| Panetta's stinging words for former boss Obama Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:33 AM PDT  The former CIA director has harshly critiques the President.
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| Video shows officer using stun gun in traffic stop Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:53 PM PDT  HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A cellphone video released Tuesday shows police in Indiana breaking a car window then using a stun gun on a man in a car after police stopped the driver for not wearing a seat belt.
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| Jesse Jackson meets with Ebola patient's family Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:45 PM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson presided over a prayer vigil at the Dallas hospital where the first man diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. is being treated for the deadly disease.
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| Update on Chinese quake Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:41 AM PDT  BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck in China's southwestern province of Yunnan on Tuesday, though initial reports from state media said there were only limited casualties in the sparsely populated, mountainous region. The United States Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was 163 km (100 miles) north-northwest of Yunjinghong and 10 km deep. The official Xinhua news agency said shaking could be felt in the provincial capital of Yunnan, Kunming, as well as several other major cities in the province. ...
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| Police impersonator confronts the exact wrong person Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:35 AM PDT  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A 41-year-old Midland, Texas, man got a surprise when he tried to impersonate a police officer and berate a fellow driver. The driver he chastised was a police detective.
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| Britain arrests four men in operation against Islamist militants Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:23 PM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - British anti-terrorism police arrested four men in their early 20s in London on Tuesday as part of an investigation into Islamist-related militancy, police said in a statement. Armed police were present at one of the raids, but no shots were fired, police said. "These arrests and searches are part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist related terrorism," the statement said. "A number of residential addresses and vehicles are being searched by specialist officers in west and central London as part of the investigation. ...
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| Obscure government agencies get military Humvees, guns Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:12 AM PDT  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Doug Wortham used a Defense Department giveaway program for law enforcement to stock his office with an assault rifle, a handgun and a Humvee — even though the people in his custody are in no condition to put up a fight.
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| Wal-Mart to stop healthcare for some part-timers Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:33 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would no longer provide health benefits to some part-time workers in the United States due to ballooning healthcare costs. The company said on Monday it would stop health benefits for part-time associates who work less than 30 hours. The move is expected to impact about 2 percent of the company's workforce, the company said in a blog post. Wal-Mart cut its full-year profit forecast in August, citing higher employee benefit costs, among other things. The company said then that it expected to spend $500 million on U.S. ...
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| Strong earthquake shakes southwestern China Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:36 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake shook southwestern China's Yunnan province late Tuesday evening, killing at least one person, sending thousands fleeing into the streets and damaging buildings, officials and reports said.
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| Al-Qaida-linked rebels abduct priest, 20 Christians in Syria Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:52 AM PDT  Jerusalem (AFP) - Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists in Syria have seized a priest and 20 other Christians in the latest abduction by militants in the war-torn country, the Franciscan Order said on Tuesday.
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| Despite some anxiety, retailers foresee holiday uptick coming Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:06 PM PDT  Americans are expected to spend at the highest rate in three years during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, according to the nation's largest retail industry trade group. But ...
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| 'We're taking this very seriously' Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:54 AM PDT  Actors feigning Ebola symptoms test NYC hospitals' readiness.
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| Nobel Prize for scientists whose idea will light the 21st Century Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:03 PM PDT  An invention that promises to revolutionize the way the world lights its homes and offices — and already helps create the glowing screens of mobile phones, computers and TVs— earned a Nobel Prize on Tuesday ...
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| 2016 GOPers' drug talk raises eyebrows Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:33 AM PDT  They aren't calling for marijuana legalization, but many of the possible presidential candidates are seeking new strategies to combat drug addiction.
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| Mom charged after daughter brings heroin to daycare Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:32 AM PDT  (Reuters) - A Delaware mother was arrested on Monday after her four-year-old daughter unknowingly brought roughly 250 packets of heroin to her daycare, and passed them out to classmates thinking they were candy, police said. Ashley Tull, 30, of Selbyville was charged with drug possession and endangering the welfare of a child after her daughter brought the drugs to the Hickory Tree Child Care Center on Monday morning, Delaware State Police said in a statement. ...
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| White House's extraordinary rebuke of Netanyahu Posted: 06 Oct 2014 12:26 PM PDT  The Israeli PM's sharp words for the Obama Administration drew a quick response.
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| Four hospitalized in Spain after first Ebola transmission outside Africa Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:14 AM PDT  By Inmaculada Sanz and Sarah Morris MADRID (Reuters) - Four people have been hospitalized in Spain to try to stem the spread of Ebola after a Spanish nurse became the first person in the world known to have contracted the virus outside of Africa, health authorities said on Tuesday. The nurse, who tested positive for the virus on Monday, her husband, who is showing no symptoms of the disease, and two other people are being closely monitored in hospital, health officials told a news conference in Madrid. One of those hospitalized is a health worker who has diarrhea but no fever. ...
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| India, Pakistan clash at Kashmir border Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:57 AM PDT  Troops fired bullets and mortar shells across the border between Kashmir and Pakistan.
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| Ebola escapes Europe's defenses; pet dog must die Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:24 AM PDT  It's the first time someone has caught the disease outside West Africa.
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| Gay marriage focus returns to lower courts Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:45 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the Supreme Court passed on gay marriage appeals and effectively made same-sex marriage legal in 30 states, the federal appeals court in San Francisco struck down gay marriage bans in a decision that could soon allow gay and lesbian couples to wed in five more states.
