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• Treasury cracks down on tax inversions
• iPhone sales top 10M, set new record
• Leader of Iran sanctions group launches nonprofit to fight terror
• SpaceX breaks ground on Texas launch facility
• Mike Tyson aids motorcyclist after Vegas crash
• Alaska reporter quits on air to run pot business
• Owner: ‘Better late than never'
• 700 babies in Texas possibly exposed to TB
• White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammo
• Climate protesters march on Wall Street, block street near NYSE
• Destructive California wildfire burns on as weather heats up
• Islamic State-linked group threatens to kill French hostage
• Cops: Bear kills hiker near N.Y.
• 3 missing Afghan soldiers found at Canadian border
• Ebola toll passes 2,800: WHO
• American would-be jihadis return home to FBI scrutiny
• Arias trial: Judge maintains camera restrictions
• Texas soldier beat daughter to death for soiled diaper, police say
• Lawyer: Exonerated NYC man dies from asthma attack
• NTSB investigating fatal Delaware bus crash
• Australian jets to join fight against Islamic State
• Weather may worsen for Calif. wildfires
• Illinois town's birthday mega-bratwurst and bun
• #FloodWallStreet target NYC's financial district
• Hot property: Apple sets iPhone sales record over weekend
• Ex-NYC mayor Giuliani joins Activision's 'Call of Duty' legal team
• How did intruder get through White House front door?
• Turkey faces swell of Syrian refugees
• Having trouble understanding Common Core? Katie Couric explains
• Prosecutor: 800 rounds found in intruder case
• NASA spacecraft arrives at Mars

Treasury cracks down on tax inversions Posted: Sec. Lew cites "substantial progress in constraining creative techniques" used to avoid taxes.

iPhone sales top 10M, set new record Posted: Last week, Apple said it received more than 4M new iPhone preorders during the first 24 hours.

Leader of Iran sanctions group launches nonprofit to fight terror Posted: 22 Sep 2014 04:27 PM PDT The leader of a Manhattan-based non-profit that tries to put pressure on Iran by publicly criticizing people and firms who do business there announced on Monday he is launching a new non-profit devoted to tracking terrorist financing. The announcement comes less than two weeks after an unusual move by the U.S. government to intervene in a private lawsuit against the group, United Against Nuclear Iran. ...

SpaceX breaks ground on Texas launch facility Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:42 PM PDT By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Privately owned SpaceX started construction in south Texas on Monday for what the company said will be the first private commercial orbital launch facility in the world. Space Exploration Technologies Corp, the company's formal name, last year entered the commercial satellite launch market. It broke ground at the site near Brownsville, not far from the Mexican border. The Hawthorne, California-based company, owned and operated by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, also flies cargo to the International Space Station under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA. ...

Mike Tyson aids motorcyclist after Vegas crash Posted: Retired boxer Mike Tyson may be famous for his aggressiveness, but he showed his compassionate side last week when he came to the rescue of an injured motorcyclist who had crashed on a Las Vegas interstate.

Alaska reporter quits on air to run pot business Posted: Viewers of CBS affiliate KTVA-TV in Anchorage, Alaska were jolted Sunday evening during the station's newscast as reporter Charlo Greene dropped an F-bomb, disclosed that she was the owner of a cannabis club in the city, and informed the audience she was quitting her TV job.

Owner: ‘Better late than never' Posted: Bisciotti: Officials never tried to persuade the NFL to be lenient on Rice after his Feb. arrest.

700 babies in Texas possibly exposed to TB Posted: An employee at El Paso hospital was diagnosed with the illness nearly a year ago: officials.

White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammo Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:37 PM PDT Man who scaled fence, entered White House carrying knife was stopped twice before.

Climate protesters march on Wall Street, block street near NYSE Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:17 PM PDT By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters marched through New York City's financial district on Monday and blocked streets near the stock exchange to denounce Wall Street's role in raising money for businesses that contribute to climate change. Protesters stopped traffic on Broadway south of the New York Stock Exchange. Three people were arrested. ...

Destructive California wildfire burns on as weather heats up Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:17 PM PDT By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Crews fighting a California wildfire that has destroyed 10 homes and charred 28 square miles of forest land have made progress, but officials said on Monday the return of high temperatures and low humidity could fuel a new flare-up. The so-called King Fire, which broke out on Sept. 13, was burning through drought-parched timber and brush in the popular El Dorado National Forest and Tahoe National Forest, areas northeast of Sacramento. No residents have been hurt, said fire service spokesman Tom Piranio, but 2,800 people had been evacuated. ...

