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Ferguson mayor: No severance package for Darren Wilson

Posted: 30 Nov 2014 03:36 PM PST

Darren Wilson Resigns; Shoppers Ready for Cyber MondayThe officer who shot Michael Brown resigned from the Ferguson police force.

Ohio State's Kosta Karageorge found dead

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Canada 'aware' of reports that citizen kidnapped in Syria

Posted: 30 Nov 2014 12:43 PM PST

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter talks on a phone during fighting against Islamic State (IS) group in the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, on November 8, 2014Canada 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

A protestor wearing a gas mask confronts police during an anarchist demonstration related to the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown in Seattle, WashingtonBy 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 touches his face during a press conference aboard the flight towards Rome, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. Francis kicked off his final day in Turkey with a lengthy, two-hour liturgy alongside Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in the Orthodox Church of St. George, where incense mingled with hypnotic chants and prayers on an important feast day for the Orthodox Church. (AP Photo/Filippo Monteforte, pool)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

In this Oct. 16, 2014 photo, Jim Albaugh talks about his living arrangements in the New York apartment he shares with two roommates. Albaugh could be thought of as just one of the working poor, untold millions in the baby boomer generation who are not prepared for retirement. But he represents something more as one of thousands of gay and lesbian baby boomers confronting a retirement of greater financial hardship than his straight peers. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)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

Pro-democracy protesters scuffle with police officers on the main road outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong Sunday, Nov.30, 2014. 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. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)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

In this Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 photo, a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter shows the extent of the damage from a truck bomb in Kobani, Syria. Here, Kurdish fighters backed by small numbers of Iraqi peshmerga forces and Syrian rebels, are battling what they see as an existential battle against the militants who swept into their town in mid-September as part of a summer blitz that saw the group seize large chunks of territory in Syria and neighboring Iraq.(AP Photo/Jake Simkin)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

Black Friday advertisements are seen in the bottom of a shopping cart outside a shopping area in Westbury, New York(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

FILE - This Oct. 7, 2014, file photo shows a police officer dwarfed amid the marble columns of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. 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. But his wife didn't see it that way. Neither did a federal jury. In a far-reaching case that probes the limits of free speech over the Internet, the Supreme Court on Monday is considering whether Elonis' Facebook posts, and others like it, deserve protection under the First Amendment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)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

US President Barack Obama pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey "Cheese" during the annual ceremony in the Grand Foyer of the White House on November 26, 2014 in Washington, DCA 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

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople speak to faithful after the Divine Liturgy at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in IstanbulBy 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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