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Surprising jobs numbers draw skepticism from Republicans

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT

October Surprise Job Numbers Draw Republican SkepticismMitt Romney surprised President Obama with a dynamic debate performance Wednesday, but there was another October shocker today as the unemployment rate plunged from 8.1 to 7.8 percent, its lowest since Obama took office in 2009.


Are swing states switching to Romney?

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:04 PM PDT

Are Swing States Swinging Back to Romney?Two different pollsters show Virginia, Ohio, and Florida leaning more towards Mitt Romney than they had been, but the tracking polls still have President Obama up nationally. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter. 


Union boss: Friendly fire 'likely' in border agent shooting

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:15 PM PDT

Clues sought in border agent death investigationThe shooting of two U.S. Border Patrol agents near the Arizona-Mexico border may have been a case of friendly fire, a union chief for border agents and law enforcement officials said Friday.


Turkey warns Syria more strikes would be 'fatal mistake'

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:39 PM PDT

Syrian army tanks are seen in the Suleiman al-Halabi neighborhood after clashes between Free Syrian Army fighters and regime forces, in Aleppo cityTurkey's prime minister said on Friday his country did not want war but warned Syria not to make a "fatal mistake" by testing its resolve, and its army retaliated for a third day running after more mortar rounds from Syria landed on its soil. In a belligerent speech to a crowd in Istanbul, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that Turkey would not shy away from war if provoked. The speech followed a Syrian mortar barrage on a town in southeast Turkey that killed five people on Wednesday. ...


Ex-CEO's off-the-cuff remark fires up Twitter

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:46 AM PDT

Former CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, speaks during the World Business Forum in New YorkThe U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to a near four-year low of 7.8 percent in September, the lowest since President Obama took office. Most economists were expecting a slight rise, so the number has raised suspicions that the White  House might be cooking the books ahead...


Human greenhouse gas emissions traced to Roman times

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Human Greenhouse Gas Emissions Traced to Roman TimesThe finding may lead scientists to rethink some aspects of climate change models, which assume humans weren't responsible for much greenhouse gas before the Industrial Revolution.


Californians hit with unprecedented gasoline price jump

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 11:16 AM PDT

A gas station uses upside-down number 2's as 5's to display prices of gasoline, which has jumped over five dollars a gallon, in Carlsbad, CaliforniaCalifornians awoke on Friday to yet another unprecedented spike in the price of gasoline that brought the one-week increase in the Golden State to a whopping 36 cents a gallon. Prices dropped, however, on the wholesale market, possibly signaling the end to a price spike that has blindsided the state's car-loving consumers. "It's insane," said Matt Hurd, 35, as he filled up at a San Francisco gas station near the Bay Bridge. "Especially with this thing," Hurd, who works in real estate, added, motioning toward his white SUV. ...


Interactive: Compare Obama, Romney's language during the debate

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:11 AM PDT

Game changer? Why Romney won, Obama lost 1st debateWhat were the words that each candidate said the most that the other avoided in Wednesday's debate? An interactive transcript.


Elvis among new balloon shapes at New Mexico event

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:27 PM PDT

In this Oct. 8, 2011 photo, the "Carousel" hot air balloon is shown at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The 41st annual event is set to begin Saturday and is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of spectators from around the country and the global. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)A giant Elvis, an ice cream cone and a child in a wheelchair are among the new shapes set to take to the sky at an annual hot-air balloon festival in New Mexico that's expected to draw more than 700,000 visitors from around the globe.


Problems found at peanut butter plant in 2010

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:40 PM PDT

The Food and Drug Administration found what it called "objectionable conditions" at a New Mexico peanut butter plant in 2010, two years before the current outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to Trader Joe's peanut butter produced there.

Mayan ball court was celestial 'marker'

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:54 PM PDT

In this undated image released by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History on Oct. 5, 2012, shows a section of a ceremonial ball court at the temples of Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Mexican archaeologists say they have determined that the ancient Mayas built watchtower-style structures atop the ceremonial ball court to observe the equinoxes and solstices, and they said that the discovery adds to understanding of the many layers of ritual significance that the ball game had for the culture. (AP Photo/INAH)Mexican archaeologists say they have determined that the ancient Mayas built watchtower-style structures atop the ceremonial ball court at the temples of Chichen Itza to observe the equinoxes and solstices, and they said Friday that the discovery adds to understanding of the many layers of ritual significance that the ball game had for the culture.


Daring skydiver to attempt record-breaking supersonic freefall Monday

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:07 AM PDT

Daring Skydiver to Attempt Record-Breaking Supersonic Freefall MondayAustrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the world record for highest-ever skydive, leaping from a balloon nearly 23 miles above Earth's surface.


Mexico announces big Gulf deep water oil find

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Mexico's state-owned oil company reports it has found possible reserves of as much as 125 million barrels of oil at a deep-water well in the Gulf of Mexico.

Teachers, bosses charged in NJ school sex scandal

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:36 PM PDT

Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk announces Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in Camden, N.J., that three teachers and two administrators at a southern New Jersey high school have been arrested on charges stemming from allegations involving sex with students. Faulk said the principal and vice principal at Triton High School in Runnemede were charged with official misconduct for allegedly failing to report the relationships when they learned about them. Also, Faulk says two of the teachers are charged with criminal sexual contact and the third is charged with sexual assault. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)A student at Triton High School went to Principal Catherine DePaul six months ago with a disturbing story: She believed another student was involved in a sexual relationship with a teacher, and she had seen explicit text messages the two exchanged.


American grounds 757s for second time

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:23 AM PDT

American Grounds 757s for Second TimeAA Takes Planes out of Service for Second Time


New report reveals big natural gas and oil reserves in multiple states

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 03:43 PM PDT

Drilling companies beginning to explore the Utica Shale got a piece of good news Friday when the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the rock formation in Ohio, Pennsylvania and other states holds enormous reserves of natural gas and oil.

Romney says jobs number 'not what a real recovery looks like'

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 08:57 AM PDT

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney gets off his campaign plane in BlountvillePresident Barack Obama on Friday welcomed word that the unemployment rate dropped from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent in September as vindication of his economic policies.


Photos: Rare photos of Beatles fans

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Photos: Rare photos of Beatles fans

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