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Missouri town told to prepare for worst
What is a lame-duck politician? And is it always a bad thing?
Trooper ambush suspect charged with terrorism
Obama plans to shield up to 5 million immigrants from deportation: NY Times
Exclusive: Ex-wife of US oil baron to appeal $1 billion divorce award
U.S. internal review cites Secret Service failures in White House intrusion
Obama order to affect millions of immigrants
AP sources: IS, al-Qaida reach accord in Syria
Surprising findings about school lunches
Arkansas Governor to pardon his own son
Australians bury heads in sand to mock government
India doctor arrested, denies role in women deaths
Matt Bai: Challenging inequality, the Uber way
'Unprecedented' step in fight against Ebola
France to Israel: Stop building
Space agency: Comet lander ends up in cliff shadow
Immigration, Keystone top first day of lame duck

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 12:50 PM PST

Residents of a community near Ferguson are warned to stay close to their homes.

What is a lame-duck politician? And is it always a bad thing?

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 11:03 AM PST

There's been a lot of chatter about last week's Republican sweep in elections transforming President Obama as a lame duck — but what exactly does that term mean?

Trooper ambush suspect charged with terrorism

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 04:49 PM PST

The man accused of opening fire on a Pennsylvania State Police barracks admitted killing a trooper because he was dissatisfied with government and wanted to "wake people up," according to court documents filed Thursday that provided the first indication of a possible motive.

Obama plans to shield up to 5 million immigrants from deportation: NY Times

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 01:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to announce an overhaul of U.S. immigration policy through executive action that would shield up to 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Such a move will set up a showdown with Republicans, who have blocked Democrats' efforts in Congress to reform immigration laws and warned the president not to take unilateral action on immigration. ...

Exclusive: Ex-wife of US oil baron to appeal $1 billion divorce award

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 02:41 PM PST

By Joshua Schneyer (Reuters) - Sue Ann Hamm, the ex-wife of Oklahoma oil magnate Harold Hamm who was awarded cash and assets worth more than $1 billion in the couple's divorce this week, plans to appeal the judgment on grounds that it grossly undervalues the marital wealth she is entitled to. ...

U.S. internal review cites Secret Service failures in White House intrusion

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 04:39 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An intruder was able to scale the White House fence and enter the executive mansion in September because of major Secret Service failures including an agent who was distracted by a personal cellphone call, according to an internal review released on Thursday. Iraq war veteran Omar Gonzalez, 42, is accused of breaking into the heavily guarded complex on Sept. 19 armed with a knife in one of the most significant security breaches since President Barack Obama took office in 2009. The suspect was not stopped until he entered the main floor of the White House. ...

Obama order to affect millions of immigrants

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 04:14 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is poised to unveil executive action that will shield possibly around 5 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally from deportation, according to advocates in touch with the White House.

AP sources: IS, al-Qaida reach accord in Syria

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 12:25 PM PST

ISTANBUL (AP) — Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, a high-level Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander have told The Associated Press.

Surprising findings about school lunches

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 11:27 AM PST

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – In a study of three rural Virginia elementary schools, both packed and school lunches almost entirely met nutrition standards, but those packed at home tended to have more calories, fat and saturated fat. "We assumed there would be differences between school and packed lunch, but not such stark differences," said lead author Alisha R. Farris of the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. ...

Arkansas Governor to pardon his own son

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 01:15 AM PST

Outgoing Gov. Mike Beebe is getting rid of his son's felony conviction.

Australians bury heads in sand to mock government

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 02:46 AM PST

More than 400 protesters sent a big climate change message.

India doctor arrested, denies role in women deaths

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 07:24 AM PST

NEW DELHI (AP) — The doctor who conducted sterilization procedures after which 13 women died in central India was arrested, but insisted he didn't do anything wrong — even though he said he used to perform up to 10 times more surgeries a day than allowed.

Matt Bai: Challenging inequality, the Uber way

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 02:37 AM PST

A business venture called Aspiration has the mission of giving middle-income families access to the same variety of investment vehicles that richer Americans have. Trying to democratize Wall Street might be a better strategy than sitting around and railing against it. Aspiration

'Unprecedented' step in fight against Ebola

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 07:08 AM PST

Doctors Without Borders takes a new step in the fight against the virus.

France to Israel: Stop building

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 10:07 AM PST

France is wary of Israel 's desire to build 200 new settlements in East Jerusalem.

Space agency: Comet lander ends up in cliff shadow

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 01:44 PM PST

BERLIN (AP) — A shadow was cast — literally — across Europe's historic mission to land on and explore a comet. Scientists said Thursday the landing craft not only bounced twice, it also came to rest next to a cliff that's blocking sunlight from its solar panels.