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• Space tourism rocket explodes in desert
• Why judge sided with nurse Kaci Hickox against restrictions
• State Dept. defends balance of career vs. political posts
• Obama's 'Mad Men' reference on campaign trail
• Fireworks factory fire leads to massive blaze
• Drivers scramble for flying cash on highway
• Court: Stay 3 feet away from others
• 1 dead, 1 hurt in Virgin Galactic space ship crash
• UK Halloween sets heat record
• Pa. trooper ambush suspect jeered at court appearance
• Crews work to recover bodies of 4 at Wichita airport
• Protests force out Burkina president, soldiers vie for power
• Apologies demanded for senator's comments on race
• UN: Worldwide recruiting for jihadists is working
• Suspect arrested in killing of S. Africa's national soccer team captain
• Sniper Eric Frein in court: Found at Poconos airplane hangar
• Maine wins court order on nurse's quarantine
• Mexico police questioned in killing of 3 Americans
• Following violent protests, president of Burkina Faso steps down
• Judge rejects strict limits on U.S. nurse who treated Ebola patients
• Federal charges appear unlikely in Ferguson police shooting: Washington Post
• Suspect in Pennsylvania police ambush denied bail
• Penn. trooper ambush suspect captured

Space tourism rocket explodes in desert Posted: 31 Oct 2014 03:10 PM PDT Pilot of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo ejected, suffered serious injuries; co-pilot died.

Why judge sided with nurse Kaci Hickox against restrictions Posted: 31 Oct 2014 12:17 PM PDT A state judge in Maine has sided with nurse Kaci Hickox and rejected a request by state officials that her movements be restricted out of an abundance of caution over her recent exposure to the Ebola virus while treating patients in West Africa.

State Dept. defends balance of career vs. political posts Posted: 31 Oct 2014 11:37 AM PDT Foreign service officers vs. political appointees, round 1 million. The State Department rejects criticism that President Barack Obama's administration has given too many diplomatic jobs to political appointees.

Obama's 'Mad Men' reference on campaign trail Posted: 31 Oct 2014 11:58 AM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — With an election four days away, President Barack Obama urged women to raise their voices in favor of economic policies that benefit them and against politicians that he said belong in a "Mad Men" episode from a bygone era. Citing his own experiences as the son of a single mom and the father of two girls, he declared: "Some of this is personal."

Fireworks factory fire leads to massive blaze Posted: Fireworks factory fire leads to massive blaze

Drivers scramble for flying cash on highway Posted: 31 Oct 2014 09:50 AM PDT A sudden calamity led to a mad dash for cash in Maryland traffic.

Court: Stay 3 feet away from others Posted: Temporary order restricts Maine nurse Kaci Hickox, who treated Ebola patients in W. Africa.

1 dead, 1 hurt in Virgin Galactic space ship crash Posted: 31 Oct 2014 05:04 PM PDT Witness says SpaceShipTwo exploded during test flight over California's Mojave Desert.

UK Halloween sets heat record Posted: 31 Oct 2014 09:26 AM PDT London (AFP) - Britain enjoyed the hottest Halloween on record on Friday, forecasters said, ending an unusually mild October with temperatures topping 23 degrees Celcius.

Pa. trooper ambush suspect jeered at court appearance Posted: 31 Oct 2014 02:28 PM PDT MILFORD, Pa. (AP) — For 48 days, Eric Frein was everywhere and nowhere, supposedly sighted again and again, only to melt back into the woods in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse.

Crews work to recover bodies of 4 at Wichita airport Posted: 31 Oct 2014 03:49 PM PDT WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Six eyewitness have reported that a small plane drifted to the left side of the runway after taking off from a Kansas airport, then made a steep left bank before crashing into a flight training facility, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday.

Protests force out Burkina president, soldiers vie for power Posted: 31 Oct 2014 02:49 PM PDT By Mathieu Bonkoungou and Joe Penney OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore resigned on Friday amid mass street protests at his attempts to extend his 27-year rule, plunging the West African nation into uncertainty as junior officers vied with top military brass for power. Compaore, a taciturn former soldier in office since a 1987 military coup, had sought to defy popular pressure for him to step down after a day of violent unrest on Thursday in which demonstrators burned parliament and ransacked state television. ...

