seek advantage on health care ruling Posted: 23 Jun 2012 06:58 AM PDT President Barack Obama ardently defends his federal health care overhaul. Republican challenger Mitt Romney adamantly opposes it. But this coming week, when the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the law, both sides will be scrambling for political gain no matter the outcome.

Man captured on video faces child abuse charges Posted: 23 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT The former director of a California water agency director has been charged with felony child abuse after a neighbor posted online video that shows him hitting his stepson with a belt for dropping a baseball during a game of backyard catch.

Turkey threatens action after Syria downs jet Posted: 23 Jun 2012 01:40 PM PDT Syria said Saturday it shot down a Turkish reconnaissance plane because the plane entered its airspace, insisting it was "not an attack" as both sides desperately tried to de-escalate the episode before it exploded into a regional conflagration.

Vatican hires U.S. journalist to help media relations Posted: 23 Jun 2012 01:43 PM PDT The Vatican has hired an American journalist from the Fox News Network and member of the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei to help improve its relations with the media, a senior Church source said on Saturday. Greg Burke, Fox's Rome-based roving correspondent for Europe and the Middle East, will become a "senior communications adviser" to the Secretariat of State, the key department in the Vatican's central bureaucracy.

Egypt to announce election results Sunday Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:02 PM PDT Egypt will release results from disputed presidential elections Sunday, the country's top elections commission official said — an announcement that will put an end to nerve-wracking uncertainty about who is the official winner, but promises no resolution to the power struggles between Islamists, the military and other factions.

Hamas threatens to escalate attacks on Israel Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:36 AM PDT Gaza's militant Hamas rulers threatened to escalate fighting with Israel on Saturday after airstrikes killed several gunmen in the coastal territory, and Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel wounded one person and damaged an elementary school in the country's south.

What's next for Jerry Sandusky after verdict Posted: 23 Jun 2012 08:37 AM PDT A jury took less than two days to find Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 of 48 counts of child sexual abuse, but the judge will need substantially more time to decide his punishment.

China set to conduct first manual space docking Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:08 PM PDT Chinese astronauts are due to carry out the nation's first manual space docking Sunday, a highly complex manoeuvre that will bring the Asian powerhouse a step closer to building a space station.

Obama urges action on transportation, student loans Posted: 23 Jun 2012 03:00 AM PDT President Obama is urging lawmakers to put politics aside and pass legislation to fund transportation projects and extend low-rate student loans, saying there is "no excuse for inaction." "We are seven days away from thousands of American workers having to walk off the job because...

Hundreds evacuated from Kennedy Airport terminal Posted: 23 Jun 2012 10:14 AM PDT Hundreds of air passengers and staff were evacuated from a terminal at New York City's Kennedy Airport after a metal detector malfunctioned at one of the security checkpoints.The Transportation Security ...

Australia ends search for 90 missing from boat Posted: 23 Jun 2012 06:35 AM PDT Australia has ended a three-day search for survivors among more than 90 Afghan asylum seekers missing since a fishing boat carrying them capsized between Australia and Indonesia.

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