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| Turkey: Syrian town poised to fall to militants Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT  MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Islamic State fighters were poised to capture a strategic Syrian town on the Turkish border, Turkey's president warned Tuesday, even as Kurdish forces battled to expel the extremists from their footholds on the outskirts.
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| Dallas Ebola patient on ventilator and receiving kidney dialysis Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:52 PM PDT  By Lisa Maria Garza and Richard Valdmanis DALLAS (Reuters) - The Ebola patient fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital is on a ventilator and a kidney dialysis machine to help stabilize his health, the hospital said on Tuesday. Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the deadly virus on U.S. soil, has also been given the experimental medication brincidofovir. A hospital in Nebraska said it is using the same drug to treat an American journalist who was airlifted from Liberia and arrived Monday. ...
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| Gay marriage bans fall in Idaho, Nevada after high court decision Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:41 PM PDT  By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Legal momentum for extending U.S. marriage rights to same-sex couples accelerated on Tuesday as a federal appeals court struck down bans on gay matrimony in Idaho and Nevada a day after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand similar rulings for five other states. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled the bans in Idaho and Nevada violated the constitution and cannot be enforced, adding to a growing list of states where same-sex unions are now legal. ...
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| Michael Phelps suspended after DUI Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:32 PM PDT  Michael Phelps has been suspended by USA Swimming for six months.
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| Texas Ebola patient gets experimental drug Posted: 06 Oct 2014 03:35 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - A Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola in Texas was given an experimental drug for the first time, officials said Monday as the White House mulled tougher airport screening at home and abroad.
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| U.S. helicopters join air war in Iraq against IS group Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:52 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - The US military has started flying attack helicopters against Islamic State militants in Iraq for the first time, officials said Monday, marking an escalation in the air war that puts American troops at higher risk.
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| Mexican army disarms police in missing-students city Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:17 AM PDT  Iguala (Mexico) (AFP) - Mexican federal forces disarmed a southern city's entire police corps and took over security after officers were accused of colluding with a gang in violence that left 43 students missing.
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| Obama calls for greater foreign help against Ebola Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:11 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says some foreign countries are not doing enough to confront the Ebola crisis in West Africa. He says the international community has not been as aggressive as it needs to be to help contain what he's calling a top national security issue for the United States.
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| Trump's name removed from casino Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:20 PM PDT  By Daniel Kelley and Mark Makela (Reuters) - Workers began removing the large letters spelling out the Trump name from the shuttered Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City on Monday after real-estate mogul Donald Trump sued to end a licensing deal that allowed the casino owners to use his name. Trump, who has emblazoned his name across properties in various U.S. cities, sued in August to have his name taken off the Trump Plaza, which closed last month, and the nearby Trump Taj Mahal, which is on the verge of closing. ...
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| Frightening Ebola development in Spain Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:47 PM PDT  In what could be the first infection outside Africa, a Madrid nurse contracts the virus.
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| Islamic State's bloody clash with Kurds Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:08 PM PDT  Islamic State and Kurdish militia fighting them for key border town near Turkey take casualties.
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| Facebook's $22 billion acquisition Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:35 AM PDT  By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc closed its acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Monday, with the final price tag rising an additional $3 billion to roughly $22 billion because of the increased value of Facebook's stock in recent months. WhatsApp founder Jan Koum will receive nearly $2 billion in stock, vesting over a four-year period, as an inducement for him to stay with the company, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. ...
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| Iconic sunset images on the Hudson River Posted: 05 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT  The Statue of Liberty after sunset. The ship pauses to allow shutterbugs to photograph Lady Liberty. (Yahoo News/Gordon Donovan) |
| 2 suicide bombs kill 30 Kurdish fighters in Syria Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:29 AM PDT  BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 30 people were killed in two suicide attacks on two checkpoints run by Kurdish fighters in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "The attacks targeted checkpoints run by Kurdish fighters on the western entrance of the city, they occurred within minutes from each other," Rami Abdelrahman from the Observatory said. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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| One whale of a surprise appearance Posted: 06 Oct 2014 12:52 AM PDT  Joseph Weber and his wife were sailing off the Gulf of Maine in their lobster boat when they experienced a spectacular close encounter with some humpbacked whales. When Weber cut the engine of the boat, the whales lazed around for ten minutes, seemingly enjoying the attention they were receiving. One whale frightened the Webers when he jumped out of the water and landed with a terrific splash that rocked the wooden boat. Credit: YouTube/ AM1690
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| 28 bodies found in Mexico mass grave may be missing students Posted: 06 Oct 2014 06:04 PM PDT  IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — Revelations of mayhem, murder and mass graves have shed light on another deeply troubled region of Mexico, the southern state of Guerrero, where federals officials on Monday disarmed local police and took over security after an attack on students that left at least six dead and 43 missing.
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| Sir Michael of Bloomberg? A knight but not quite Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:02 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Michael Bloomberg is a knight — but he won't be Sir Mike.
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| Court decision makes gay marriage effectively legal in 30 states Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:45 PM PDT  Five states sought to prohibit same-sex unions; stage set for more gay, lesbian marriages.
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| The heartbreak of hostage ransom Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:22 AM PDT  Why are some captives given freedom? Reasons complex, but money sometimes plays a role.
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