Islamic State-linked group threatens to kill French hostage Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:56 PM PDT An Algerian group linked to Islamic State group jihadists threatened to kill a French hostage within 24 hours unless Paris halts air strikes on the IS in Iraq, in a video posted Monday.

Cops: Bear kills hiker near N.Y. Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:24 AM PDT A 22-year-old hiker walking with friends in the woods just an hour's drive from New York has been killed by a bear, police said Monday.

3 missing Afghan soldiers found at Canadian border Posted: Soldiers who went missing from a Cape Cod military base over the weekend have been found.

Ebola toll passes 2,800: WHO Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:35 AM PDT An outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has been largely contained in Senegal and Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, but the disease is still spreading elsewhere and has now killed over 2,811 people in the region. Senegal and Nigeria, the most recent of five nations to record cases of Ebola, implemented strict measures to isolate the ill and track down further possible cases -- steps that Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have failed to impose, allowing the disease to take hold in cities and rural communities. ...

American would-be jihadis return home to FBI scrutiny Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:09 AM PDT An estimated 100 Americans have tried to get to Syria and join up with groups like the Islamic State.

Arias trial: Judge maintains camera restrictions Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:15 PM PDT A judge refused to lift camera coverage restrictions in the penalty phase of Jodi Arias' retrial.

Texas soldier beat daughter to death for soiled diaper, police say Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:20 AM PDT By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - A Fort Bliss, Texas, soldier beat his 2-year-old daughter to death after he became upset that she soiled her diaper, police said on Monday. Dartarious Graham, a 20-year-old U.S. Army specialist, was arrested by El Paso police and charged with capital murder in the death of his daughter. Peyton Graham was found unresponsive with suspicious injuries in her father's apartment and later died at a hospital on Saturday, police said. ...

Lawyer: Exonerated NYC man dies from asthma attack Posted: 22 Sep 2014 10:44 AM PDT A New York City man freed after serving 23 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit died over the weekend.

NTSB investigating fatal Delaware bus crash Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:41 AM PDT Vehicle overturned, leaving 2 dead, dozens injured; police say no drugs, alcohol involved.

Australian jets to join fight against Islamic State Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:12 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Australia's defense minister David Johnston said on Monday during a visit to Baghdad that his country's fighter jets will play a part in U.S.-led air strikes on Islamic State positions in Iraq. Johnston told reporters that up to eight Super Hornet aircraft will participate in a U.S.-led coalition "delivering air strikes to degrade, disrupt and ultimately seek to destroy ISIL (Islamic State)". Australian Special Forces will be serving as advisers to Iraqi forces, Johnston said after a meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. ...

Weather may worsen for Calif. wildfires Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:30 PM PDT Hotter temperatures and erratic winds are expected after a cooler, wet weekend.

Illinois town's birthday mega-bratwurst and bun Posted: 22 Sep 2014 08:42 AM PDT BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Residents in the southwest Illinois city of Belleville celebrated its 200th birthday with a 200-foot bratwurst, complete with a 200-foot bun.

#FloodWallStreet target NYC's financial district Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:35 PM PDT Activists to rally against "corporate polluters ...profiting from the fossil fuel industry."

Hot property: Apple sets iPhone sales record over weekend Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:18 PM PDT By Soham Chatterjee (Reuters) - Apple Inc said it sold more than 10 million iPhones in the first weekend after its new models went on sale on Friday, underscoring strong demand for phones with larger displays. Chief Executive Tim Cook said the company could have sold even more iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models if supplies had been available. Analysts had estimated first-weekend sales of up to 10 million iPhones, after Apple booked record pre-orders of 4 million on Sept. 12, the day pre-orders opened. Apple's shares were little changed at $100.98 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq on Monday. ...

Ex-NYC mayor Giuliani joins Activision's 'Call of Duty' legal team Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:11 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining a video game company's legal fight against disgraced Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who is suing Activision over his inclusion in one of its popular "Call of Duty" games.

How did intruder get through White House front door? Posted: 22 Sep 2014 04:27 AM PDT A new surveillance video shows the path taken by the White House intruder on Friday after he hopped the fence, ran across the North Lawn, up the stairs and through the front door before he was stopped.

Turkey faces swell of Syrian refugees Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:52 PM PDT At least 130,000 flee as Islamic State militants seize villages.

Having trouble understanding Common Core? Katie Couric explains Posted:

Prosecutor: 800 rounds found in intruder case Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators found more than 800 rounds of ammunition in the car of the man accused of scaling the White House fence and sprinting inside the building, a federal prosecutor said Monday. A machete and two hatchets also were found.

NASA spacecraft arrives at Mars Posted: 21 Sep 2014 09:39 PM PDT The explorer Maven slips into the red planet's orbit following a 10-month journey.

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