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• Live updates: Third Republican debate
• GOP senator: Pot could help Colorado’s image
• 'Vote no, hope yes' caucus may hold key to Ryan’s success as speaker
• Sheriff fires deputy for tossing teen across classroom
• Wave hit Canada boat on 1 side while passengers on left side
• Officer fired for throwing student in South Carolina classroom arrest
• Several people shot at Indianapolis mall: local media
• Runaway U.S. military blimp wreaks havoc in Pennsylvania
• Fresh starts as GOP taps new speaker, approves budget deal
• Republicans pick Ryan for House speaker before budget vote
• Former House Speaker Hastert pleads guilty to lying to FBI

Live updates: Third Republican debate Posted: The top ten Republican presidential hopefuls go head-to-head at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

GOP senator: Pot could help Colorado’s image Posted: Sen. Cory Gardner says that legal pot, "done properly," could be a boon to the Centennial State's image.

'Vote no, hope yes' caucus may hold key to Ryan’s success as speaker Posted: Paul Ryan faced one of the biggest challenges he will likely confront as speaker before he's even been formally chosen.

Sheriff fires deputy for tossing teen across classroom Posted: 28 Oct 2015 03:34 PM PDT COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A deputy who flipped a disruptive student out of her desk and tossed her across her math class floor was fired on Wednesday.

Wave hit Canada boat on 1 side while passengers on left side Posted: 28 Oct 2015 05:05 AM PDT TOFINO, British Columbia (AP) — Passengers were crowded on the left side of the top deck of a whale-watching boat when it was struck by a wave from the right side, causing the vessel to capsize and send 27 people into the water off Vancouver Island, an investigator said.

Officer fired for throwing student in South Carolina classroom arrest Posted: 28 Oct 2015 03:33 PM PDT By Harriet McLeod COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) - The white sheriff's deputy who is under federal investigation after he was caught on video flipping a black high school student out of her classroom chair in South Carolina was fired on Wednesday for violating department policy. Deputy Ben Fields went too far when he picked up the 16-year-old and hurtled her across a classroom before arresting her, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told a news conference. "That is not a proper technique and should not be used by law enforcement," Lott said.

Several people shot at Indianapolis mall: local media Posted: 28 Oct 2015 04:23 PM PDT (Reuters) - Up to three people were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday at Washington Square Mall in Indianapolis, Indianapolis television station WTHR reported, citing Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers. Their conditions were not immediately known, WTHR reported. Indianapolis police responded to the mall at about 6:30 p.m. on the report of people shot, the Indianapolis Star newspaper reported. (Reporting by David Bailey in MinneapolisEditing by Sandra Maler)

Runaway U.S. military blimp wreaks havoc in Pennsylvania Posted: 28 Oct 2015 03:52 PM PDT By Phil Stewart and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A high-tech U.S. military blimp designed to detect a missile attack came loose on Wednesday and wreaked havoc as it floated from Maryland into Pennsylvania, dragging more than a mile of cable and knocking out power to thousands. The U.S. military scrambled two armed F-16 fighter jets to keep watch as the massive blimp traveled into civilian airspace after coming untethered from its base at Aberdeen Proving Ground, a U.S. Army facility 40 miles northeast of Baltimore.

Fresh starts as GOP taps new speaker, approves budget deal Posted: 28 Oct 2015 02:48 PM PDT House Republicans nominated Rep. Paul Ryan on Wednesday to become the chamber's next speaker, rallying behind a youthful overachiever they hope will guide them out of weeks of internal feuding and disarray and point the party toward accomplishments they can highlight in next year's elections.

Republicans pick Ryan for House speaker before budget vote Posted: Paul Ryan was chosen by fellow Republicans as their nominee...

Former House Speaker Hastert pleads guilty to lying to FBI Posted: 28 Oct 2015 03:17 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to the FBI in a hush-money scheme, agreeing to a deal with federal prosecutors that recommends he serve no more than six months in prison and averting a trial in the case.

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