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• Why Scotland wants independence
• Independent senator says he may run for president as a Democrat
• #GoodellMustGo banners fly above NFL stadiums
• Liberal Vermont Senator Sanders may seek U.S. presidency in 2016
• Crews gain ground as California wildfire threatens hundreds of homes
• Police search three states for suspect in Pennsylvania police ambush
• Scottish independence could mean messy divorce
• Fourth Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola
• Several Arab countries offer to join air campaign on ISIL
• Islamic State executes British hostage
• U.S. man in North Korea given 6 years of hard labor
• Islamic State attracts female jihadis from U.S. heartland
• Britain mourns slain hostage; another under threat
• About 100 rescued from sunken Philippine ferry
• Obama condemns beheading of Briton by extremists

Why Scotland wants independence Posted: 14 Sep 2014 03:40 PM PDT There's nothing new about Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom's ups and downs.

Independent senator says he may run for president as a Democrat Posted: 14 Sep 2014 07:56 AM PDT Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders says he may run as a Democrat.

#GoodellMustGo banners fly above NFL stadiums Posted: 14 Sep 2014 08:04 AM PDT A women's rights group flew banners above several NFL stadiums on Sunday calling on its commissioner, Roger Goodell, to resign over his handling of the Ray Rice domestic violence case.

Liberal Vermont Senator Sanders may seek U.S. presidency in 2016 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 09:58 AM PDT By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bernie Sanders, one of the Senate's leading liberals, said on Sunday he is thinking about running for U.S. Sanders, an independent from Vermont, could pose a challenge from the left to Clinton, widely seen as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders is serving his second six-year term in the Senate. He has cultivated a following among some American liberals, especially on economic issues like the growing income disparity between rich and poor and corporate greed.

Crews gain ground as California wildfire threatens hundreds of homes Posted: 14 Sep 2014 03:18 PM PDT Firefighters were making slow progress on Sunday in a battle to contain a wildfire that has roared through 1,600 acres of drought-stricken forest southeast of Los Angeles and displaced hundreds of people from their homes, the U.S. The Silverado Fire, which broke out Friday morning in the Cleveland National Forest, was 20 percent contained with 1,600 acres (647 hectares) charred as of Sunday, authorities said.

Police search three states for suspect in Pennsylvania police ambush Posted: 14 Sep 2014 01:19 PM PDT (Reuters) - Police pushed ahead on Sunday with a massive manhunt in three states for a gunman who ambushed two Pennsylvania state troopers two days ago, shooting to death one of them and injuring the other. The search is focusing on a three-state area around northeast Pennsylvania, Trooper Connie Devens of the Pennsylvania State Police said on Sunday afternoon. The shooting occurred outside a state police barracks in Blooming Grove, Pennsylvania, about 11 p.m. on Friday, authorities have said. On Sunday, the Times-Tribune of Scranton, Pennsylvania, posted a video on its website showing police searching deep woods near the barracks for evidence in the case.

Scottish independence could mean messy divorce Posted: 14 Sep 2014 05:36 AM PDT How do you divorce after a 300-year union? It's complicated, and there is a deadline.

Fourth Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola Posted: 14 Sep 2014 01:19 PM PDT Freetown (AFP) - A fourth Sierra Leonean doctor, a woman, died Sunday after contracting the dreaded Ebola virus, a top health official said, while a Dutch charity repatriated two doctors suspected of having been contaminated with the disease.

Several Arab countries offer to join air campaign on ISIL Posted: 14 Sep 2014 04:20 PM PDT By Jason Szep PARIS (Reuters) - Several Arab countries have offered to join the United States in air strikes against Islamic State targets, U.S. The officials declined to identify which countries made the offers.

Islamic State executes British hostage Posted: 13 Sep 2014 08:05 PM PDT Prime Minister David Cameron calls the slaying of David Haines 'an act of pure evil.'

U.S. man in North Korea given 6 years of hard labor Posted: 14 Sep 2014 08:48 AM PDT Matthew Miller was accused of entering the country illegally and trying to commit espionage.

Islamic State attracts female jihadis from U.S. heartland Posted: 14 Sep 2014 05:05 AM PDT At least three Somali families in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have female relatives who have gone missing in the past six weeks and may have tried to join Islamic State, said community leader Abdirizak Bihi. In a separate case, a 19-year-old American Somali woman from St. Paul snuck away from her parents on Aug. 25 saying she was going to a bridal shower. Instead, she flew to Turkey and joined IS in Syria. Home to the biggest Somali community in the United States, the Twin Cities area of Minnesota has been plagued by terrorist recruiting since the Somali group al-Shabaab began enlisting in America around 2007.

Britain mourns slain hostage; another under threat Posted: 14 Sep 2014 03:11 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Now it's Britain's turn to mourn.

About 100 rescued from sunken Philippine ferry Posted: 13 Sep 2014 07:31 PM PDT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers saved about 100 people overnight and recovered two bodies from a ferry that sank in rough seas after encountering steering trouble in the central Philippines, officials said Sunday.

Obama condemns beheading of Briton by extremists Posted: 13 Sep 2014 09:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama condemned as a "barbaric murder" the slaying of British aid worker David Haines by Islamic State extremists.

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