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• Ferguson mayor: No severance package for Darren Wilson
• Ohio State's Kosta Karageorge found dead
• Canada 'aware' of reports that citizen kidnapped in Syria
• Missouri officer in fatal shooting resigned without severance: mayor
• Bomb threat on American Air flight in New York proves false alarm
• Missing Ohio State football player found dead: police
• Pope calls on Muslim leaders worldwide to condemn terrorism
• LGBT baby boomers face tough retirement hurdles
• Hong Kong protesters, police clash; 40 arrested
• Coalition airstrikes pound IS stronghold in Syria
• Data: Bricks-and-mortar holiday sales edge lower, online surges
• Justices weigh limits of free speech over Internet
• U.S. lawmaker's aide draws ire over first daughter scolding
• Ferguson lesson: Police can better calm situations
• Pope: Islamist violence a 'grave sin against God'

Ferguson mayor: No severance package for Darren Wilson Posted: 30 Nov 2014 03:36 PM PST The officer who shot Michael Brown resigned from the Ferguson police force.

Ohio State's Kosta Karageorge found dead Posted:

Canada 'aware' of reports that citizen kidnapped in Syria Posted: 30 Nov 2014 12:43 PM PST Canada said Sunday it was "aware of reports" that one of its nationals may have been kidnapped in Syria, amid suggestions it could have been a woman fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Kobane.

Missouri officer in fatal shooting resigned without severance: mayor Posted: 30 Nov 2014 04:34 PM PST By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - The white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, this summer, got no severance deal when he resigned from the force, the mayor of the St. Louis suburb said on Sunday. The officer, Darren Wilson, announced his resignation late Saturday, saying he feared for his own safety and that of his fellow police officers after a grand jury decided not to indict him in the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. ...

Bomb threat on American Air flight in New York proves false alarm Posted: 30 Nov 2014 12:37 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - An American Airlines airplane that was evacuated at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport after a bomb threat has been searched and cleared for service, an official said on Sunday. American Flight 67 en route from Barcelona, Spain, landed in New York at around noon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, and was promptly evacuated of passengers and crew. The threat was phoned into the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police at 12:07 p.m. (1707 GMT), said Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority, which operates the airport. ...

Missing Ohio State football player found dead: police Posted: 30 Nov 2014 03:38 PM PST (Reuters) - An Ohio State University football player who went missing earlier this week was found dead on Sunday, authorities said. Kosta Karageorge, 22, a fifth-year senior who was last seen early Wednesday morning, died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his body was found inside a Dumpster, the Columbus Police Department said on its Facebook page. His mother, Susan, told authorities earlier this week he has suffered several concussions and has had spells of being extremely confused, a police report said. ...

Pope calls on Muslim leaders worldwide to condemn terrorism Posted: 30 Nov 2014 11:36 AM PST Pope Francis on Sunday called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism, saying it would help to dispel the stereotype that equates Islam with terror.

LGBT baby boomers face tough retirement hurdles Posted: 30 Nov 2014 10:09 AM PST Marriage without benefits, low earnings are a few of the challenges that make gay boomers more vulnerable.

Hong Kong protesters, police clash; 40 arrested Posted: 30 Nov 2014 01:00 PM PST Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters faced off with Hong Kong police late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after being camped out on the city's streets for more than two months.

Coalition airstrikes pound IS stronghold in Syria Posted: 30 Nov 2014 07:09 AM PST U.S.-led coalition warplanes carried out as many as 30 airstrikes overnight against Islamic State militants in and around the group's de facto capital in northeastern Syria, activists said Sunday.

Data: Bricks-and-mortar holiday sales edge lower, online surges Posted: 30 Nov 2014 04:12 AM PST (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers spent slightly less money at brick-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday than across the same two days in 2013, while online sales surged to record highs, data showed on Saturday. Sales at retail stores totaled about $12.29 billion on Thursday and Friday, down 0.5 percent from the $12.35 billion spent last year, according to estimates by ShopperTrak. The research firm stuck by its forecast for November and December sales to increase 3.8 percent. ...

Justices weigh limits of free speech over Internet Posted: 30 Nov 2014 10:35 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Elonis claimed he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an FBI agent.

U.S. lawmaker's aide draws ire over first daughter scolding Posted: 29 Nov 2014 07:07 PM PST A US lawmaker's communications director was facing social media calls she be sacked after her Facebook rant about President Barack Obama's daughters prompted widespread anger. Elizabeth Lauten, spokeswoman for Republican Congressman Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, wrote a scathing post to her Facebook account scolding Malia and Sasha Obama, 16 and 13, for looking bored while attending a public event with their father on Wednesday. In the post, since deleted but widely reproduced in screen grabs, Lauten tells the girls to "try showing a little class.

Ferguson lesson: Police can better calm situations Posted: 29 Nov 2014 01:52 PM PST SEATTLE (AP) — The grand jury that declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was focused on whether he might have acted in self-defense when he shot and killed unarmed, 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Pope: Islamist violence a 'grave sin against God' Posted: 30 Nov 2014 01:12 PM PST By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype. Francis, the leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, told reporters aboard his plane returning from a visit to Turkey that he understood why Muslims were offended by many in the West who automatically equated their religion with terrorism. ...

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