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• Surprising jobs numbers draw skepticism from Republicans
• Are swing states switching to Romney?
• Union boss: Friendly fire 'likely' in border agent shooting
• Turkey warns Syria more strikes would be 'fatal mistake'
• Ex-CEO's off-the-cuff remark fires up Twitter
• Human greenhouse gas emissions traced to Roman times
• Californians hit with unprecedented gasoline price jump
• Interactive: Compare Obama, Romney's language during the debate
• Elvis among new balloon shapes at New Mexico event
• Problems found at peanut butter plant in 2010
• Mayan ball court was celestial 'marker'
• Daring skydiver to attempt record-breaking supersonic freefall Monday
• Mexico announces big Gulf deep water oil find
• Teachers, bosses charged in NJ school sex scandal
• American grounds 757s for second time
• New report reveals big natural gas and oil reserves in multiple states
• Romney says jobs number 'not what a real recovery looks like'
• Photos: Rare photos of Beatles fans

Surprising jobs numbers draw skepticism from Republicans Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT Mitt 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 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 The 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 Turkey'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 The 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 The 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 Californians 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 What 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 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 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 Austrian 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 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 AA 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 President 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

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