U.S. calls for probe of alleged gas attack

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• U.S. calls for probe of alleged gas attack
• WikiLeaks: 'There will be a thousand more Bradley Mannings'
• Okla. schools on alert after murder of Australian athlete
• Dempsey: Syrian rebels wouldn't back US interests
• Egypt court orders release of Mubarak
• No defense from suspect in 2009 Fort Hood shooting
• ACLU: Muslims face more scrutiny for citizenship
• US soldier faces villagers at massacre sentencing
• Facebook aims to get more people online
• GOP takes an anti-Washington message to town halls
• GOP takes anti-Washington message to town halls
• Wildfire burns out of control near Yosemite
• ACT: Third of high school grads not college ready
• ACT: Only quarter of grads ready for all subjects
• Last Nixon tapes to be released cover key period
• Parents wait, worry after Ga. school shooting
• Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years for leaking secrets
• Family of Calif. kidnap suspect wants paternity test on victim
• Top general warns against Syria intervention
• NSA surveillance covers 75 percent of U.S. Internet traffic: WSJ
• Did the GOP just lose its 'evil genius'?
• In New York City mayoral race, a spotlight on the candidates' modern families
• WikiLeaks soldier Manning to learn his fate
• Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis deepens

U.S. calls for probe of alleged gas attack Posted: 21 Aug 2013 09:14 AM PDT Syrian activists claim as many as 1,300 people are dead.

WikiLeaks: 'There will be a thousand more Bradley Mannings' Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:49 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks on Wednesday said a 35-year jail term handed down to U.S. soldier Bradley Manning for leaking classified files to the pro-transparency organization was a "strategic victory" as it meant he was eligible for parole in less than a decade. "Significant strategic victory in Bradley Manning case," WikiLeaks said on its official Twitter feed. "Bradley Manning now eligible for release in less than 9 years, 4.4 in one calculation." In a full statement issued later, WikiLeaks said that Manning's trial and conviction had been "an affront to basic concepts of Western justice". ...

Okla. schools on alert after murder of Australian athlete Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:08 AM PDT By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Public schools in Duncan, Oklahoma, are on heightened security alert on Wednesday, one day after charges were filed against three teenagers in what police said may have been the thrill killing of an Australian university student. Duncan High School, located in a town of 24,000 about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City, was informed by police of anonymous threats on Tuesday night, according to schools superintendent Sherry Labyer in a message posted on the schools' website. ...

Dempsey: Syrian rebels wouldn't back US interests Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:57 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is opposed to even limited U.S. military intervention in Syria because it believes rebels fighting the Assad regime wouldn't support American interests if they were to seize power right now, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Egypt court orders release of Mubarak Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:38 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court ordered Wednesday the release of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, but it is not yet clear if the ailing ex-leader will walk free after over two years in detention, officials said.

No defense from suspect in 2009 Fort Hood shooting Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:57 AM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The soldier on trial for the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood refused to put up a fight on Wednesday, resting his case without calling a single witness or testifying in his own defense.

ACLU: Muslims face more scrutiny for citizenship Posted: 21 Aug 2013 09:52 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — A government program to screen immigrants for national security concerns has blacklisted some Muslims and put their U.S. citizenship applications on hold for years, civil liberties advocates said Wednesday.

US soldier faces villagers at massacre sentencing Posted: 21 Aug 2013 09:53 AM PDT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Two Afghan villagers who traveled about 7,000 miles to testify against a U.S. soldier who massacred their relatives didn't get to say everything they wanted in court Wednesday.

Facebook aims to get more people online Posted: 21 Aug 2013 07:07 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook wants to get more of the world's more than 7 billion people — all of them, actually — online through a partnership with some of the world's largest mobile technology companies.

GOP takes an anti-Washington message to town halls Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:57 AM PDT ORRVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Microphone in hand, Republican Rep. Jim Renacci gave his constituents a grim report on Washington's gridlock.

GOP takes anti-Washington message to town halls Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:36 AM PDT ORRVILLE, Ohio (AP) — House Republicans are using town hall meetings and other gatherings in their districts to push an anti-Washington message even though they're in charge of the House.

Wildfire burns out of control near Yosemite Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:45 AM PDT FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — An out-of-control wildfire threatening more than 2,000 structures near Yosemite National Park is one of more than 50 active, large blazes dotting the western U.S.

ACT: Third of high school grads not college ready Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:31 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost a third of this year's high school graduates who took the ACT tests are not prepared for college-level writing, biology, algebra or social science classes, according to data the testing company released Wednesday.

ACT: Only quarter of grads ready for all subjects Posted: 21 Aug 2013 12:27 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a quarter of this year's high school graduates who took the ACT tests have the reading, math, English and science skills they need to succeed in college or a career, according to data the testing company released Wednesday.

Last Nixon tapes to be released cover key period Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:01 AM PDT The final installment of secretly recorded phone calls and meetings from President Richard Nixon's White House will be released Wednesday, marking a final chapter in a campaign for public access that continues as memories of Watergate fade.

Parents wait, worry after Ga. school shooting Posted: 21 Aug 2013 05:05 AM PDT DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Rufus Morrow was at work when he got a phone call with the worst news he could imagine: Shots fired at his daughter's elementary school.

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years for leaking secrets Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:43 AM PDT The Army Private Was Accused of Leaking Thousands of Documents to WikiLeaks

Family of Calif. kidnap suspect wants paternity test on victim Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:01 AM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — The family of a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and killing her mother and younger brother has asked for paternity tests to determine if the suspect fathered the children — a suggestion that was quickly refuted by the victims' family.

Top general warns against Syria intervention Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:57 AM PDT Joint Chiefs chairman says rebels won't advance U.S. interests.

NSA surveillance covers 75 percent of U.S. Internet traffic: WSJ Posted: 20 Aug 2013 08:49 PM PDT (Reuters) - The National Security Agency's surveillance network has the capacity to reach around 75 percent of all U.S. Internet communications in the hunt for foreign intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Citing current and former NSA officials, the newspaper said the 75 percent coverage is more of Americans' Internet communications than officials have publicly disclosed. The Journal said the agency keeps the content of some emails sent between U.S. citizens and also filters domestic phone calls made over the Internet. ...

Did the GOP just lose its 'evil genius'? Posted: 21 Aug 2013 04:06 AM PDT The Fine Print In the 11th hour negotiations on Capitol Hill, away from the glare of the media and behind closed doors, there are high-level Congressional staffers working to close the deal.  In many of the nation's biggest legislative crises in recent memory, Rohit Kumar has been at the table.   As the chief negotiator [...]

In New York City mayoral race, a spotlight on the candidates' modern families Posted: 21 Aug 2013 03:00 AM PDT In a city that has long been more multicultural and progressive than most other places in the country, the mayoral candidates are redefining the traditional notion of family in their quest to win control of City Hall.

WikiLeaks soldier Manning to learn his fate Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:16 AM PDT The soldier convicted of the biggest breach of classified data in U.S. history faces sentencing.

Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis deepens Posted: 21 Aug 2013 03:25 AM PDT By Kiyoshi Takenaka and James Topham TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear crisis escalated to its worst level since a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant more than two years ago, with the country's nuclear watchdog saying it feared more storage tanks were leaking contaminated water. The U.N. ...

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