Apologies demanded for senator's comments on race Posted: 30 Oct 2014 08:28 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Republicans are calling on Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu to apologize after she suggested Thursday that President Barack Obama's deep unpopularity in the South is partly tied to race.

UN: Worldwide recruiting for jihadists is working Posted: 31 Oct 2014 11:57 AM PDT New report says foreign fighters joining terror groups on an "unprecedented scale," 15K in Syria, Iraq alone.

Suspect arrested in killing of S. Africa's national soccer team captain Posted: 31 Oct 2014 10:12 AM PDT By Zandi Shabalala JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A suspect in the killing of the captain and goalkeeper of South Africa's national soccer team has been arrested after witnesses picked him out in an identity parade, police said in a statement on Friday. The police said Zanokuhle Mbatha, 25, had been charged in connection with the case. Local media said the charges included murder. Soccer star Senzo Meyiwa was hit by a single gun shot to the chest on Sunday night while confronting two intruders at the home of his girlfriend, actress and singer Kelly Khumalo. ...

Sniper Eric Frein in court: Found at Poconos airplane hangar Posted: 31 Oct 2014 05:59 AM PDT After a fretful 48-day manhunt in northeast Pennsylvania, police late Thursday nabbed 31-year-old Eric Frein, suspected of killing a state trooper and injuring another in a brazen sniper ambush attack on Sept. 12. He was found at an abandoned Poconos airplane hangar, where he had apparently holed up.

Maine wins court order on nurse's quarantine Posted: 31 Oct 2014 02:52 PM PDT Monitoring and travel limits required for Kaci Hickox, who treated Ebola patients in W. Africa.

Mexico police questioned in killing of 3 Americans Posted: 31 Oct 2014 03:24 PM PDT MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Authorities were investigating on Friday a possible police connection to the killing of three U.S. citizens visiting their father in Mexico who were found shot to death along with a Mexican friend more than two weeks after going missing.

Following violent protests, president of Burkina Faso steps down Posted: 31 Oct 2014 03:52 PM PDT OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The president of Burkina Faso stepped down Friday after protesters stormed parliament and set the building ablaze, ending the 27-year reign of one of Africa's longest-serving rulers.

Judge rejects strict limits on U.S. nurse who treated Ebola patients Posted: 31 Oct 2014 04:27 PM PDT By Joel Page FORT KENT Maine (Reuters) - Declaring Ebola fears in the United States "not entirely rational," a judge rejected Maine's bid for a quarantine on a nurse who treated victims of the disease in West Africa but tested negative for it, and instead imposed limited restrictions. Nurse Kaci Hickox's challenge of Maine's 21-day quarantine became a key battleground for the dispute between officials in some U.S. states who have imposed strict quarantines on health workers returning from three Ebola-ravaged West African countries and the federal government, which opposes such measures. ...

Federal charges appear unlikely in Ferguson police shooting: Washington Post Posted: 31 Oct 2014 04:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department officials probably will not bring civil rights charges against a white Ferguson, Missouri, police officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager set off rioting in August, the Washington Post reported on Friday. The newspaper, citing law enforcement officials, said investigators had all but concluded there was not a sufficiently strong case to prove officer Darren Wilson violated the rights of 18-year-old Michael Brown when he killed him in the St. Louis suburb on Aug. 9. ...

Suspect in Pennsylvania police ambush denied bail Posted: 31 Oct 2014 02:10 PM PDT By Joe McDonald MILFORD Pa. (Reuters) - A bruised and gaunt Eric Frein, captured after a seven-week manhunt and wearing the handcuffs of the Pennsylvania trooper he is accused of killing, was held without bail on Friday after his first court appearance on first-degree murder and other charges. The 31-year-old survivalist, who prosecutors say will face the death penalty if convicted, was caught on Thursday after a methodical seven-week search using a grid system and hundreds of law enforcement officers. A detachment of U.S. ...

Penn. trooper ambush suspect captured Posted: 30 Oct 2014 11:53 PM PDT Survivalist Eric Frein surrenders to U.S. marshals, ending a lengthy manhunt.

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